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DAVENANT, Charles (1656-1714), of Westminster.

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b. 17 Nov. 1656, 2nd s. of Sir William Davenant (d.1668) of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, being 1st s. by 3rd w. Henriette Marie du Tremblay, wid. of St. Germain Beaupré of Anjou, France. educ. Cheam g.s. Surr. 1665; Balliol, Oxf. 1671-3; travelled abroad (Holland) c.1673-5; LL.D. Camb. 1675; advocate, Doctors’ Commons 1675. m. c.1678, Frances, da. and h. of James Molins, MD, of Shoe Lane, London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da.
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Commr. for excise 1678 – 89, hearth-tax 1684 – Jan. 1685, July 1685–9; sec. to commrs. for union with Scotland 1703; inspector-gen. of imports and exports 1705–d.Cal. Treas. Bks. v. 1055; vii. 1074; viii. 247; ix. 190.

Dep. lt. London 1687 – Oct. 1688, Herefs. Apr. 1688–9.CSP Dom. 1687–9, pp. 62, 186.

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This biography is based on D. Waddell, ‘Career and Writings of Charles Davenant’ (Oxford D. Phil. thesis, 1955).

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DARCY, Hon. James (1617-73), of Sedbury Park, nr. Richmond, Yorks.

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bap. 30 Nov. 1617, 6th s. of Conyers, 4th Baron Darcy (d.1654) by Dorothy, da. of Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Bt., of Newburgh Priory; bro. of Conyers, later 1st Earl of Holdernesse, and Hon. Marmaduke Darcy. m. by 1650, Isabel, da. of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 2nd Bt., of Burton Constable, 3s. 4da.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 81.
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Commr. for militia, Yorks. Mar. 1660; j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) July 1660–6, commr. for assessment Aug. 1660 – d.; receiver of free gift, Yorks. 1661 – 65, commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662.Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 666; HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), 275.

Master of the stud 1661–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 606; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 564.

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DARCY, Hon. Marmaduke (1615-87), of Whitehall.

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bap. 4 June 1615, 5th s. of Conyers, 4th Baron Darcy; bro. of Conyers, later 1st Earl of Holdernesse, and Hon. James Darcy. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1631; L. Inn 1633. unm. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 81; HMC Var. viii. 66.
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Lt.-col. of ft. (royalist) 1642 – 44; col. of horse 1644–5.List of Officers Claiming (1663); HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 390.

Gent. usher of the privy chamber by 1656 – d.; surveyor of gt. wardrobe 1672–d.Archaeologia, xxxv. 338; CSP Dom. 1672–3, p. 306.

Commr. for assessment, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1673 – 74, 1679 – 80, (W. Riding) 1677 – 79, recusants (N. Riding) 1675; recorder, Richmond 1684–d.SP44/335/144.

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DARCY, Hon. John (1659-89), of Hornby Castle, Yorks.

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bap. 5 Nov. 1659, 1st s. of Hon. Conyers Darcy, later 2nd Earl of Holdernesse, by 2nd w.; bro. of Philip Darcy educ. G. Inn 1675. m. 5 Feb. 1674, Bridget, da. of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton of Aram, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 84; HMC 9th Rep. pt. 2, p. 46.
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J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1680 – Sept. 1688, Nov. 1688 – d.; dep. lt. (W. Riding) 1680 – Feb. 1688, (N. Riding) 1685 – Feb. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; col. of militia ft. (W. Riding) 1681–7.Reresby Mems. 345; CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 456; HMC Astley, 49; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxix. 266.

Major, Queen’s Life Gds. 1681 – 85; lt.-col. Earl of Shrewsbury’s Horse (later 5 Dgn. Gds.) July-Dec. 1685.

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