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DICK, WILLIAM FLEMING, brother of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); bapt. 20 Feb 1788; adm. (Clapham) 16 Jan 1798; in school lists 1801, 1803; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 13 Oct 1804, did not matr.; Writer, EICS Bengal 1804; arrived in India 1 Sep 1805; Assistant to Magistrate, Patna 1808; held a number of official posts; officiating Postmaster-General 1833; Magistrate and Collector at Agra; Judge of Courts of Sudder, Dewannee and Nizamut Adawlut, Allahabad; retired 27 Feb 1838 and returned to England; m. 12 Dec 1821 Emily, dau. of John Talbot Shakespear, EICS Bengal; d. 1 Sep 1865.

DICK, WILLIAM, elder son of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); b. 24 Jan 1822; adm. 31 Mar 1837 (Benthall's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1839, matr. 1839; of Tullymet House, Dunkeld, Perthshire; m. 1860 Edith Marian, only dau. of John Wyndham Bruce, Duffryn, Glamorgan; d. 1888.

DICK, WILLIAM; b.; in school lists 1795, 1797; left Easter 1799.

DICKENS, ---; adm. ; in school lists 1764-7. Presumably = DICKINS, FRANCIS (qv).

DICKENS, FREDERICK WILLIAM GUY, son of Lieut. -Col. Melchior Guy Dickens, HBM Minister to Prussia, Sweden and Russia, and Hannah, dau. of --- Handcock, Athlone, co. Westmeath; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1738; left 1741; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Feb 1748/9; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Feb 1745/6, called to bar 27 Jun 1753; subsequently ordained; author, An Answer … Richard III; d. 15 Sep 1779 (M. I. Blockley, Gloucs. ).

DICKENS, GEORGE, son of Richard Mark Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 17 Jul 1788; adm. 2 Jun 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1797; at school 1798; left Whitsun 1799; Lieut., Royal Navy 13 Jul 1807; Commander, 13 Nov 1813; m. 11 Jul 1812 Elizabeth Thompson; drowned in wreck of HMS Sylph, off Long Island, New York, USA 17 Jan 1815.

DICKENS, GUSTAVUS GUY, brother of Frederick William Guy Dickens (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1741; left 1741; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Feb 1745/6; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Feb 1748/9, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1750 - void 14 Jul 1759; BA 1752; Cornet, 6th Dragoons 25 Nov 1754; Lieut., 2 Sep 1756; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 1 May 1761; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 22 Feb 1775; Brevet Col., 16 May 1782; Second Major, 3rd Foot Guards 20 Oct 1784; First Major, 18 Apr 1786; Lieut. -Col., 13 Sep 1791; Maj. -Gen., 28 Apr 1790; retd. 31 Jul 1793; ADC to Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, during Seven Years War; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Charlotte 10 Jul 1765 – Feb 1783, Gentleman Usher of Privy Chamber to Queen Charlotte 13 Feb 1783 – 28 Aug 1793; discovered in a compromising situation in Hyde Park in Aug 1792, which led to his disgrace and to his retirement from the Army and from public life; m. 7 Apr 1762 Elizabeth Frances, youngest dau. of John Tracy, Stanway, Gloucs.; d. 1793.

DICKENS, HENRY CHARLES, son of Richard Mark Dickens (qv); b.; adm. 6 Jun 1792 (Clapham); in school lists (as Dickins, H. C. ) 1795, 1797; at school 1798; Ensign, 34th Foot 1 Sep 1795; Lieut., 17 Sep 1796; Capt., 25 Jun 1803; Maj., 26 Jun 1809; Brevet Lieut. -Col, 4 Jun 1814; Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1816; retired 28 Oct 1824; served in Peninsular War as Brigade-Maj. to Brig. -Gen. James Catlin Craufurd; m. in India 12 Aug 1821 Dorothea Dalrymple; d. 1825. [wife perhaps dau. of Samuel Dalrymple, Madras (IGI)]

DICKENS, HENRY JOHN, son of Samuel Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 1 Nov 1771; adm. 15 Jun 1778; KS (aged 12) 1783; Capt. of the School 1787; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 - void 25 Jun 1800; BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Nov 1790, called to bar 8 Jun 1796; practised at York; Deputy Commissary, Prerogative Court of York 1802; Auditor, Christ Church, Oxford; d. 19 Dec 1830, aged 59.

DICKENS, RICHARD MARK, son of Samuel Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 6 Jan 1764; adm. 7 May 1770; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1776; Capt. of the School 1779; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1780, matr. 24 May 1780, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1780 - void 1 Oct 1784; Ensign, 44th Foot 26 Sep 1782; Lieut., 30 Mar 1787; Capt., 76th Foot 25 Dec 1787; 44th Foot, 1 Feb 1788; Maj., 86th Foot 30 Oct 1793; Lieut. -Col., 17 Jun 1794; 34th Foot, 22 Oct 1794; Adjutant-Gen. to Forces in West Indies 28 Nov 1797; served at capture of Port Royal, Grenada, and mentioned in despatches 21 Jun 1798; Col. in Army 1 Jan 1800; Maj. -Gen., 30 Oct 1805; m. 8 Jan 1785 Mary, dau. of George Hoar, Middleton St. George, co. Durham, Keeper of the Regalia; d. at Muttra, North West Provinces, India 29 Apr 1808.