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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.

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.

DICK, WILLIAM, elder son of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); b. 24 Jan 1822; adm. 31 Mar 1837 (Benthall's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1839, matr. 1839; of Tullymet House, Dunkeld, Perthshire; m. 1860 Edith Marian, only dau. of John Wyndham Bruce, Duffryn, Glamorgan; d. 1888.

DICK, WILLIAM; b.; in school lists 1795, 1797; left Easter 1799.

DICKENS, ---; adm. ; in school lists 1764-7. Presumably = DICKINS, FRANCIS (qv).

DICKENS, FREDERICK WILLIAM GUY, son of Lieut. -Col. Melchior Guy Dickens, HBM Minister to Prussia, Sweden and Russia, and Hannah, dau. of --- Handcock, Athlone, co. Westmeath; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1738; left 1741; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Feb 1748/9; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Feb 1745/6, called to bar 27 Jun 1753; subsequently ordained; author, An Answer … Richard III; d. 15 Sep 1779 (M. I. Blockley, Gloucs. ).