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CHETHAM, ---; adm. 9 Jan 1792 (Clapham); at school Midsummer 1792.

CLAVERING, HENRY MORDAUNT, second son of Maj. -Gen. Sir John Clavering KB, Commander-in-Chief, Bengal, and his first wife Lady Diana West, dau. of John West, 1st Earl De La Warr KB, General in the Army; b. 16 Dec 1766; adm. 20 Sep 1779 (Clapham); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1782; Grand Tour (Italy) 1789-90; Ensign, Capt. O’Connor’s Independent Co., 7 Feb 1794; Lieut., Capt. Wolfe’s Independent Co., 12 Feb 1794; Capt., 13 Feb 1794; Maj., 98th Foot, 30 Jul 1794; Lieut. -Col., Argyll Fencibles, 19 Aug 1795; Brevet Col., 29 Apr 1802; Brig. -Gen. (local rank in S. America) 22 Apr 1807; retd., 11 Nov 1824; some interesting extracts from his letters to his old schoolfellow John Benn (qv), relating to their school-days, are printed in Elizabethan xi, 175-6, 185-7; m. 1st, 5 Feb 1788 Lady Augusta Campbell, elder dau. of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (S), Field-Marshal in the Army; m. 2nd, ---; d. 18 May 1850.

CURZON, NATHANIEL, 3RD BARON SCARSDALE, eldest son of Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Jan 1781; adm. 1 Aug 1791 (Clapham); in school lists 1795-7; left 1797; succ. father as 3rd Baron Scarsdale 27 Jan 1837; d. unm. 12 Nov 1856.

DANSEY, WILLIAM MALET, son of Col. William Dansey CB, Brinsop Court, Herefordshire, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Alexander Malet, Vicar of Combe Flory, Somerset, Prebendary of Gloucester and of Wells; b.; adm. 2 Feb 1795 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797; left Lady Day 1800; Page of Honour to George III 31 Dec 1794 – Mar 1800; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 8 Mar 1800; Lieut. and Capt., 29 Oct 1802; half-pay 25 Dec 1802; Capt., 65th Foot 25 May 1803, still in Army List 1810; killed in India (will proved PCC 7 Jan 1811).

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, 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.

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.

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, 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.