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.
Dilley, Eric, son of Sir Arthur George Dilley, sometime president of the Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institution, by Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Ashton, of Huntingdon; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left July 1907; farmed in Australia; enlisted in the with Australian Light Horse 1914; served at the landing in Gallipoli and in Palestine; d. of consumption brought on by privations during the desert campaign, April 5, 1921.