Definition of "deserving"

In the midst of a world war many centenaries pass unnoticed, but one which fell on August 2, namely, the opening of Fenchurch Street station, is deserving of record.

1941 September, “Notes and News: The London & Blackwall Cable Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 424–425

I ​here understand that value which every man puts upon his own deservings from the publick

1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 30