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| Dilke, Charles Wentworth. Adm. pens. at TRINITY HALL, Dec. 4, 1827. [Only] s. of Charles Wentworth, Esq. [proprietor, and sometime editor, of the Athenaeum], of 9, Lower Grosvenor Place, London. B. Feb. 18, 1810. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1828; LL.B. 1834; LL.M. 1860. Chairman of the Council of the Society of Arts, and of the Royal Horticultural Society. Founded, 1841, with Professor Lindley, the Gardener's Chronicle. Commissioner of the International Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862. Unpaid Commissioner to the New York Exhibition of 1853, and to the Paris Exhibition of 1855. F.S.A.; F.R.G.S. Created Bart., 1862. M.P. for Wallingford, 1865-8. Married 1840, Mary, dau. of Capt. William Chatfield, E.I.C.S., of Chichester. Died May 10, 1869, aged 59, at St Petersburg. Father of the next and of the above. (Boase, IV. 879; Burke, P. and B., 815; Old Westminsters.) | Charles Wentworth DILKE Approx. lifespan: 1810–1869 pens. Trinity Hall adm1827:12:04 Only s. of Charles Wentworth DILKE, Esq. [proprietor, and sometime editor, of the Athenaeum ], of 9 Lower Grosvenor Place, Lower Grosvenor, London b. 1810:02:18 Sch: Westminster School Westminster, [ London ] Matric 1828:10MT: LLB 1834 LLM 1860 Chairman of: Council of the Society of Arts, and of the Royal Horticultural Society Founded: 1841, with Professor: Lindley, the Gardener's Chronicle. Commissioner of: : International Exhibitions of 1851, and 1862 Unpaid Commissioner to: : New York Exhibition of 1853, and to the Paris Exhibition of 1855 FSA FRGS Created Bart. 1862 M.P. for: : Wallingford, [ Berkshire ] 1865-68 m. 1840, Mary CHATFIELD dau. of Captain William CHATFIELD, E.I.C.S., of Chichester, [ Sussex ] d. aged 59 St Petersburg, [ Russia ] 1869:05:10 father of the next and of the above DILKE ( Boase, IV. 879; Burke, P. and B., 815; Old Westminsters. ) |