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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.

DICK, SIR ROBERT HENRY, eldest son of Dr Robert William Dick, Surgeon EICS Bengal, Tullymet, Perthshire, and Charlotte Maclaren, East Haugh, near Pitlochry; bapt. 6 Aug 1786; in school lists 1795, 1801, boarder 16 Jan 1798 (Clapham); probably the Dick who played cricket against Eton at Lord’s 31 Jul 1801; left 1802; Ensign, 75th Foot 22 Nov 1800; Lieut., 62nd Foot 27 Jun 1802; Capt., 78th Foot 17 Apr 1804; Maj., 24 Apr 1808; 42nd Foot 14 Jul 1808; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 8 Oct 1812; Lieut. -Col., 42nd Foot 18 Jun 1815; Brevet Col., 27 May 1825; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Col., 73rd Foot, from 10 Jun 1845; served in Sicily and Italy 1806, wounded at battle of Maida; served in Egypt 1807, wounded at Rosetta; served Peninsular War 1809-14, wounded at Torres Vedras; although wounded at Quatre Bras 16 Jun 1815, he commanded the 42nd Foot at the battle of Waterloo; appointed to command centre division of Madras Army Dec 1838, and acted as temporary Commander-in-Chief at Madras Jan 1841 - Sep 1842; transferred to staff of Bengal Army; commander of third infantry division of army in field against the Sikhs Jan 1846; CB 4 Jun 1814; knighted 21 Sep 1831; KCH 1832; KCB 19 Jul 1838; m. 11 Apr 1818 Elizabeth Anne, dau. of James Macnabb, Arthurstone, Perthshire; d. from a wound received at the battle of Sobraon 10 Feb 1846. DNB.