Brief Life History of Charles Wentworth
When Charles Wentworth Dilke II was born on 8 December 1789, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Wentworth Dilke, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Blewford, was 44. He married Maria Dover Walker on 10 October 1806. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 10 August 1864, at the age of 74, and was buried in Brent, London, England, United Kingdom.
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- Charles Wentworth Dilke in household of Charles Wentworth Dilke, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Charles Wentworth Dilke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Charles Wentworth Dilke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: relationship name, nickname from the Middle English personal name Dilke, either a reduced form of an Old English personal name * Dylluc ( compare Dill ) or of the Middle English personal name Dilcok, see Dilcock . Both Dylluc and Dilcock are related to Old and Middle English * dylle ‘dull, slow, stupid’ and may also have been used as nicknames.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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