The Dilke Baronetcy, of Sloane Street in the

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, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 January 1862 for the

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politician

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. Apart from his political career, he played an important part in the international exhibititions in

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in 1851 and 1862. Dilke was the son of the critic and writer on literature

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. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was also a Liberal politician and served under

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from 1880 to 1882 and as

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from 1882 to 1885. However, his political career was effectively ended in 1885 after a well-publicised divorce case. The Dilke family is descended from Fisher Dilke, son of Thomas Dilke, of Maxstoke Castle, who married Sybil Wentworth. Oswald A.W. Dilke, son of Clement Wentworth Dilke, younger brother of the fourth Baronet, was a classical scholar and philologist.

Dilke baronets, of Sloane Street (1862)

* Sir (Charles) Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet (1810–1869) * Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet (1843–1911) * Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 3rd Baronet (1874–1918) * Sir Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 4th Baronet (1877–1944) * Sir John Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 5th Baronet (1906–1998) * The Rev. Sir Charles John Wentworth Dilke, Cong. Orat. 6th Baronet (1937–2022), priest of the London Oratory * Sir Timothy Fisher Wentworth Dilke, presumed 6th Baronet (born 1938), a rheumatologist in London. The

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to the baronetcy is his Sir Timothy’s son, Felix Wentworth Dilke (born 1967).

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * http://www.thepeerage.com/p37027.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Dilke Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom