DIGNAM, JOHN JAMES; b. 4 Apr 1827; adm. (G) 9 Apr 1839. [Perhaps he and William Dignam (qv) were sons of James Dignam, Gerrard Street, Soho, solicitor : mother Anne Scott ? (IGI)].
DIGNAM, WILLIAM; b. 12 Apr 1829; adm. (G) 9 Apr 1839.
DILKE, SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH, BART., only son of Charles Wentworth Dilke, proprietor and editor of The Athenaeum, and Maria Dover, dau. of Edward Walker EICS [check Presidency]; b. 18 Feb 1810; adm. 14 Jun 1819; left Bartholomewtide 1826; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1828; LLB 1834; LLM 1860; took a prominent part in the organisation of the exhibitions of 1851 and 1862; unpaid Commissioner of New York exhibition 1853 and Paris exhibition 1855; created baronet 22 Jan 1862; MP (Liberal) Wallingford 1865-8; Chairman of Council, Society of Arts; he and John Lindley founded The Gardener’s Chronicle 1841; m. 30 Mar 1840 Mary, dau. of Capt. William Chatfield EICS Madras, Chichester, Sussex; d. at St. Petersburg 10 May 1869. DNB.
DILKE, THOMAS, brother of William Dilke (qv); b. 21 Jul 1797; adm. 15 Jun 1808; left 1811; entered Royal Navy as 1st class boy on HMS Revenge 23 May 1811; Lieut., 22 Jan 1819; Commander, 20 Oct 1827; Capt., half-pay 10 Jan 1837; retd. 1851; served at Cadiz, in the West Indies and off Algeria; Flag Lieut. to Vice-Adm. Sir Edward Codrington at battle of Navarino 20 Oct 1827; d. unm. 24 Mar 1853.
DILKE, WILLIAM, elder son of William Dilke, Maxstoke Castle, Warwicks., and Louisa Anne, second dau. of Richard Geast Dugdale, Blyth Hall, Warwicks.; bap 15 Aug 1796; adm. 10 Apr 1807; left 1813; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 9 May 1815, aged 18; DL JP Warwickshire, High Sheriff 1827; d. unm. 8 Oct 1837.
DILKES, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1750 (Bourne's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 21 Jun 1756; Lieut. and Capt., 19 May 1761; d. Oct. 1772 [but perhaps Dilkes, Christian name not stated, who died at Naples 11 Sep 1772 : check].
DILKES, THOMAS, son of Michael Dilkes, Dublin, Ireland, and Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1749 (Bourne's); in school list 1754; adm. Inner Temple 29 May 1755; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1756. [Perhaps son of Gen. Michael O’Brien Dilkes; and perhaps Capt. in Army 14 Jun 1765; 49th Foot 30 Sep 1768; Maj., 20 Feb 1773; father of next ? (and brother of last ?)][father Michael O’Brien Dilkes MP (I), hon. LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin ?]
DILKES, WILLIAM THOMAS, son of Maj. Thomas Dilkes, 49th Foot, and Margaret, third dau. of Robert Denny, Eye, Suffolk; b.; adm. 20 Jan 1777; RMA Woolwich 1779-82; Ensign, 49th Foot 4 Dec 1779; Lieut., 103rd Foot 3 Nov 1781; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 20 Mar 1783; Adjutant, 27 Oct 1790; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Apr 1792; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 4 Feb 1797; Col. in the Army 30 Oct 1805; Brig. -Gen. in Feb 1810; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1811; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Aug 1819; General, 10 Jan 1837; ADC to Maj. - Gen. Charles O’Hara (qv, ?) when Governor of Gibraltar in 1788-9; served in Flanders 1793-5, on expedition to the Helder 1799 and in Peninsular War 1810-11; second in command at battle of Barrosa 5 Mar 1811, receiving thanks of both Houses of Parliament and freedom of City of London for his services there; Lieut. -Governor, Quebec, 2 Oct 1829; d. 27 Dec 1841. [perhaps m. at Holy Trinity, Exeter, Devon 23 Nov 1820 Eleanor Hirtzel (IGI)]
DILKS, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715, 1716.