Dewsbery, George Stewart; b. Oct. 31, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (R); left July 1919.
Diack, Philip George Anthony, son of Sir Alexander Henderson Diack KCIE CVO CBE, Financial Commissioner Punjab, and his second wife Mylsie, d. of Robert Alfred Molloy, Indian PWD; b. 20 Feb. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (R); left July 1929; LSE, BSc 1933; resident in Australia; dir. of cos associated with Calico Printers Assn Ltd; m. 8 July 1940 Mary, d. of William Henry Barlow of Colne, Lancs.; d. 1990.
DIBBEN, THOMAS, second son of Richard Dibben, Clare Market, London; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1696, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1696, aged 18, scholar 23 Apr 1697, readm. as fellow commoner 1702, matr. 1699; BA 1699/1700; MA 1703; BD 1710; DD 1721; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jun 1699; ordained deacon (London) 16 Jun 1700, dispensation for priest’s orders 12 Jul 1701; Rector of Fontmell Magna, Dorset, from 16 Jul 1701; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol, at Congress of Utrecht 1713; Precentor of St. Paul’s from 16 Jun 1714; Proctor for Bristol diocese in Convocations of 1715 and 1727; several references to “Dirty Dibben of Dorsetshire” will be found in HMC Bath MSS, vol. iii; became mentally deranged and lost all his money; a Latin poet of some celebrity; translated the Carmen Saeculare of Matthew Prior (qv) into Latin verse, 1700; m.; d. in The Poultry Compter, London 5 Apr 1741. DNB.
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, 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.
DICK, WILLIAM FLEMING, brother of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); bapt. 20 Feb 1788; adm. (Clapham) 16 Jan 1798; in school lists 1801, 1803; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 13 Oct 1804, did not matr.; Writer, EICS Bengal 1804; arrived in India 1 Sep 1805; Assistant to Magistrate, Patna 1808; held a number of official posts; officiating Postmaster-General 1833; Magistrate and Collector at Agra; Judge of Courts of Sudder, Dewannee and Nizamut Adawlut, Allahabad; retired 27 Feb 1838 and returned to England; m. 12 Dec 1821 Emily, dau. of John Talbot Shakespear, EICS Bengal; d. 1 Sep 1865.