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John Daft
Subscriber: 6/4/1830 to April 1839.

Late in 1838 he was notified of his subscription arrears (4/12/1838).
In the following Spring he was four years in default and the Committee decided that his share would be sold (4/3/1839).

Thomas Daft
He was an applicant for the post of Library porter on 6/2/1843.

James Dale
Subscriber: 5/2/1816 to 4/7/1842.
He signed the Library Rules 91816-1831).
Gift:
See also – F.C. Smith.

A. Dalton
His name was associated with the Guarantee Society payment on 6/7/1906.

George Dance
Artist.
See –– William Daniell.

William Daniell (1769-1837)
Artist.
His portrait, after George Dance [lithograph, 10.5 x 8 inches], of Paul Sandby (1725-1809) is in the Front Reading Room, Neville Hoskins Room (2006).

Isaiah Danks
Newsroom subscriber: 1831, 1832, 1833.

Joshua Danks
Subscriber: 7/3/1836 to April 1862.
The share, which had been acquired from J.W. Edge, was passed to Thomas Danks.
He signed the memorial in support of Count Marioni (librarian) in 1867.

Thomas Danks & Co
Silversmith, furnishing and builders ironmonger.
Address: 1 Beastmarket Hill [Post Office, 1876].
Iron and steel merchant, chimney piece, range, grate gas fitters and general warehouse.
Address: 13 Thurland Street [Wright, 1915] & 6 Lincoln Street; Manufactory for agricultural implements, ranges etc.
Address: 13 or 25 South Sherwood Street with J.N. Greenall was the manager (1894). (Post Office, 1876; Wright, 1894-95).

In 1877 their estimate of for the repair of grates was accepted ( 2/7/1877).
Four small accounts are recorded as being rendered to the Library between 1/4/1873 and 7/1/1880 ranging from 5s 2d to 8 6s 0d. The Library paid 10s 10d on 3/8/1909 for repairs to the lawn mower.

See –– J. Page and Electric light in the Library (1900).

Danks & Nixon
The Library paid them £1 1s 6d on 4/11/1872 for an unspecified reason.

Thomas Danks
Subscriber: 1/12/1828 to 3/12/1849.
The Standfast Ledger records one borrowing on 13/5/1835 under the name of Danks with no initial given.
The share was transferred by Isaiah Danks.

Thomas Danks (c.1803-1883)
Address: The Gables, Sherwood Hill, (Sherwood Rise).
Subscriber: April 1862 to 5/11/1883.
Committee: 1872, 1873
The share was passed from Joshua Danks.
Scrutator: 1875.

He was chairman of the Nottingham and Notts Bank, a benefactor of the church at New Basford and an enthusiastic Freemason. (Mellors, 1914)
Deceased.

The share was transferred to W.G. Danks.

Rev W.G. Danks, MA
Subscriber: 5/11/1883 to 7/4/1885.
Archdeacon of Richmond and Residentiary Canon of Canterbury.

He was the brother of Mrs MacCallan and son of Thomas Danks (q.v.) and published A History of Canterbury Cathedral.

The share, which was transferred from T. Danks (deceased), was later transferred to H.W. Lambert.

Michael Dann
Subscriber: 3/9/1866 to April 1903.

He signed the memorial in support of Count Marioni (librarian) in 1867.
On 6/2/1882 he proposed that the Library take the German Periodical magazine.

He was present at the General Meeting of 1894.
The share was passed to Mrs S. Dann.

Mrs Sophie Dann
Address: Melrose House, Albert Grove.
Subscriber: April 1901 to 2/8/1910.
Share number: 58 (certificate: 9/2/1901).

The share was passed from Michael Dann and the final transfer was deferred from 7/7/1910 to 2/8/1910.

Grace Darling
See –– Daft Smith Churchill.

Dr Darwin
In 1822 an unnamed donor presented the Library with a portrait of Dr Darwin.

Presumably this was Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) who was born in Elston and practised medicine in Nottingham before moving to Lichfield.
He died at Breadsall Priory near Derby.

Mrs Davidson
Subscriber: 2/4/1878 to 7/9/1886.
The share was passed from Colonel Davidson.

A Mrs Davidson, wife of Colonel Davidson, was a lady distinguished by her devotion to work for the good of the people.
She built and gave the Church Institute in Sneinton
This Mrs Davidson died in 1912. (Mellors, 1914)

Dr J.M. Davidson
The initials can also be read as J.H.
Subscriber: 31/7/1826 to 7/8/1843.
Newsroom subscriber: 1831, 1832, 1833.
Committee: 1830, 1831, 1841, 1842.

