People mentioned in correspondence beginning with the letter "D"

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• Daniel Defoe  (b. 1660 - d. April 24, 1731)
• Daniel Finch  (b. May 24, 1689 - d. Aug. 2, 1769)
  Also known as:

  • 3rd Earl of Nottingham
  • 8th Earl of Winchilsea
• Daniel Finch  (b. May 24, 1689 - d. Aug. 2, 1769)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Earl of Nottingham
  • 8th Earl of Winchelsea
• Daniel Finch  (b. July 2, 1647 - d. Jan. 1, 1730)
  Also known as:

  • 7th Earl of Winchelsea
• Daniel Pulteney  (b. 1684 - d. Sept. 7, 1731)
• Daniel Sutton  (b. May 4, 1735 - d. 1819)
• Daphne   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • Hannah Woohouse (née  Fletcher)
• Dash   (b. 1706 - d. May 16, 1788)
  Also known as:

  • Rachael Austen (née  Dashwood)
  • Rachel Austen (née  Dashwood)
• David Barclay  (b. 1729 - d. 1809)
• David Beattie  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• David Garrick  (b. Feb. 19, 1717 - d. Jan. 20, 1779)
• David Hume  (b. April 26, 1711 - d. Aug. 25, 1776)
• David Murray  (b. Oct. 9, 1727 - d. Sept. 1, 1796)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Earl of Mansfield
  • Viscount Stormont
• Dean of Canterbury  (b. July 17, 1741 - d. July 12, 1820)
• Dean of Canterbury  (b. Dec. 5, 1697 - d. 1760)
• Dean of Exeter  (b. 1669 - d. May 31, 1742)
• Dean of Exeter  (b. 1714 - d. Dec. 22, 1768)
  Also known as:

  • Bishop of Carlisle
  • Charles Lyttelton
• Deputy Vice-Treasurer of Ireland  (b. 1670 - d. March 24, 1741)
  Also known as:

  • John Pratt
• Diana Bertie  (b. 1708 - d. 1754)
• Diana St John Viscountess Bolingbroke  (b. March 24, 1734 - d. Aug. 1, 1808)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Diana (née  Spencer)
• Diana Sambrooke  (b. 1731 - d. Jan. 15, 1778)
  Also known as:

  • Lady George Germain
• Dinah Frankland  (b. 1719 - d. 1779)
  Also known as:

  • Dinah Lee
  • Countess of Lichfield
• Dinah Lee  (b. 1719 - d. 1779)
  Also known as:

  • Dinah Frankland
  • Countess of Lichfield
• Divine Madonna   (b. Oct. 2, 1718 - d. Aug. 25, 1800)
  Also known as:

  • Fidget
  • Madonna
  • Elizabeth Montagu (née  Robinson)
  • Mrs Montagu
• Dodo Heinrich Freiherr zu Innhausen Kniphausen  (b. 1729 - d. 1789)
• Dominic Archdeacon  (b. 1685 - d. 1738)
• Dominicke   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Dorothea Gregory (née Alison) (b. June 4, 1754 - d. July 7, 1830)
• Dorothea Goulton nee Smelt  (b. 1756 - d. 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Mrs Goulton
• Dorothy  (née Townshend) (b. May 14, 1714 - d. May 28, 1779)
• Dorothy Child (née Glynne) (b. 1682 - d. 1744)
  Also known as:

  • Countess of Tylney
• Dorothy Melmoth (née King) (b. Unknown - d. 1761)
  Also known as:

  • Mrs Melmoth
• Douglas Hamilton  (b. July 24, 1756 - d. Aug. 2, 1799)
  Also known as:

  • 8th Duke of Hamilton
• Dowager Duchess of Atholl  (b. Oct. 13, 1731 - d. Oct. 13, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Charlotte Murray
• Dowager Duchess of Beaufort  (b. Oct. 17, 1719 - d. April 9, 1799)
  Also known as:

