DUBOURG, George (grandson of Matthew Dubourg, violinist 1703–1767). b. 1799; contributed to various newspapers especially at Brighton; author of the words of many songs, best known of which is John Parry’s ‘Wanted a Governess’; published The Violin, being an account of that leading instrument and its most eminent professors 1836, 5 ed. 1856. d. Maidenhead 17 April 1882.
DUCIE, Henry George Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 2 Earl of (eld. son of 1 Earl of Ducie 1775–1840). b. Conduit st. London 8 May 1802; M.P. for Gloucs. 1831–32, for East Gloucs. 1832–1834; succeeded as 2 Earl 22 June 1840; a lord in waiting to the Queen 1846–1852; a charity estates comr. 1849; pres. of Royal Agricultural Society; invented the Ducie cultivator and many other agricultural implements; master of Vale of White Horse hounds 1830–42. d. Tortworth court, Gloucs. 2 June 1853. Sporting Review xxviii, 64 (1852), portrait, xxx, 140 (1853); I.L.N. xxi, 41 (1852), portrait; Cecil’s Records of the Chase (1877) 199–201.
DUCKETT, Sir George (younger son of Sir George Jackson, 1 baronet, who took name of Duckett 1797 and d. 15 Dec. 1822 aged 97). b. Old palace yard, Westminster 17 July 1777; M.P. for Lymington 1807–1812; F.R.S. 8 Dec. 1808. d. Gloucester gardens, Hyde park, London 15 June 1856.
DUCKWORTH, Sir John Thomas Buller, 2 Baronet. b. Downes, Crediton, Devon 17 March 1809; succeeded his father 31 Aug. 1817; ed. at Eton and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1829; M.P. for Exeter 1845–1857; sheriff of Devon 1861; one of referees of House of Commons for private bills 1868. d. Wear house near Exeter 29 Nov. 1887.
DUDLEY, William Ward, 1 Earl of. b. 27 March 1817; ed. at Trin. coll. Ox.; succeeded his father as 11 Baron Ward 6 Dec. 1835; created Viscount Ednam of Ednam and Earl of Dudley 17 Feb. 1860; chairman of Worcestershire quarter sessions 1858 to 28 June 1880; gave £900,000 for the Foley estate Worcs. largest sum ever paid for purchase of an estate; his life was insured for £300,000. d. Dudley house, Park lane, London 7 May 1885, personalty sworn upwards of £1,026,000 18 July. Waagen’s Treasures of Art ii, 229–38 (1854); I.L.N. xlii, 181 (1862), portrait.
DUDLEY, Howard (only son of George Dudley of Tipperary, who d. at Ghent 1827). Engraver on wood in Edinburgh 1845–52, in London 1852 to death; printed Juvenile researches, or a description of some of the principal towns in the west of Sussex and the borders of Hants. 1835, 2 ed. 1835; The history and antiquities of Horsham 1836; The history and antiquities of Midhurst 1836. d. Holford square, Pentonville, London 4 July 1864 aged 44.
DUDLEY, Rev. John (eld. son of Rev. John Dudley, V. of Humberstone, Leics., who d. 17 May 1794 aged 74). b. 1762; ed. at Uppingham sch. and Clare hall, Cam., 2 wrangler 1785; B.A. 1785, M.A. 1788; Fellow of his coll. 1787–94, tutor 1788–94; V. of Humberstone 1794 to death; V. of Sileby, Leics. 1795 to death; author of The metamorphosis of Sona, a Hindu tale in verse 1810, and 4 other books. d. Sileby 7 Jany. 1856. G.M. xlv, 197–98 (1856).
DUDLEY, William Henry. b. Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland 7 Oct. 1811; M.R.C.S. Ireland 1833; practised in Jamaica 1834–1841 in Brooklyn, New York 1841 to death; curator of New York Medical college 1851; a founder of Long Island college hospital, treasurer, president; a member of New York Academy of Medicine 1848, of King’s county Medical and other societies. d. Brooklyn 9 Oct. 1886.
DUFF, Sir Alexander (second son of 3 Earl of Fife 1731–1811). Ensign 66 foot 23 May 1793; lieut. col. 88 foot 14 April 1798 to 1809 when placed on h.p.; col. 92 foot 6 Sep. 1823 to 20 July 1831; col. 37 foot 20 July 1831 to death; G.C.H. 27 May 1834; general 28 June 1838; M.P. for Elginburghs 1826–1831; lord lieut. of Elginshire 17 Feb. 1848 to death. d. Percy cross, Walham Green, Middlesex 21 March 1851 aged 77. bur. in family vault, Banff.
DUFF, Rev. Alexander. b. Auchnahyle farm, parish of Moulin, Perthshire 26 April 1806; ed. at Univ. of St. Andrews, D.D. 1837; ordained Aug. 1829; sent by general assembly of Church of Scotland as their first missionary to India, reached Calcutta 27 May 1830 where he opened an English school 1830; edited the Calcutta Review 1845–49; moderator or pres. general assembly of Free church of Scotland 1851 and 1873; LLD. New York 1854; the virtual governor of Univ. of Calcutta 1857–63 where 4 Duff scholarships were instituted; convener of the foreign missions committee 1864; missionary professor in New college, Edin. 1867; author of India and India missions 1840; The Jesuits 1845 and 12 other books. d. Sidmouth, Devon 12 Feb. 1878. Life of A. Duff by George Smith 2 vols. (1879), 2 portraits; Wylie’s Disruption Worthies (1881) 215–22, portrait; Hogg’s Instructor viii, 369 (1852), portrait; Graphic xvii, 320 (1878), portrait.