DYER, SIR THOMAS RICHARD SWINNERTON, BART., son of Col. Sir John Swinnerton Dyer, Bart., 1st Foot Guards, and Susannah, dau. of Henry Vickery, Windsor, Berks.; b. 5 Feb 1768; adm. 2 Apr 1777; Ensign, 100th Foot 25 Dec 1781; Lieut., 7th Foot 28 Jun 1783; Capt., 14th Foot 4 May 1791; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards 27 Apr 1793; Adjutant 1st batt., 23 May 1794; Brevet Maj., 1 Jan 1798; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 23 Oct 1799; Lieut. -Col., 14th Foot 1 Oct 1807; Royal York Rangers, 31 Mar 1808; Col. in the Army 25 Oct 1809; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1812 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 27 May 1825; served in Flanders 1793 and on expedition to the Helder 1799; ADC to Sir Ralph Abercrombie in Egypt 1800-1; on military mission to Spain 1808; succ. father as 7th baronet 21 Mar 1801; m. 14 Apr 1814 Elizabeth, only dau. of James Standerwicke, Ovington House, Hants.; d. 12 Apr 1838.
DYER, SIR THOMAS SWINNERTON, BART., brother of Richard Swinnerton Dyer (qv); b. 6 Oct 1770; adm. 26 Jun 1780; entered Royal Navy 1782; Lieut., 29 Jun 1793; Commander 12 Jul 1810; served at relief of Gibraltar 1782, occupation of Toulon, action in Tunis Bay, and on Hotham’s second action 1795; as Lieut. on HMS Vesuvius, commanded one of the boats in attack on flotilla at Boulogne 1805; out-pensioner, Greenwich Hospital 24 Apr 1837; succeeded his cousin as 8th baronet 12 Apr 1838; m. 11 Apr 1814 Mary Davis; d. 27 Mar 1854.
DYER, THOMAS, son of Matthew Dyer, Great Chapel Street, Westminster, a clerk in the Excise Office, and Janet ---; b. 3 Nov 1760; adm. 14 Mar 1768; BB; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1778, aged 17, scholar on Bishop Williams’s foundation 9 Nov 1779, matr. Mich. 1778; BA 1782; MA 1785; ordained deacon (Winchester) 25 Sep 1785, priest (Lincoln, lit. dim. from Rochester) 23 Sep 1787; Curate, East Tisted, Hants. 1785; Vicar of Norton Abbots, Worcs., from 15 May 1828; d. 15 Mar 1840.
DYER, THOMAS, brother of John Dyer (at school under Freind, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1717; Min. Can. 1718; KS 1719; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1723, matr. 18 Jun 1723, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1723 - void 25 Mar 1738 (expiry year of grace as R. Bedhampton from 22 Apr 1736 (sic)); BA 1727; MA 1730; LLD; ordained priest (Oxford) 1 Jun 1729; Rector of Bedhampton, Hampshire, from 19 Apr 1736; Yeoman of the Almonry; lic. to m. 11 Jan 1739/40 Dorothy, sister of William De La Place (qv); d. 1780.
DYKE, SIR JOHN DIXON, BART., brother of Thomas Dyke (qv); b. 23 Nov 1732; adm. May 1744 (Ludford's); left 1747; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1749/50; succ. father as 3rd baronet 20 Aug 1756; m. 3 May 1756 Philadelphia Payne, dau. of George Horne, East Grinstead, Sussex; d. 6 Sep 1810.
DYKE, SIR PERCIVAL HART, BART., son of Sir John Dixon Dyke, Bart. (qv); b. 27 Dec 1767; adm. 6 Feb 1776; Univ. Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jul 1784; BA 1789; adm. Middle Temple 2 Jul 1789; succeeded his brother as 5th baronet 29 Nov 1731; unsuccessfully claimed barony of Braye 1836; m. 26 Jul 1798 Anne, eldest dau. of Robert Jenner, Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgan; d. 4 Aug 1846.
DYKE, SIR PERCIVAL HART, BART., eldest son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart. (qv); b. 9 Jun 1799; adm. Mich. 1812; KS 1814; left 13 Dec 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Apr 1819; migrated to St. Alban Hall; played cricket for Kent 1823-8 and for Gentlemen against Players 1827 and 1833; a fine bat and a fast underarm bowler; succ. father as 6th baronet 4 Aug 1846; DL Kent; m. 25 Jun 1835 Eliza, youngest dau. of John Wells MP, Bickley House, Kent, shipbuilder and banker; d. 12 Nov 1875.
DYKE, THOMAS HART, second son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart. (adm. 1776, qv); b. 11 Dec 1801; adm. 9 Dec 1816 (Packharness'); left Christmas 1818; went to Harrow School Jan 1819; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1820, Canoneer Student 1821 - still 1829; BA 1824; MA 1827; played cricket for Kent in one match 1827; ordained deacon 1824, priest 1825 (both Oxford); Rector of Lullingstone, Kent, from 3 Jul 1828; Rector of Long Newton, co. Durham, from 2 Mar 1832; m. 4 Feb 1833 Elizabeth, second dau. of Thomas Lodington Fairfax, Newton Kyme, Yorks. ; d. 25 Jun 1866.
DYKE, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Sir John Dixon Dyke, Bart. (qv); b. 29 Dec 1763; adm. 6 Feb 1776; left Whitsun 1780; succ. father as 4th baronet 6 Sep 1810; Col., West Kent Militia; d. 29 Nov 1831.
DYKE, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke, Kt., Horeham, Sussex, and Catherine, third dau. of Sir John Bramston, Kt., Skreens, Essex, Lord Chief Justice of England; b.; at school 1661-6; a boarder in Busby’s house from 7 Apr 1662 “but was here afore” (Busby’s Account Book); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1666, aged 16; adm. Middle Temple 17 Apr 1667; created baronet 3 Mar 1676/7; High Sheriff Sussex 1684, but did not serve; MP Sussex 1685-7, East Grinstead Jan 1688/9-98; a Commissioner of Public Accounts 1696; one of the original trustees of Busby’s will; m. Philadelphia, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Nutt, Kt., Mays, Sussex; d. 31 Oct 1706.