Gifts:
Deceased.

Colonel James Davidson
Captain 1849; Major 1856; Colonel 1869.
Address: Colwick; Wilford (1850).
Subscriber: 7/2/1848 to 2/4/1878.
Committee: 1865, 1866, 1869, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1877.
He replaced Rev J. Martin on the Committee on 2/8/1869.
Auditor: 1866, 1867, 1870, 1873, 1875.
Scrutator: 1875.

On 3/9/1849 the Secretary was to write to him concerning his pencil notes in Lynch’s Dead Sea.

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The signature of
James Davidson
[4200]


    In 1874 he was one of 27 nominated as a Trustee of the Library, but he was not one of the 14 elected (17/3/1874).
He signed the memorial in support of Count Marioni (librarian) in 1867.

Deceased.
On 4/2/1878 the Committee sent a letter of condolence to Mrs Davidson.
The share was transferred to Mrs Davidson.

Thomas Davidson
Subscriber: 29/5/1818 to 3/6/1822.

William J. Davidson
Subscriber: 3/4/1866 to 7/5/1877.
Committee: 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873.
Auditor: 1870, 1871, 1874.
Scrutator: 1875.

He signed the memorial in support of Count Marioni (librarian) in 1867.

In 1874 he was one of 27 nominated as a Trustee of the Library, but he was not one of the 14 elected (17/3/1874).
He signed the memorial regarding the tenure of the office of President in May 1875.
See –– J. Place.

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The signature of
William J. Davidson
[4202]


Davies
This name appears in the Bill for legal work in association with the purchase of Bromley House (1822).

Rev T. Hart Davies, MA (c.1797-1873)
Vicar of Holy Trinity, Mapperley.
Address: Sherwood Rise.
Subscriber: 2/9/1844 to 4/11/1844.

He retired from the army with the rank of Captain and was the first incumbent of Holy Trinity where he served from 1841 to 1851.

He and his wife were much valued by the Nottingham community.
They later went to Australia where he was Archdeacon of Melbourne.
They returned to England and he was vicar of Christ Church in Ramsgate for twenty years. (Mellors, 1914)

Rev J. Witton Davies
Subscriber: 2/2/1892 to 1/5/1899.

Dr Owen Davies
Subscriber: 7/4/1823 to 6/9/1830.
Committee: 1824, 1825.
He signed the Library Rules (1816-1830).

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The signature of
Owen Davies
[4172]


See –– Jowett - book purchases - 1824.

Dr Owen Davies
Subscriber: 7/3/1836 to 5/3/1838.

Davis Lloyd & Wilson
See –– Miss Clifford.

Rev Charles Davis
Clerk in Holy Orders.
Address: St Thomas’ Vicarage.
Subscriber: 3/12/1907 to 1916.
Share number: 188 (counterfoil dated 7/4/1908).
A registration fee of 2s 6d was received from Rev M. Reed on 7/3/1909 in respect of a share transfer.

He attended the General Meeting: 1916.

John Frederick Davis
Photographer.
Address: Bromley House, Angel Row (tenant).

He was an artist who became a photographer and was installed as manager of the studio at Bromley House by Whitlock & Thompson in September 1851.
He hand painted photographs taken by the Scott-Archer process. (Iliffe & Baguley, 1976)

Mr Thompson was given notice to quit in April 1853 and the studio was then let to Davis at £1 10s 0d per month (6/6/1853) with two payments of £3 0s 0d being recorded under his name on 3/9/1853 and 3/10/1853.

On 5/7/1855 he married Matilda Watson Clark, daughter of a Nottingham lace maker.
His health and financial position deteriorated and in September 1857 he was twelve months in arrears with the rent and in October he was forced to leave, although he did open another studio in Nottingham by 1860 (7/9/1857).
This was in Albert Street and he also had a house in Carrington Street.

Robert Davison
Subscriber: 4/8/1823 to 5/3/1849.

On 6/1/1834 Davison was rebuked by the Committee because a copy of Bullock’s Mexico had been given to Mr Place, a saddler, and then his servant had given it to a mechanic in Leicester.
Deceased.

Mr Dawson
Subscriber: 2/10/1854 to 2/10/1854.
The transfer of a share both to him and from him was minuted at the same meeting of 2/10/1854.

