DICKINS, Francis (1750-1833), of Wollaston, Northants. and Branches Park, Suff.

Constituency	Dates
Cambridge	1790 – 90
Northamptonshire	1802 – 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.

Author

L.B.N.

Volume

Commons 1754-1790