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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.

Dickenson, George Augustus Newton, son of Edward Newton Dickenson, and grandson of Edward Newton Dickenson (q.v.); b. Sept. 12, 1894; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 24, 1908 (R); K.S. 1909; left July 1912; served in Great War I with the Canadian contingent in the Engineer Corps.

DICKENSON, HENRY ANTHONY WINGFIELD, eldest son of Edward Wingfield Dickenson (qv); b. 29 Oct 1815; adm. 25 Jun 1828 (Stikeman's); Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jul 1834, aged 18; Ensign, 48th Foot 13 Jan 1837; d. unm. 2 Mar 1838.

DICKENSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1745/6 (Grant's); left 1749.