Charles John Dickinson (1792–1842) was an

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in the

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and Privy Councillor. Born in

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in August 1792, he was the son of Charles Dickinson, a

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, and educated at

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, where he obtained scientific and classical prizes, and was in 1813 elected scholar before being

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in 1818. At Dublin he was close a friend of Charles Wolfe and Hercules Henry Graves (1794–1817), brother of

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. His tutor,

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, "reckoned by many as the best lecturer and tutor of his time in college, was so impressed with the manly talents of his pupil (Dickinson), that he urged him to direct his thoughts to the Bar, as the certain road to speedy and high advancement". Nonetheless, he pursued a career in the church and his first post was at

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after which he was

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of the Dublin Female Orphan Home ( Kirwan House). In 1832 he became

to the

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and the following year the incumbent at

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. He became

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in 1840 and died in post on 12 July 1842.IRELAND. The Bradford Observer; and Halifax, Huddersfield, and Keighley Reporter (Bradford, England), Thursday, July 21, 1842; pg. 2; Issue 442. (477 words). 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II

Works

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