A. Dawson
Gift:

Benjamin Dawson, Esq.
Address: Hollydene, Mansfield Road.
Subscriber: 1/9/1891 to 7/12/1909.
Share number: 59 (certificate: 9/2/1901).
He attended General Meetings: 1903, 1904.

The General Meeting record has Henry Dawson transferring the share.
A registration fee of 2s 6d was received from William Place on 12/11/1909 in respect of a share transfer to Chamberlain.

Henry Dawson (1811-1878

This landscape painter was born on 3/4/1811 in Hull and lived in Nottingham between 1812 and 1844.
His portrait was made by Sylvanus Redgate 'Mr Redgate of Bromley House'.

After his father's death in about 1821 he and his mother lived at Fowler's Yard, Long Row West.
On 16/6/1840 at St Mary's he married and then moved to a house on Mansfield Road.
In 1844 he moved to Liverpool.
He died on 13/12/1878 and was buried in Brompton in west London.

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Henry Dawson
[4015]


Freeman Day
Landscape gardener and contractor.
Address: 34 Ryland Crescent. [Wright, 1894-95]

Mr Day did work for the Library:

Paid
7/12/1897 Estimate of  for 'doing up the garden' £10 2s 9d £12 5s 0d 4/1/1897

For cutting ivy
'not more than £3' 13/2/1900
F. or J. Day gardening at Bromley House
£2 4s 4d 1899

£4 11s 0d 1900

£6 6s 2d 1901


Days Subscription Library Ltd
They were used in 1903 as an order was sent on 11/12/1903.

This was one of the libraries whose charges were investigated by Arthur Lineker in 1914.
They were eventually to replace W.H. Smith & Son as the major supplier of loaned books.
Only two small payments was made to them for some second hand books prior to their becoming the subscription library used by the Library from 1916.
They offered 300 volumes for £130 per year (8s 8d per volume).
A long letter setting out the terms of this arrangement was copied into the Minute Book having been signed by John C. Williams.
The first payment of £130 was made on 4/4/1916.

See –– Arthur Lineker.

de Lascelles
See –– Lascelles.

Mrs Deakin
Subscriber: 5/2/1816 to 3/7/1820.
The share passed to Osmund Deakin.

Mrs Deakin
Subscriber: 4/2/1822 to 3/2/1823.

Henry Charles Deakin
Subscriber: 30/10/1818 to 4/2/1822.
He signed the Library Rules (1816-1830).

Jonathan Deakin
Subscriber: 5/2/1816 to 30/10/1818.

Osmund Deakin
Subscriber: 3/7/1820 to 5/2/1821.
The share was passed from Mrs Deakin.

T. Osmond Deakin
Subscriber: 3/2/1823 to 4/12/1826.

Rev H.W. Dearden

Gift:

William Dearden
Bookseller. and printer.
Address: 3 Carlton Street.
He was bookseller to the Library for the years 1833,1836, 1838, 1842, 1843, 1845, 1848, 1851, 1856.
On 6/1/1836 it was recorded that the Annual Register of 58 volumes was to be bought from him for £13 provided he complete it up to 1822 and on 18/6/1838 he was given the contract to supply newspapers for 1838. He was appointed to print the 1841 catalogue.

On 4/7/1842 he was asked to supply Encyclopedia Metropolitania for £30, but on 5/9/1842 and 7/11/1842 the Committee minuted that it was returning it as unsatisfactory.
However, further business was placed with him as on 1/8/1842 he was to supply a copy of Rees’ Encyclopedia for £8 8s 0d,; on 5/12/1843 it was 2 volumes of Maddern’s United Irishmen, and on 6/1/1845 he was asked to exchange Metropolitan for Britannica.
He was told to reduce the cost of binding Ordnance maps on 3/2/1845, and on 8/9/1845 the supply of magazines was below the expected standard.
He offered the Library four volumes of a folio copy of Lodge’s Portraits for £20 0s 0d on 22/9/1845, and on 3/4/1848 he was to buy Nichols’ History of Leicestershire at a sale at Blaby Hall.

He was commissioned to print 300 copies of the revised catalogue on 6/9/1852.

The premises at Carlton Street were later used by J. & H. Bell Ltd.

William Dearden published a monthly magazine known as Dearden's Miscellany featuring both local authors and matters of general interest.

William Dearden
Subscriber: 4/3/1833 to 31/3/1834.
This was an original share and also recorded on 2/4/1833.

William Dearden
Subscriber: 4/2/1839 to 4/5/1857.
He bought an original share.

The Standfast Ledger records seven borrowings between 13/9/1848 and 9/1/1851.

On 1/11/1847 he was fined 2s 6d per volume for lending books and he was severely censured for improper behaviour and an apology was required in writing.

William ? Dearden
Subscriber: 10/7/1845 to 5/1/1846.
The share transfer from Rev A.J.G. Manson was subject to arrears being paid.
On 5/1/1846 the 'Dearden (share No. 2)' was transferred to James Carr.

Mr Deardon
On 5/5/1828 the Committee considered his offer of a copy of Montfaulon's Antiquites Explique plus £13 for a share.
This application not accepted (2/6/1828)

N. Dearman
Subscriber: 4/4/1831 to 3/11/1834.

Charles Deering, MD (d. 7/2/1749)

He lived near St Peter's church on what became Albert Street.
He was probably born near Hamburg and graduated in medicine from Leyden and could speak nine languages.
He then came to England, married and settled in Nottingham where he practised medicine.
His wife died and then, with the patronage of John Plumtre of Plumtre House in Stoney Street, he began to collect and record the history of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
His executors were the printer George Ayscough (q.v.) and the druggist Thomas Willington (Mellors, 1924)

Deering's works, mainly on Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, made up a significant portion of the valuable books at Bromley House described by John Russell in 1916. (Russell, 1916)

See –– Jowett, book purchases - 1824.

John Robert Denham
Bookseller and stationer.
Address: 16 Wheeler Gate (White, 1885; Kelly, 1891).

On 6/10/1885 Mr Denham offered 20% discount on the supply of books and this was accepted.
However, on 2/2/1886 his service was found to be unsatisfactory and on 1/6/1886 his contract was cancelled.
Two payments are recorded: £10 15s 5d on 5/1/1886 and £2 1s 6d on 6/12/1887.

Sir Thomas Denman later Baron Denman of Dovedale (1779-1854)
His family had origins in Bevercotes but his father was a London physician.
Educated at Eton and Cambridge Thomas became a lawyer and was made recorder for Nottingham.
He was the defence lawyer in the case of Jeremiah Brandreth and the Pentrich Rising men of 1817
He, with Lord Brougham, defended Queen Caroline and he was both Attorney-General and then Lord Chief Justice. (Mellors, 1924)
He was member of Parliament for Nottingham from 1820 to 1830.

He had a large family with five sons and six daughters, one of whom, Theodosia (c.1807-1895) married Ichabod Charles Wright (d.1871) in 1825.

His portrait was given to the Library in 1822 by Jonathan Dunn and it was in Bromley House at the time Sutton’s Stranger’s Guide was published in 1827.
It had disappeared by time of Russell’s History (1916).

Dennett & Williams
Contractor.
He was invited to tender for a hoarding (4/12/1894).
See –– Frederick Pearson.

Job Nightingale Derbyshire
Accountant.
Address: Egmont, Derby Road.
Subscriber: 13/12/1904 to 1916.
Share number: 225 (counterfoil dated 20/5/1905).
He attended General Meetings: 1912, 1913.

Derry & Co
Derry & Sons
Booksellers, bookbinders, stationers, newsagents and lithographic, letterpress and steam printers.
Address: 14 Albert Street [Post Office, 1876]; 10 Wheeler Gate, Houndsgate, St James’s Street. [Wright, 1894-95]; 9 Hounds Gate & Canal Street [Wright, 1915].

Records of their providing printing and books for the Library start on 2/8/1871 and continue through to 1916 when this survey ends. In this 45 year period the Library spent over £1800 with Derry's, an average of about £40 per year.

On 9/6/1880 they were invited to submit samples for the new catalogue.
They did so and were accepted and so they printed the catalogue at a cost of £114 17s 3d in May 1881.
From 4/10/1892 the Library was to take goods from them on Wheeler Gate: books at 25% discount, magazines at 20% discount and newspapers at nett.
W.H. Smith wrote about this change.
Their discount structure was reviewed on 2/2/1897.
Accounts recorded as settled from February 1893 to 1916 show that they were one of the major suppliers of books to the Library.

Derry & Sons were asked for a proof page of the catalogue on 9/5/1894.

Their label (Derry & Co.) is inside the cover of Minute book VIII which was started on 1/10/1912.
In 2007 they are still working with the Library in the preservation of old books.