  • Miss Elizabethq Berkeley
  • Elizabeth Somerset (née  Berkeley)
• Dr Bourayer  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Dr Colebatch  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • John Colebatch
• Dr Cotes  (b. Unknown - d. March 21, 1748)
• Dr Dickens  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Dr Duncan  (b. Unknown - d. 1741)
• Dr Ford  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Dr John Huxham  (b. 1692 - d. Aug. 11, 1768)
  Also known as:

  • Dr Huxham
• Dr Huxham  (b. 1692 - d. Aug. 11, 1768)
  Also known as:

  • Dr John Huxham
• Dr Laing  (b. 1742 - d. 1812)
  Also known as:

  • William Laing
• Dr Francis Sandys  (b. 1710 - d. 1771)
  Also known as:

  • Francis Sandys
• Dr Shaw  (b. 1694 - d. March 15, 1763)
• Dr Stonehouse Stonehouse  (b. 1716 - d. 1795)
• Dr Stuart  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Dr Woodward  (b. May 1, 1665 - d. April 25, 1728)
• Dr Young  (b. 1683 - d. April 5, 1765)
  Also known as:

  • Edward Young
• Duc d' Orleans  (b. April 13, 1747 - d. Nov. 6, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Louis Phillipe Joseph d' Orleans
• Duc de la Rochefoucauld  (b. Sept. 15, 1613 - d. March 17, 1680)
  Also known as:

  • Francois Rochefoucauld
• Duchess of Beaufort  (b. May 28, 1747 - d. June 15, 1828)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Boscawen (née  Somerset)
• Duchess of Bolton  (b. 1736 - d. March 21, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • Katherine Lowther
• Duchess of Chandos  (b. Oct. 20, 1693 - d. Nov. 17, 1750)
  Also known as:

  • Catharina Lydia Brydges
• Duchess of Devonshire  (b. June 7, 1757 - d. March 30, 1806)
  Also known as:

  • Georgiana Cavendish (née  Spencer)
• Duchess of Dorset  (b. 1769 - d. Aug. 1, 1825)
  Also known as:

  • Arabella Diana Sackville (née  Cope)
• Duchess of Edinburgh  (b. July 10, 1736 - d. Aug. 22, 1807)
  Also known as:

  • Duchess of Gloucester
  • Maria Waldegrave (née  Walpole)
  • Countess Waldegrave
• Duchess of Gloucester  (b. July 10, 1736 - d. Aug. 22, 1807)
  Also known as:

  • Duchess of Edinburgh
  • Maria Waldegrave (née  Walpole)
  • Countess Waldegrave
• Duchess of Gordon  (b. 1748 - d. April 14, 1812)
  Also known as:

  • Jane Gordon
• Duchess of Hamilton  (b. Jan. 26, 1753 - d. March 14, 1797)
  Also known as:

  • Countess of Derby
  • Elizabeth Hamilton (née  Gunning)
• Duchess of Kingston  (b. 1720 - d. Aug. 26, 1788)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Chudleigh
• Duchess of Leinster  (b. Oct. 6, 1731 - d. March 27, 1814)
  Also known as:

  • Emily Lennox
• Duchess of Louvois  (b. March 23, 1732 - d. Feb. 27, 1800)
  Also known as:

  • Madame Adélaïde
  • fille de France
• Duchess of Manchester  (b. 1740 - d. June 26, 1832)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Montagu (née  Dashwood)
• Duchess of Manchester  (b. 1711 - d. Feb. 25, 1755)
  Also known as:

  • Harriet Dunch
• Duchess of Marlborough  (b. June 5, 1660 - d. Oct. 18, 1744)
  Also known as:

  • Sarah Churchill
• Duchess of Marlborough  (b. Jan. 13, 1743 - d. Nov. 26, 1811)
  Also known as:

  • Caroline Spencer (née  Russell)
• Duchess of Monmouth  (b. Feb. 11, 1651 - d. Feb. 6, 1732)
• Duchess of Newcastle  (b. 1701 - d. July 17, 1776)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Harriet Godolphin
  • Henrietta (Harriet) Pelham-Holles (née  Godolphin)
• Duchess of Norfolk  (b. 1712 - d. 1773)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Howard (née  Blount)
• Duchess of Northumberland  (b. Nov. 26, 1716 - d. Dec. 5, 1776)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Seymour
• Duchess of Northumberland  (b. Dec. 21, 1752 - d. April 28, 1820)
  Also known as:

  • Frances Julia Percy (née  Burrell)
• Duchess of Portland  (b. Feb. 11, 1715 - d. July 17, 1785)
  Also known as:

  • Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (née  Harley)
• Duchess of Portland  (b. 1688 - d. March 19, 1737)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Bentinck (née  Noel)
• Duchess of Richmond  (b. Sept. 18, 1705 - d. Aug. 25, 1751)
  Also known as:

  • Sarah Lennox (née  Cadogan)
• Duchess of Rutland  (b. Aug. 1, 1756 - d. Sept. 2, 1831)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Isabella Somerset
• Duchess of Somerset  (b. May 10, 1699 - d. July 7, 1754)
  Also known as:

  • Frances Thynne
• Duchess of Sutherland  (b. May 24, 1765 - d. Jan. 29, 1839)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Leveson-Gowar
• Dudley Ryder  (b. Nov. 4, 1691 - d. May 25, 1756)
• Dudley Ryder  (b. Dec. 22, 1762 - d. Dec. 26, 1847)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Earl of Harrowby
• Duke of Albany  (b. Aug. 16, 1763 - d. Jan. 5, 1827)
  Also known as:

  • Frederick Augustus
  • Prince Frederick
  • Duke of York
• Duke Penthievre Bourbon  (b. Nov. 16, 1725 - d. March 4, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Duke of Penthievre
• Duke of Brunswick  (b. Oct. 9, 1735 - d. Nov. 10, 1806)
  Also known as:

  • Charles William Ferdinand
• Duke of Buckingham  (b. Sept. 8, 1647 - d. Feb. 24, 1721)
  Also known as:

  • John Sheffield
• Duke of Clarence  (b. Aug. 21, 1765 - d. June 20, 1837)
  Also known as:

  • William 4
  • William Augustus
  • William IV
  • William
• Duke of Cumberland  (b. April 15, 1721 - d. Oct. 31, 1765)
  Also known as:

  • William Augustus
• Duke of Dorset  (b. Jan. 18, 1688 - d. Oct. 9, 1765)
  Also known as:

  • Lionel Sackville
• Duke of Edinburgh  (b. Nov. 25, 1743 - d. Aug. 25, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Duke of Gloucester
  • Prince Henry
  • Henry William
• Duke of Gloucester  (b. Nov. 25, 1743 - d. Aug. 25, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • William Henry
• Duke of Gloucester  (b. Nov. 25, 1743 - d. Aug. 25, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Prince Henry
  • Henry William
• Duke of Grafton  (b. Sept. 28, 1735 - d. March 14, 1811)
  Also known as:

  • Augustus Henry Fitzroy
• Duke of Holstein-Gottorp  (b. Feb. 21, 1728 - d. July 17, 1762)
  Also known as:

  • Peter III Fyodorovich
  • Charles Peter Ulrich Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (née  of)
• Duke of Kent  (b. 1671 - d. June 5, 1740)
  Also known as:

  • Henry de Grey
• Duke of Nivernois  (b. Dec. 16, 1716 - d. Feb. 25, 1798)
  Also known as:

  • French Ambassador to Britain
  • 10th Duc de Nevers
• Duke of Penthievre  (b. Nov. 16, 1725 - d. March 4, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • Duke Penthievre Bourbon
• Duke of Picquigny  (b. Dec. 31, 1714 - d. Sept. 23, 1769)
  Also known as:

  • 6th Duke of Chaulnes
• Duke of Rohan  (b. Nov. 3, 1652 - d. Aug. 17, 1727)
  Also known as:

  • Louis de Rohan Chabot
• Duke of Wellington  (b. May 1, 1769 - d. Sept. 14, 1852)
  Also known as:

  • Arthur Wellesley
• Duke of York  (b. Aug. 16, 1763 - d. Jan. 5, 1827)
  Also known as:

  • Duke of Albany
  • Frederick Augustus
  • Prince Frederick

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