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DICKINS, AMBROSE, son of Ambrose Dickins FRS, Covent Garden, London, Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Anne, George I and George II, and Elizabeth ---; b.; at school under Freind (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1763); in school list 1731; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, scholar 1 Jan 1733/4; LLB 1738; Fellow, Trinity Hall 21 Jun 1738-48; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Dec 1731, called to bar 24 Apr 1740; refused to become a Bencher 14 Jun 1754; of Wollaston, Northants.; m. 24 Sep 1748 Mary, eldest dau. of Sir William Abdy, Bart.; d. 27 Aug 1783.

DICKINS, FRANCIS GEORGE, eldest son of Francis Dickins (qv); b.; adm. 1 Jun 1793; a boarder 13 Feb 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left Midsummer 1796; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 21 Apr 1803; Commander, 6 Oct 1807; Post Captain 1 Aug 1811; d. unm. 1818.

DICKINS, FRANCIS, only son of Ambrose Dickins (qv); b.; at school under Markham and Smith (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1777); presumably “Dickens”, Christian name not stated, who appears in school lists 1764-7; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 28 Dec 1767; probably travelling in Italy 1772-3; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 1779; MP Cambridge 29 May 1788-90, Northamptonshire 1790-1806; of Wollaston Hall, Northants., and Branches Hall, Suffolk; m. 21 Apr 1778 Diana, dau. of Lord George Manners-Sutton MP; d. 23 Dec 1833, aged 83.

DICKINS, GEORGE, brother of Ambrose Dickins (qv); bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 21 Apr 1721; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1735/6; left 1738; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. scholar 28 Feb 1738/9, matr. 1743; LLB 1744; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 29 May 1743, priest (Norwich) Apr 1745; Rector of Little Bradley, Suffolk, from 1745; Rector of Rayne, Essex, from 9 Apr 1745; m.; d. 1756.

DICKINS, WATSON WILLIAM, only surviving son of Francis Dickins (qv); b. 29 Feb 1790; in school list 1803; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 May 1808; BA 1812; MA 1819; ordained deacon 1815, priest 1816; Rector of Hawkinge, Kent, 20 Dec 1815-8; Perpetual Curate, Folkestone, Kent, 1815-8; Rector of Adisham-cum-Staple, Kent, from 1818; Prebendary of Lichfield from 22 Apr 1822; JP Kent; m. 20 Jun 1818 Mary, second dau. of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., MP; d. 27 Aug 1862.

Dickinson, Anthony Kenrick Rastall, brother of Peter Allgood Rastall Dickinson (qv); b. 24 June 1927; adm. Sept. 1940 (B); left July 1942; P&O Co. in WW2; Andrew Yule & Co., Calcutta, India, 1949; a stockbroker; d. April 1981.

DICKINSON, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1723; in under school list 1725.

DICKINSON, FRANCIS HENRY, second son of William Dickinson (adm. 1781, qv); b. 6 Jan 1813; adm. 18 Jun 1824 (Stikeman's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 May 1831, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; adm. Inner Temple 25 Apr 1835; of Kingweston, Somerset; MP (Conservative) West Somerset 1841-7; DL JP Somerset, High Sheriff 1853; an active Anglican High Churchman; FSA 16 Dec 1852; m. 8 Sep 1835 Caroline, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Carey; d. 17 Jul 1890.

DICKINSON, HAMILTON, son of Richard Dickinson, Whitehaven, Cumberland, and Elizabeth Grayston (IGI); bapt. St. Bees, Cumberland 15 Nov 1691 (IGI); at school under Knipe (J. E. B. Mayor, ed., Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb., ii, 198); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1710, aged 18, matr. 1710.