Arthur Derry
Printer.
Address: Musters Road, West Bridgford.
Subscriber: 6/6/1905 to 1916.
Share number: 137 (counterfoil signed and dated 1/6/1906).

Mr Derry (or A. or W. Derry or possibly Henry Derry) bought books from the Library for:
£1 1s 0d 13/11/1901
15s 6d 9/12/1905
11s  0d 10/12/1909
6s 0d 6/12/1912
£1 2s 0d 26/11/1902
 £1 12s 6d 10/12/1906
6s 0d 26/11/1910
10s 0d 12/12/1913
£1 11s 6d 4/12/1903
7s 6d 7/11/1907
2s 6d 30/12/1911
8s 0d 19/11/1914
19s 9d 2/12/1904
10s 0d 12/12/1908
6s 0d 16/12/1911
7s 6d 1/1/1916

He paid an extra 2s 6d (presumably for postage) with his subscription of £2 2s 0d on 1/7/1905.

He was a subscriber to Russell’s History (1916).

Henry Derry
Printer.
Address: Beeston; Ivanhoe Lodge, Peveril Drive, The Park.
Subscriber: 5/2/1907 to 1916.
Share number: 148 (counterfoil dated 9/4/1907).

Minuted book requests:
He was a subscriber to Russell’s History (1916).
See –– Arthur Derry.

Joseph Derry
Subscriber: 3/5/1875 to 6/3/1882.

Joseph Derry, Esq.
Printer.
Address: Gregory Street, Old Lenton.
Subscriber: 7/4/1891 to 1916.
Share number: 60 (certificate: 9/2/1901).

He was present at General Meeting of 1894.
He was a subscriber to Russell’s History (1916).

His death was noted by at the 1911 General Meeting.

M. de Smedt
Newsroom subscriber: 1831.

Henry Dessauer
Address: Duke William Mount, The Park.
Subscriber: 12/4/1910 to 1916.
Share number: 241 (counterfoil dated 12/4/1910).

Minuted book request:

G. Deverill
Address: Sneinton (1865).
Subscriber: 7/4/1863 to 3/7/1865

Samuel Deverill
Alderman. Lord Mayor of Nottingham 1824-1825.
Subscriber: 3/4/1821 to 2/3/1835.

Duke of Devonshire
On 1/9/1879 he was to be asked for a copy of the recently published catalogue of the books at Chatsworth and this was received on 6/12/1880.

Dickins
See –– Hunt & Dickins

William Dickens
He and Alfred Clark were not accepted as they wished to be joint trustees and the Committee decided that a share could be held by one person only (3/2/1914).

E. Dickinson
Subscriber: April 1852 to 7/5/1889.

He signed the memorial in support of  Count Marioni (librarian) in 1867.

The share was transferred to Mrs H.A. Dickinson.

Mrs Ann Harriett Dickinson
Mrs Harriett Anne Dickinson
Widow.
Address: 21 Arboretum Street.
Subscriber: 7/5/1889 to 1916.
Share number: 61 (certificate: 9/2/1901).

The share was transferred from E. Dickinson.

Miss Mary Dickinson
Address: 2 Upper College Street.
Subscriber: 1/4/1893 to 1916.
Share number: 62 (certificate: 9/2/1901).

N. Dickinson
Subscriber: 5/9/1842 to 7/7/1879.

On 17/3/1851 he signed a requisition to the Committee to reduce the annual subscription from 42s 0d to 30s 0d and in 1867 he was one of the 23 subscribers asking that salaries and wages at the Library be reduced (2/3/1867).
Deceased.

Mrs N. Dickinson
Subscriber: 1/3/1892 to 1/4/1893.
The share was transferred from R. Dickinson and then transferred to Miss M. Dickinson.

Robert Dickinson
Subscriber: 7/6/1830 to 2/1/1832.
Newsroom subscriber: 1831 (named as R. Dickinson)

Robert Dickinson
Subscriber: 6/12/1875 to 1/3/1892.
The share was transferred to Mrs N. Dickinson.

Dines
See –– William Simes.

Rev Owen Dinsdale
Rector of Wilford.
Address: Wilford.

He was a Trustee of the Standfast Library when the transfer of the books to Nottingham Subscription Library was proposed on 7/5/1816 and he signed papers in connection with the transfer (5/6/1816) as well as the Standfast Library Transfer Deed (20/12/1816).
See –– William Standfast.

