Dickens Family

Dickens family

 

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The Dickens family are the descendants of John Dickens, the father of the English novelist Charles Dickens. John Dickens was a clerk in the Royal Navy Pay Office and had eight children from his marriage to Elizabeth Barrow. Their second child was Charles Dickens, whose descendents include the novelist Monica Dickens, the writer Lucinda Dickens Hawksley and the actors Harry Lloyd and Brian Forster.

The family members include:

·        John Dickens (1785–1851)

o   married Elizabeth Barrow (1789–1863); 8 children

·        Frances (Fanny) Elizabeth Dickens (1810–1848)

·        Charles Dickens (1812–1870), English novelist of the Victorian era

o   married Catherine Hogarth (1815–1879); 10 children

·        Charles Dickens, Jr. (1837–1896), editor and writer, married Elisabeth Matilda Moule Evans; 8 children, including

·        Mary Angela Dickens (1863–1948) or (1862–1946), British writer of Childrens Stories from Dickens

·        Sydney Margaret Dickens, married Thomas Whinney

·        Humphrey Whinney

·        Michael Whinney, Church of England bishop

·        Mary "Mamie" Dickens (1838–1896)

·        Kate Dickens (1839–1929), artist, married (i) Charles Allston Collins (1828–1872), (ii) Charles Edward Perugini (1839–1918); 1 child by (ii), died in infancy.

·        Walter Landor Dickens (1841–1863), officer in the British Indian Army

·        Francis Dickens (1844–1886), member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

·        Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens (1845–1912), emigrated to Australia; lecturer on his father's life; 2 daughters

·        Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847–1872) a Royal Navy officer

·        Henry Fielding Dickens (1849–1933), King's Counsel and barrister; married Marie Roche (1852–1940); 7 children

·        Enid Henrietta Dickens (1877–1950) married Ernest Bouchier Hawksley (1876–1931)

·        Aileen Dickens Bouchier Hawksley (1907–1961) married (i) Downing (ii) Alan Napier-Clavering^[1]

·        Jennifer Downing (1932–1993) actress, married Peter Forster (1920–1982)

·        Brian Forster (born 1960) actor, great-great-great grandson of Charles Dickens^[2]

·        Cyril Dickens Bouchier Hawksley (1909–1976)

·        Henry Dickens Bouchier Hawksley (born 1932)

·        Lucinda Anne Dickens Hawksley (born 1970), author, great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens

·        Henry Charles Dickens (1878–1966)

·        Monica Dickens (1915–1992), British writer, great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens

·        Gerald Charles Dickens (1879–1962), Admiral in the Royal Navy

·        Peter Gerald Charles Dickens (1917–1987), Captain in the Royal Navy

·        Mark Dickens, Royal Navy officer^[3]

·        Marion Evelyn Dickens (born 1952)

·        Harry Lloyd (born 1983), actor, great-great-great grandson of Charles Dickens

·        David Charles Dickens (1925–2005), editor of medical books, great grandson of Charles Dickens

·        Gerald Charles Dickens (born 1963), actor, great-great grandson of Charles Dickens

·        Philip Charles Dickens (1887–1964)

·        Cedric Charles Dickens (1916–2006), great-grandson of Charles Dickens and steward of his literary legacyCedric Charles Dickens (1889–1916), died in World War I

·        Dora Annie Dickens (1850–1851)

·        Edward Dickens (1852–1902), emigrated to Australia

·        Alfred Allen Dickens (1813–1813)

·        Letitia Dickens (1816–1893)

·        Harriet Dickens (1819–1824)

·        Frederick Dickens (1820–1868)

·        Alfred Lamert Dickens (1822–1860)

·        Augustus Dickens (1827–1866)