Constituency | Dates |
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Cambridge | 29 May 1788 – 90 |
Northamptonshire | 1790 – 1796, 1796 – 06 |
Family and Education
b. 1750, o.s. of Ambrose Dickins, barrister, by Mary, da. of Sir William Abdy, 4th Bt., sis. of Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, 5th Bt. educ. Westminster; Trinity Hall, Camb. 1767. m. 21 Apr. 1778, Diana, da. of Lord George Manners Sutton, 2s.
Address
Main residences: Wollaston, Northants.; Branches Park, Suff.
biography text
Dickins first attempted to enter Parliament in 1784, when he contested Sudbury, but retired during the poll. Returned for Cambridge as a member of the Rutland group, he voted with Pitt on the Regency. There is no record of his having spoken in his first Parliament.
He died 23 Dec. 1833.
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