DIBBEN, THOMAS, second son of Richard Dibben, Clare Market, London; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1696, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1696, aged 18, scholar 23 Apr 1697, readm. as fellow commoner 1702, matr. 1699; BA 1699/1700; MA 1703; BD 1710; DD 1721; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jun 1699; ordained deacon (London) 16 Jun 1700, dispensation for priest’s orders 12 Jul 1701; Rector of Fontmell Magna, Dorset, from 16 Jul 1701; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol, at Congress of Utrecht 1713; Precentor of St. Paul’s from 16 Jun 1714; Proctor for Bristol diocese in Convocations of 1715 and 1727; several references to “Dirty Dibben of Dorsetshire” will be found in HMC Bath MSS, vol. iii; became mentally deranged and lost all his money; a Latin poet of some celebrity; translated the Carmen Saeculare of Matthew Prior (qv) into Latin verse, 1700; m.; d. in The Poultry Compter, London 5 Apr 1741. DNB.
DICK, ABERCROMBY, brother of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); b. 11 Nov 1794; at school 1805; left 1810; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1810; at Haileybury Coll. 1810-2; arrived in India 6 Nov 1813; held various official apppointments; officiating Special Commissioner, Calcutta 1839; Judge of Courts of Sudder Dewannee and Nizamut Adawlut, Calcutta 1844; resigned on return to England 1 May 1857; m. 28 Jul 1815 Louisa Jane Wintle; d. 13 Dec 1879.
DICK, ALEXANDER BALLANTYNE, brother of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); b. 19 Apr 1789; adm. 20 Sep 1798 (Clapham); in school lists 1801, 1803; Cadet, EICS 18 Jan 1804; Military Academy, Woolwich, to Apr 1805; Writer, EICS Prince of Wales Island 18 Apr 1805; d. unm. on board ship Cumberland 14 Sep 1805.
Dick, Alexander Walter Henry, son of Alexander Frederick Henry Dick, man. dir. Delta Metal Co., of Blackheath, and Eileen Isabel, sister of Walter William Dolton (qv); b. 29 Feb. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left July 1938; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938 but joined Delta Metal Co. 1939; Univ. of Lond., BSc 1950; FIM 1956; chief chemist Delta Metal Co. 1946-56; educational staff Diocese of Tanganyika 1957; Principal Alliance Sec. Sch. Dodoma, Tanganyika, 1959-67, Edo Nat. Coll. Iguobazuwa, Nigeria, 1969-71; ord. deacon 1974, priest (Salisbury) 1975; Curate Totnes 1974-7; first Vicar of Estover, Plymouth, 1980-1; Priest-in-charge Kelly, Devon, 1981-6; retd 1986; m. 3 Jan. 1964 Valerie Ann Barton, deaconess, d. of Harold Charles Barton, co. director, of Eastbourne; d. 16 Aug. 2008.
DICK, HARRIS ST. JOHN, only son of William Fleming Dick (qv); b. 24 Sep 1834; adm. (G) 29 Mar 1847; left 18 Dec 1849; Cornet, 2nd Dragoon Guards 18 Oct 1851; Lieut., 24 Feb 1854; Capt., 5 Mar 1858; retd. 19 Nov 1858; m. 22 Jun 1865 Sarah Grace, widow of Rev. Charles Vernon DD, Wherstead Park, Suffolk, and dau. of John Fawcett, Petteril Bank, Cumberland; d. 27 Dec 1879.
DICK, JAMES ABERCROMBIE, younger son of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); b. 15 May 1823; adm. 31 Mar 1837 (Benthall's); Ensign, 58th Foot 1 Jun 1841; 43rd Foot, 2 Jun 1841; Lieut., 24 Oct 1845; d. in India 22 Sep 1852.
Dick, John Oliver Lawson, son of John Lawson Dick MD FRCS and Nora Winifred Duke of Highgate; b. 21 May 1920; adm. Sept. 1932 (G); left July 1938; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1938, BA 1943, MA 1945; RAFVR (A & SD) 1944-5 (Flt Lieut.); successively in the PR dept of Esso Petroleum Co., on staff of Voice & Vision Ltd, and man. dir. PR Associates Ltd; ed. Aubrey's Brief Lives 1949; d. 1 May 1964.
DICK, JOHN, brother of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); b. 18 Aug 1797; at school 1805; left 1811; at Haileybury Coll. 1814-7; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1817; arrived in India 6 Jan 1818; assistant to Magistrate, Tirhoot, and subsequently at Birbhum; assistant to Commissioner Resident, Santipur 1822; officiating Commissioner Resident, Hurripaul 1823; d. at Calcutta 20 Jul 1825.