Rev Disney
Vicar of St Mary’s, Nottingham.
He was not a subscriber.

On 4/12/1826 John Pearson (subscriber 1816 to 1831 and honorary secretary 1816 to 1831) gave the Library
A view of ancient laws, against immorality and profaneness; Collected from the Jewish, Roman, Greek, Gothic, Lombard, and other laws, down to the middle of the eleventh century
by Rev John Disney, vicar of St Mary’s and written in 1729.

Henry Dixon
Gentleman.
Address: 325 Mansfield Road, Carrington.
Subscriber: 7/4/1891 to 12/2/1901.
Share number: 63.
Committee: 1893, 1894.
Scrutator: 1895.
Auditor: 1895.
Book Committee: 1893, 1894.
Rates sub-committee: 5/6/1894.

He was present at the General Meeting of 1894.
He proposed a motion concerning alterations to the rules of the Library (6/2/1894).
Deceased.

See –– John Cummings Banwell.

Dixon & Parker
See –– Samuel Bullivant.

J.A. Dixwell
Subscriber: 1/8/1831 to 3/3/1834.

Mrs Alfred J. Dobson
See –– Miss Augusta Martha Stevens

Mrs A.M. Dobson
See –– Mrs M.A. Dobson.

Arthur Henry Dobson
Gentleman.
Address: 36 The Ropewalk.
Subscriber: 12/4/1904 to 1916.
Share number: 193 (counterfoil signed by him and dated 10/5/1904).

A death (A.T. Dobson of Beeston) was noted at the 1915 General Meeting.

He was a subscriber to Russell’s History (1916).

Miss Betsy Dorothy Dobson
Spinster.
Address: Burton Joyce; and Queens Road.
Subscriber: 7/3/1881 to 1916.
Share number: 64 (certificate: 9/2/1901).
The share was transferred from C.D. Fellows.

She was a subscriber to Russell’s History (1916).

F. Dobson
Subscriber: 7/9/1874 to 1/4/1901.
Committee: 1878, 1879, 1881.
Book Committee: 1879, 1881.
Finance Committee: 1905
He bought an original share for £25 on 14/8/1874.

Gift:
The share was passed to Mrs M.A. Dobson.

Frederick William Dobson, Esq., JP
Lace dresser.
Address: Castle Grove, The Park.
Subscriber: 4/12/1894 to 1916.
Share number: 66 (certificate: 9/2/1901).
Committee: 1904, 1905, 1907. He was one of ten nominated for the 1904 Committee.
Finance Committee: 1904.
He attended the General Meeting: 1905.

He retired from the Committee on 2/3/1909 being replaced by J. Kentish Wright.

Minuted book requests:
He was a subscriber to Russell’s History (1916).

Mrs Mary Ann Dobson
Widow.
The name is also recorded as Mrs A.M. Dobson.
Address: 21 Zulla Road.
Subscriber: April 1901 to 4/3/1913
Share number: 65 (certificate: 2/4/1902).

Her death was noted by at the 1911 General Meeting.

The share was passed from F. Dobson and then transferred to Percy Baker Dobson.

Percy Baker Dobson
Stockbroker.
Address: Albion Chambers, King Street.
Subscriber: 4/3/1913 to 1916.
Share number: 65 (counterfoil dated 15/4/1913).
A registration fee of 2s 6d for share transfer was received on 4/3/1913.

The share was transferred from Mrs Dobson (deceased).

He was a subscriber to Russell’s History (1916).

William Ebenezer Dobson, Esq., JP
Lace manufacturer.
Address: Lenton Road, The Park.
Subscriber: 7/11/1864 to 13/8/1901.
Share number: 67 (certificate: 9/2/1901).

He signed the memorial in support of  Count Marioni (librarian) in 1867.
Deceased.
Share passed to Mrs M.A. Dobson.

Dr Henry Grattan Dockrell
Baptist minister.
Address: 21 Gedling Grove.
Subscriber: 4/11/1913 to 16/4/1915.
Share number: 160 (counterfoil dated 17/4/1914).

Dr Doherty
On 1/9/1885 he gave books.

Dr Doig
See –– John Storer.

Dolland
The original sundial placed in the garden at Bromley House by Rev Robert White Almond in 1836 was made by Dolland. (Russell, 1916)

Mr Dombrowsky
Newsroom subscriber: 1833.

