Showing 20274 results

DICKENS, GEORGE, son of Richard Mark Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 17 Jul 1788; adm. 2 Jun 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1797; at school 1798; left Whitsun 1799; Lieut., Royal Navy 13 Jul 1807; Commander, 13 Nov 1813; m. 11 Jul 1812 Elizabeth Thompson; drowned in wreck of HMS Sylph, off Long Island, New York, USA 17 Jan 1815.

DICKENS, GUSTAVUS GUY, brother of Frederick William Guy Dickens (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1741; left 1741; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Feb 1745/6; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Feb 1748/9, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1750 - void 14 Jul 1759; BA 1752; Cornet, 6th Dragoons 25 Nov 1754; Lieut., 2 Sep 1756; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 1 May 1761; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 22 Feb 1775; Brevet Col., 16 May 1782; Second Major, 3rd Foot Guards 20 Oct 1784; First Major, 18 Apr 1786; Lieut. -Col., 13 Sep 1791; Maj. -Gen., 28 Apr 1790; retd. 31 Jul 1793; ADC to Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, during Seven Years War; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Charlotte 10 Jul 1765 – Feb 1783, Gentleman Usher of Privy Chamber to Queen Charlotte 13 Feb 1783 – 28 Aug 1793; discovered in a compromising situation in Hyde Park in Aug 1792, which led to his disgrace and to his retirement from the Army and from public life; m. 7 Apr 1762 Elizabeth Frances, youngest dau. of John Tracy, Stanway, Gloucs.; d. 1793.

DICKENS, HENRY CHARLES, son of Richard Mark Dickens (qv); b.; adm. 6 Jun 1792 (Clapham); in school lists (as Dickins, H. C. ) 1795, 1797; at school 1798; Ensign, 34th Foot 1 Sep 1795; Lieut., 17 Sep 1796; Capt., 25 Jun 1803; Maj., 26 Jun 1809; Brevet Lieut. -Col, 4 Jun 1814; Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1816; retired 28 Oct 1824; served in Peninsular War as Brigade-Maj. to Brig. -Gen. James Catlin Craufurd; m. in India 12 Aug 1821 Dorothea Dalrymple; d. 1825. [wife perhaps dau. of Samuel Dalrymple, Madras (IGI)]

DICKENS, HENRY JOHN, son of Samuel Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 1 Nov 1771; adm. 15 Jun 1778; KS (aged 12) 1783; Capt. of the School 1787; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 - void 25 Jun 1800; BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Nov 1790, called to bar 8 Jun 1796; practised at York; Deputy Commissary, Prerogative Court of York 1802; Auditor, Christ Church, Oxford; d. 19 Dec 1830, aged 59.

DICKENS, RICHARD MARK, son of Samuel Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 6 Jan 1764; adm. 7 May 1770; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1776; Capt. of the School 1779; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1780, matr. 24 May 1780, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1780 - void 1 Oct 1784; Ensign, 44th Foot 26 Sep 1782; Lieut., 30 Mar 1787; Capt., 76th Foot 25 Dec 1787; 44th Foot, 1 Feb 1788; Maj., 86th Foot 30 Oct 1793; Lieut. -Col., 17 Jun 1794; 34th Foot, 22 Oct 1794; Adjutant-Gen. to Forces in West Indies 28 Nov 1797; served at capture of Port Royal, Grenada, and mentioned in despatches 21 Jun 1798; Col. in Army 1 Jan 1800; Maj. -Gen., 30 Oct 1805; m. 8 Jan 1785 Mary, dau. of George Hoar, Middleton St. George, co. Durham, Keeper of the Regalia; d. at Muttra, North West Provinces, India 29 Apr 1808.

DICKENS, SAMUEL RICHARD, son of Richard Mark Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 27 Mar 1787; adm. 2 Jun 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1797; at school 1798; Cornet, 26th Light Dragoons 25 Dec 1797; Ensign, 34th Foot 6 Aug 1803; Lieut., 74th Foot 1 May 1804; 34th Foot 3 Mar 1805; Capt., 20 Jun 1811; cashiered at Secunderabad, India 15 Feb 1814; Ensign, 81st Foot 6 Apr 1815; Lieut., 2nd Garrison Battalion 10 Aug 1815; 2nd Foot, 3 Apr 1817; half-pay 25 Dec 1818; d. 23 Oct 1822.

DICKENS, SAMUEL, son of Rev. Samuel Dickens, Rector of Hemingford Abbots, Hunts., and Mary, dau. of John Hildesley, Hemingford Abbots, Hunts., barrister; bapt. Hemingford Abbots, Hunts., 12 Jul 1718 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Nov 1729; KS 1732; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1736, matr. 25 Jun 1736, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1736 - void by marriage 22 Sep 1760, Tutor 1747-53, Senior Censor 1747-50, Librarian 1754; BA 1740; MA 1743; BD 1752; DD 1753; Proctor 1751; Regius Prof. of Greek 30 Nov 1751-63; ordained; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1746, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1748; Prebendary of Durham from 3 Jan 1757 (holding the “golden stall” from 16 Mar 1761); Archdeacon of Durham from 2 Jan 1762; Rector of Easington, co. Durham, from Jan 1760; m. 18 Sep 1760 Margaret, dau. of Richard Lardner, Marylebone, London; d. 30 Aug 1791.

DICKENSON, EDWARD NEWTON, second son of Edward Wingfield Dickenson (qv); b. 8 Jun 1818; adm. 28 Jan 1831 (Stikeman's); KS 1833; left 1836; Addiscombe Coll. 1836-7; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1838; Ensign, 24th Bengal Native Infantry 1 Sep 1838; Lieut., 19 Aug 1841; resigned on account of ill-health 20 Oct 1842 and returned to England; Queens’ Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 6 Jul 1843; ordained; Curate, St. Stephen’s, St. Albans, Herts. 1847-8, 1862-5; Curate, St. Cuthbert, Wells, Somerset 1853-4; Curate, Deal, Kent, and Chesilborough, Somerset; Chaplain, EICS Bombay 1850 (still 1860); m. 25 Aug 1846 Mary Dorothea, youngest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Thomas George Fitzgerald, Turlough Park, co. Mayo, and Maperton House, Somerset; d. 19 Nov 1882.

DICKENSON, EDWARD WINGFIELD, eldest son of Edward Dickenson, Drayton Manor, Warwicks., and Dosthill House, Staffs., and Maria, dau. of Wingfield Wildman, Tamworth, Staffs., and London, merchant; b. 4 Mar 1779; adm. 14 Feb 1792 (Clapham); in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796; left Mich. 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Nov 1796; BA 1800; adm. Middle Temple 8 Aug 1799; Lieut. -Col., Warwickshire Militia 25 May 1812; m. 1 Nov 1814 (IGI) Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Col. Thicknesse Woodington, EICS [Bombay ? : check Presidency : not in Dodwell/Miles ?]; d. 28 Feb 1847.

DICKENSON, FREDERICK BOUGHTON NEWTON, eldest surviving son of Newton Dickenson (qv); b. 25 Jul 1813; adm. 2 Oct 1826 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1831; BA 1836; of Syston Court, Gloucestershire; DL JP Gloucestershire; m. 17 Jun 1843 Harriette Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Fiennes Trotman, Syston Court, Gloucs., and Bucknell Manor, Oxfordshire; d. 2 Feb 1885.