DETHICKE, GILBERT, eldest son of Sir Henry Dethicke, Kt, Poplar, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Best, Ratcliff, Middlesex; grandson of Sir William Dethicke, Kt, Garter King of Arms; bapt. St. Dunstan, Stepney 21 Jun 1621 (IGI); adm.; KS 1638; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 5 Jul 1639, aged 17, Westminster Student; adm. Gray’s Inn 28 Jun 1641, called to bar 12 May 1648; d. unm. Oct 1649.
DEWAR, DAVID ALBEMARLE BERTIE, brother of George Edward Matthew Dewar (qv); b. 3 Jul 1794; adm. 7 Apr 1802 (Clapham); left 1802; went to Harrow Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jul 1812, fellow commoner 7 Nov 1812, matr. 1812; of Doles Hall, Andover, Hampshire; m. 12 May 1821 Ann Louisa, eldest dau. of Richard Magenis MP [perhaps OW, qv], Grosvenor Place, London, Lieut. -Col. Fermanagh Militia; d. 25 Nov 1859.
DEWEY, FRANCIS, son of William Dewey, Oxford, and Jane ---; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1616, matr. 25 Oct 1616, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1630; BA 1620; MA 1623; BD 1630; ordained; licensed to preach 1630; Vicar of Chippenham, Wilts., from 1630; Rector of Hardenhuish, Wilts., 1634; m. Margaret, dau. of Henry Shepheard, Barnstaple, Devon; d. 1650 (will proved PCC 10 Dec 1650).
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.
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, 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.
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. ).
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, 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.