Dorrell & Sons
They were paid 11s 6d on 7/6/1873 for Geographical Proceedings.

William Doubleday
Subscriber: 5/2/1816 to 5/9/1817.
He signed the Library Rules (1816-1830).

Rev John Douglas
Baptist minister.
Address: 99 Forest Road.
Subscriber: 3/11/1891 to 2/3/1915.
Share number: 68 (certificate: 11/2/1901).

This name is not on the 1903 list nor on later lists, but the transfer of the share was delayed, it seems, until 2/3/1915.
It does, however, appear in the 1907 ledger.

Robert K. Douglas
British Museum.
See –– W. Cursham.

Mr Dowland of Cuckney
See –– Jowett, book purchases - 1824.

James Dowland
On 6/9/1824 a Mr Dowland was thanked for an engraved portrait of the late James Dowland. (Russell, 1916)

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James Dowland
[4260]


Benjamin Dowson, Esq.
Solicitor.
Address: Felixstowe House, The Park; Overbank, Upper Broughton.
Subscriber: 7/2/1888 to 1916.
Share number: 69 (certificate: 9/2/1901).

He bought books from the Library for:
9s 0d 23/12/1911
9s 0d 16/12/1912

A note with ‘To the Committee’ on the back and on Bromley House headed paper found was in a cleaner’s cupboard in 1998 and it reads:
We hope the committee will kindly give all information to the shareholders about the change of librarian & the reason for it. In spite of Mr Banwell's brusque manner, many of us have a great regard for him, & are especially sorry for him since the accident he sustained some months ago. It would be a great satisfaction to many of the shareholders if the committee could assure them that the old gentleman, if removed from office, is comfortably provided for, & has parted on pleasant and satisfactory terms? Does he still live in the same house ? We do not quite like to ask these question of the present officials.
B. Dowson

Benjamin Dowson was born at Geldeston in Norfolk on 11/9/1836 and educated at Hove House School, Brighton and London University.
He was a partner with W. & R. Enfield from 1861 to 1874 and then with J. Kentish Wright (q.v.).

He was the nephew of William and Richard Enfield (q.v.) being the son of either Maria (née Enfield) and John Withers Dowson or of Anna (née Enfield) and Septimus Dowson.

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Benjamin Dowson
[4036]


Mrs B. Dowson

A suggestions slip found in a cleaner’s cupboard in 1998 reads:
I should like to recommend that the library purchase for its permanent use, the following:
     Jowett's College Sermons;
     Stopford Brooke on Tennyson.
Signed on reverse Mrs B Dowson of Nottingham.


Rev Charles Bernard Drake
The Standfast Ledger records 45 borrowings between 28/9/1869 and 4/8/1871.

G.G. Duclos
Subscriber: 6/6/1842 to 4/9/1848.

William Dudley
Subscriber: 4/5/1835 to 3/2/1840.

Mary Duke
The Share Interest Books shows that she held two Bromley House Debenture shares from January 1859 to January 1864.

S. Dummer
Subscriber: 2/4/1849 to April 1852.

Rev Dundas
See –– McCallan

Charles Dundas
See –– McCallan

Charles Henry Dunhill
Subscriber: 5/2/1849 to 5/11/1849.

Miss A. Dunn
Subscriber: 6/3/1882 to 3/9/1895.
Deceased.

Miss Amy Catherine Dunn
Spinster.
Address: 77 Raleigh Street.
Subscriber: April 1903 to 7/11/1905.
Share number: 70.

The share was passed from J.N. Dunn and then later the transfer was from Miss Amy Catherine Dunn.
The name of John Newham Dunn - Gentleman is crossed through in the 1907 ledger.

H. Dunn
The Presents Book records a gift of his Guatemala on 2/2/1829.

J. Dunn
later Dunn & Fry
Booksellers and stationers; circulating library.
Address: 12 South Parade, Wheelergate (Post Office, 1876).

J. Dunn produced the Second Catalogue listing 1884 volumes in July 1819 and the Appendix to the General Catalogue in 1824 which added a further 931 books.

A letter from him, presumably about supplying books, was tabled on 5/4/1816.
He was bookseller for 1818, 1827 (from 7 May), 1840, 1844, 1848, 1852 and the Library’s requirements must have made this a lucrative commission.
For example, a cheque for £50 was authorised on 5/7/1852.
He printed Library’s second catalogue in July 1819. On 3/2/1845 he was criticised for incorrect supply of magazines for two months.

