Francis Henry Dickinson (6 January 1813 – 17 July 1890) was an English Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1841 to 1847.

Life

He was the grandson of William Dickinson (1745–1806), the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1796 to 1806, and the son of

William Dickinson (1771–1837) William Dickinson (1771–1837) was an English politician, in parliament from 1796 to 1831. Life From a Bristol merchant family who were slave owners in Jamaica, he was the eldest son of William Dickinson (1745–1806), William Dickinson, also a ...

, the MP for Somerset from 1806 to 1831. Francis inherited his father's estates in Somerset and Jamaica. He was educated at

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, and matriculated in 1831 at

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, graduating B.A. in 1835 and M.A. in 1838. He was admitted to the

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in 1835.

Family

Dickinson married in 1835 Caroline Carey (died 1897), his first cousin. She was daughter of Major-General Thomas Carey of the

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, and his first wife Caroline Smith, daughter of

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MP of

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; they had three sons and two daughters. Their children included: *William Dickinson (born 1839), married in 1875 Helena Isabella Bairnsfather (died 1888), daughter of George Bairnsfather of the East India Company; and then in 1896 Isabel Frances Harison, daughter of Colonel Evanson Harison R.A. *Reginald Dickinson (born 1841). *Arthur Dickinson (born 1847), married in 1873 Alice Berkeley Woodforde, daughter of Augustus Woodforde and widow of the Rev. George Goodden. *Sophia Caroline. *Frances. *Lucy, who married in 1866 William Henry Dorien-Magens (died 1875); then in 1888 the Rev. Iltyd Jenkin Rosser. *Mary, who married in 1878

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. *Edith.

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