DUVARD, Primogene. Author of Poems 1842, 2 ed. 1843; Mary Tudor, a drama 1844; Devotional exercises for fourteen days 1846, 2 ed. 1855; The Angel of Death 1862; Poems and hymns 1864. d. Pond farm, Borden near Sittingbourne, Kent 25 Jany. 1877 aged 53.
DWARRIS, Sir Fortunatus William Lilley (eld. son of William Dwarris of Warwick). b. Jamaica 23 Oct. 1786; ed. at Rugby and Univ. coll. Ox., B.A. 1808; barrister L.I. 28 June 1811; bencher of M.T. 1850, treasurer 1859 laid foundation stone of new library, opened 31 Oct. 1861; comr. to inquire into administration of civil and criminal justice in West Indies 1822–26; one of Municipal corporation comrs. 18 July 1834; knighted at St. James’s palace 2 May 1838; recorder of Newcastle under Lyne 1837–58; master of court of Queen’s Bench 1838 to death; F.R.S. 22 April 1847; author of A general treatise on statutes 2 parts 1830–31, 2 ed. 1848; Alberic, consul of Rome 1832 anon., an historical drama in 5 acts; Some new facts and a suggested new theory as to the authorship of Junius 1850 privately printed, and other books. d. 75 Eccleston sq. London 20 May 1860. Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xvii, 182–3 (1861).
DWYER, Thomas Peard. 2 lieut. R.M.L.I. 19 Oct. 1812, second commandant at Plymouth 14 July 1855, commandant 1 April 1857 to 2 Dec. 1859; retired M.G. 2 Dec. 1859. d. Southsea 22 April 1863.
DYCE, Rev. Alexander (eld. son of Lieut. general Alexander Dyce). b. George st. Edinburgh 30 June 1798; ed. at Edin. high sch. and Exeter coll. Ox., B.A. 1819; C. of Lanteglos, Cornwall 1821–5; C. of Nayland, Suffolk 1825–7; lived at 9 Gray’s Inn square, London down to 1859, at 33 Oxford terrace 1859 to death; edited the works of Richard Bentley 3 vols. 1836–8, the works of Shakespeare 9 vols. 1857, 2 ed. 9 vols. 1864–7, the works of Beaumont and Fletcher 11 vols. 1843–6 and many other English classics. d. 33 Oxford terrace, Oxford st. London 15 May 1869. Fortnightly Review xviii, 731–46 (1875); Alexander Dyce, a biographical sketch by John Forster in A catalogue of the Dyce books in South Kensington museum (1875) pp. 7–24.
DYCE, Archibald Brown. b. Trichinopoly, Oct. 1800; ensign Madras army 26 June 1817; col. 2 European regiment 7 Sep. 1846 to 30 Sep. 1862; commanded Northern division of Madras army 16 Feb. 1847 to 16 Feb. 1852; L.G. 26 June 1860; col. 105 Foot 30 Sep. 1862 to death. d. Grosvenor house, Southampton 9 March 1866.
DYCE, William (son of William Dyce of Aberdeen, physician). b. Marischal st. Aberdeen 19 Sep. 1806; ed. at Marischal coll. Aberdeen, M.A. 1822; exhibited 41 pictures at the R.A. 1827–61; originated pre-Raphaelite movement in English school of painting 1828; portrait painter in Edinburgh 1830–37; F.R.S. Edin. 1832; A.R.S.A. 1835; head master of school of design Somerset House, London 1840–43; inspector of the provincial schools 1843–44; professor of fine arts in King’s coll. London 1844; A.R.A. 1845, R.A. 1848; painted cartoon ‘Baptism of Ethelbert’ for House of Lords 1845 and other works; founded the Motett Society; designed the florin declared to be current money 1852; author of The book of Common Prayer with the ancient Canto Fermo set to it at the Reformation 2 vols. 1842–3; Theory of the Fine Arts 1844; The National Gallery, its formation and management 1853. d. Streatham road, Streatham, Surrey 14 Feb. 1864. Redgrave’s Century of painters ii, 550–68 (1866); Sandby’s History of Royal Academy ii, 183–88 (1862); I.L.N. xxx, 418, 420 (1857), portrait, xliv, 224 (1864).
DYCE-SOMBRE, David Ochterlony (only son of George Dyce, commandant of the forces of Zerbonissa, begum of Sirdhana, Bengal). b. Sirdhana 1808; inherited half a million sterling on death of his grandmother the Begum Sumroo 27 Jany. 1836; took additional name of Sombre 1836; came to England Aug. 1838 where he became the lion of London season; M.P. for Sudbury 29 June 1841, unseated on petition for bribery 14 April 1842; put under restraint as a lunatic at Clarendon hotel 169 New Bond st. March 1843, a commission de lunatico inquirendo was held at Hanover lodge, Regent’s Park 31 July 1843 when a verdict of unsound mind from 27 Oct. 1842 was returned; escaped from his attendant Dr. Grant at Liverpool, Sep. 1843, arrived in Paris 22 Sep.; author of Mr. Dyce-Sombre’s Refutation of the charges brought against him in the Court of Chancery 1849, and of The Memoir published in English, French and Italian. d. Davies st. Berkeley sq. London 1 July 1851. bur. in catacombs of Kensal Green cemetery 8 July. G. B. Malleson’s Recreations of an Indian official (1872) 438–59; W. H. Sleeman’s Rambles of an Indian official ii, 377–99 (1844); Law mag. and law review i, 356–68 (1856); Macnaghten and Gordon’s Reports i, 116–37 (1850); Deane’s Reports i, 22–120 (1858).
DYER, Joseph Chessborough (son of Nathaniel Dyer, captain Rhode island navy). b. Stonnington Point, Connecticut 15 Nov. 1780; machine maker at Camden Town, London 1811–16, at Manchester 1816–42 where he introduced inventions which gave a great impulse to the cotton manufacture 1817; an original director of Bank of Manchester 1828 which stopped payment 31 Dec. 1842 when he lost £96,000; established machine-making works at Gamaches, Somme, France 1832 gave them up 1848 after losing £120,000; author of Remarks on Education 1850, and 5 other pamphlets. d. at house of his son Frederick Dyer near Manchester 3 May 1871. R. A. Smith’s Centenary of science in Manchester (1883) 298–325.
DYER, Thomas Henry. b. St. Dunstan-in-the-East, London 4 May 1804; LLD. St. Andrews 1865; author of Tentamina Æschylea 1841; Life of Calvin 1850; History of Modern Europe 4 vols. 1861–64, 2 ed. 5 vols. 1877; A history of the City of Rome 1865; The history of the Kings of Rome 1868; Pompeii, its history, buildings and antiquities 1867; Ancient Athens, its history, topography and remains 1873; On imitative beauty 1882. d. Bath 30 Jany. 1888. Academy 11 Feb. 1888, p. 97.
DYKE, Francis Hart (4 son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, 5 baronet 1767–1846). b. 28 Nov. 1803; admitted a proctor 1825; partner with James Bush in Doctors’ Commons to 1830; deputy registrar of Dean and chapter of St. Paul’s cathedral 1838 to 1845; member of firm of Jenner, Dyke & Jenner of Doctors’ Commons; Queen’s proctor 25 Jany. 1845 to death; thrown from his horse at Egham near Windsor 15 July 1876. d. from the injuries Luddington house, Egham 17 July 1876.