On 7/9/1863 his tender for printing 300 copies of the catalogue for £42 14s. was accepted, but on 3/10/1864, after errors had been found necessitating some reprinting, his account was settled with reluctance.

There are records of frequent book purchases from January 1875 to January 1883 from Dunn, from Fry and from Dunn & Fry
The Library spent in excess of £1339 with them between 1869 and 1883; an average of about £96 per year over this 14 year period.

On 6/3/1882 R.W. Lamb, who had succeeded to Dunn’s business was appointed as bookseller.

Dunn’s Circulating Library
Address: Timber Hill, which is now South Parade in 1815.

Its proprietor was probably J. Dunn, printer and bookshop-keeper.

J.N. Dunn
Subscriber: 6/2/1882 to 2/3/1885.

From 2/2/1885 to 2/3/1885 it seems that there were two shares in the name of J.N. Dunn.
This share was transferred to Frederick Henry.
Committee: 1896, 1897.
Book Committee: from 1/12/1896, 1897.

On 6/10/1891 he wrote concerning the use of the London Libraries.

John Newham Dunn
Address: 77 Raleigh Street.
Subscriber: 2/2/1885 to April 1903.
Share number: 70 (certificate: 9/2/1901).

He was present at the General Meeting of 1894.

A suggestions slip found in a cleaner’s cupboard in 1998 reads:
Suggestions. Can some better mode be adopted for keeping a record of Books issued so as easily to say if a book is in or out? - I have asked in vain for some books for months. The system of printing the name of a book 2 or even 3 times over in the supplementary list cannot be necessary, the last list contains 99 books, but they appear as 208. The issue monthly of a fist of the principal works in circulation similar to Mudie's List .... the heads of History, Biography, Fiction Travels &c, could be useful and need not be expensive- Such list to be hung up in prominent places.

J.N. Dunn

    On 2/2/1885 a transfer from Mrs Lamb to J.N. Dunn was deferred but confirmed at the 1885 General Meeting.
From 2/2/1885 to 2/3/1885 it seems that there were two shares in the name of J.N. Dunn.
The share was passed to Miss Amy Catherine Dunn (q.v.).

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The signature of
Jonathan Newham Dunn


Jonathan Dunn
Subscriber: 5/2/1816 to 2/7/1860.
Newsroom subscriber: 1831, 1832, 1833.
he signed the Library Rules (1816-1830).

In 1822 he gave the Library a portrait of Thomas Denman, MP (q.v.).
The Share Interest Book shows that he held two Bromley House Building Shares from 1831 to 1851.
The Standfast Ledger records two borrowings between 25/2/1835 and 8/4/1835.
Deceased.

Samuel Duplex
Subscriber: 5/4/1830 to 4/3/1833.
Newsroom subscriber: 1831, 1832.
This share transfer was also recorded for 6/5/1833.

Durose
See –– Hubbart & Durose.

Arthur Durose
Chartered accountant.
Address: 10 South Parade.
Subscriber: 12/4/1904 to 6/4/1909.
Share number: 88 (counterfoil signed by him and dated 10/5/1904).


Alfred Watts Dyson
Assistant librarian.
4/2/1907 to 1911.

He came from the Carnegie Public Library in Harrogate to replace F.W. Thorne as sub-librarian being offered the post in a latter of 9/1/1907.
He was asked to start on Monday 4th February and was to receive a salary of 18s 0d per week with one months notice on each side.
A minute of 8/1/1907 is crossed through and then rewritten almost identically.
This salary was soon increased to 22s 0d per week (7/6/1907), to 25s 0d per week on 2/2/1909 and then to 27s 6d on 12/9/1910.

He, the librarian and two unnamed charwomen were to be insured to cover liability under the Employers' Liability Act (2/7/1907).
On 5/11/1907 he received £5 for 'exceptional expenses consequent on the illness and death of his mother'.

He bought a book (or books) from the Library for 2s 6d (31/3/1915).

He left in 1911 to become Librarian of the People's Hall Library, at Heathcote Street in Nottingham (2/5/1911) and on 1/8/1911 the Committee received a letter of thanks for the present he had received.
He continued to help at Bromley House when Arthur Lineker and others were on holiday and between 1912 and 1915 he received payments ranging from £1 to £3 3s 0d.

His help during the war years when Edgar Coggins, the assistant librarian, was in the army, was much appreciated by the Committee.


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