Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens [SEP] date of death
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (18 April 1847 – 2 May 1872) was a Royal Navy officer; the fifth son and seventh child of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine.
Biography.
An endearing child, nicknamed "The Ocean Spectre" and "The Admiral" by his father, Sydney Dickens was born at 3 Chester Place and baptized at the church of St. Mary in Marylebone in London on 24 June 1847, his godfathers being William Haldimand of Lausanne, and Henry Porter Smith
(1845–1912), son of Charles Dickens and a lecturer on his father's life
- Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847–1872) son of Charles Dickens and a Royal Navy officer
- Henry Fielding Dickens (1849–1933), son of Charles Dickens and a King's Counsel and barrister
- Dora Annie Dickens, (1850–1851) youngest daughter of Charles Dickens
- Edward Dickens (1852–1902) youngest child of Charles Dickens
- Gerald Charles Dickens (1879–1962), grandson of Charles Dickens and an Admiral in the Royal Navy