DUPPA, Baldwin Francis (eld. son of Baldwin Francis Duppa, barrister). b. Rouen, Normandy 18 Feb. 1828; ed. at Hofwyl near Berne, Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.; entered royal college of chemistry 1855; fitted up a laboratory in his country seat at Hollingbourne near Maidstone; worked with Edward Frankland at Royal institution, London 1863–67; F.R.S. 1867. d. Budleigh Salterton, Devon 10 Nov. 1873. Proc. of Royal Soc. xxi, 6–9 (1873).
DU PRÉ, Caledon George (eld. son of the succeeding). b. 28 March 1803; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. and St. Mary hall, Ox., B.A. 1825; M.P. for Bucks. 18 Feb. 1839 to 26 Jany. 1874. d. 7 Oct. 1886.
DU PRÉ, James. b. 10 June 1778; M.P. for Gatton, Surrey 1800–1802, for Aylesbury 1802–1806, for Chichester 1807–12; sheriff of Bucks. 1825. d. 40 Portland place, London 13 June 1870, personalty sworn under £250,000, 13 Aug. 1870.
DUPUIS, Sir John Edward (son of Rev. George Dupuis, R. of Wendlebury near Bicester, who d. 5 March 1839 aged 82). b. 1800; ed. at military academy, Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 13 Feb. 1825; colonel commandant 11 brigade 15 Dec. 1864 to death; general 10 Nov. 1868; commanded artillery in India, Oct. 1857 to Feb. 1859; C.B. 5 July 1855; K.C.B. 28 March 1865. d. George st. Hanover square, London 25 Nov. 1876.
DURAND, Sir Henry Marion. b. 6 Nov. 1812; ed. at Addiscombe; 2 lieut. Bengal engineers 12 June 1828, col. 18 Feb. 1861 to 1867; comr. of Tenasserim provinces 1844–46; political agent at court of Scindia 1849–53, at Indore 1857; drove back Tantia Topee and saved Central India 1857; member of council of sec. of state of India 1859–61; foreign sec. at Calcutta 1861–65; military member of governor general’s council 10 April 1865 to 1870; L.G. 1 March 1867; lieut. governor of the Punjaub 5 May 1870 to death; C.B. 24 March 1858; K.C.S.I. 8 Feb. 1867; author of Notes on the field equipment of the Engineers 1844; The first Afghan war 1879. d. from a fall from an elephant in the camp at Tonk 135 miles west of Peshawur 1 Jany. 1871. bur. at Dera Ismail Khan 5 Jany. Life of Sir H. M. Durand by H. M. Durand 2 vols. 1873, portrait; C. R. Low’s Soldiers of the Victorian age ii, 44–79 (1880); Good Words xiv, 575, 706 (1873).
D’URBAN, William James. Cornet 14 Dragoons 7 Oct. 1819; deputy quartermaster general North America 1 Dec. 1848 to 1 May 1857 when placed on half pay; col. 107 Foot 13 Aug. 1868 to death; L.G. 20 June 1870. d. Newport house near Exeter 5 Dec. 1873 aged 73.
DURDIN, Robert Garde (son of Robert Atkins Durdin of Cranemore house, co. Carlow, who d. 5 Jany. 1841). b. 1818; solicitor in Dublin; alderman of South Dockward; lord mayor of Dublin 1872. d. 93 Lower Bagot st. Dublin 19 Oct. 1878. bur. Clonegal 23 Oct.
DURHAM, George Frederick D’Arcy Lambton, 2 Earl of. b. Copse hill, Surrey 5 Sep. 1828; succeeded 28 July 1840; lord lieut. of Durham 11 Aug. 1854 to death; well known breeder of horses and owner of race horses. d. Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 27 Nov. 1879. bur. Bourn Moor church 3 Dec., personalty sworn under £500,000 Dec. 1879. Mrs. Fairlie’s Portraits of the children of the nobility 2 series 1839, portrait; Baily’s Mag. xii, 109–11 (1867), portrait; Athenæum ii, 247–49 (1876).
DURHAM, Joseph. b. London; pupil of E. H. Bailey; exhibited 126 pieces of sculpture at R.A. 1835–78; designed statues entitled Hermione and Alastor for the Mansion House 1856–57; designed statue of Prince Consort in gardens of the Horticultural Society, unveiled 10 June 1863; F.S.A. 12 May 1853; A.R.A. 8 May 1866. d. 21 Devonshire st. Portland place, London 27 Oct. 1877 in 64 year. I.L.N. xlviii, 560, 561 (1856), portrait.
DURING, Louis Alexander, Baron. b. 1783; cornet York Hussars 25 Nov. 1795; captain 98 foot 28 May 1829 to 13 Dec. 1833 when placed on h.p.; general 1 Oct. 1877; received the war medal with 7 clasps. d. near Horneburg, Hanover 7 Jany. 1880 in 97 year.