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Sydney Dickens, c. 1860. 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. [1]
Discover life events, stories and photos about Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847–1872) of London, England, United Kingdom.
6 de feb. de 2022 · Dickens named his son after the philosopher Sydney Smith and dictated a piece from his book to his shorthand student Arthur Stone. Learn how to decipher the shorthand symbols and read the text about moral courage.
11 de sept. de 2018 · Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens was a Royal Navy officer; the fifth son and seventh child of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine.
The seventh child and fifth son of Charles and Catherine Dickens, born in 1847 and named after a naval hero. He joined the Royal Navy, but died of bronchitis at sea in 1872, aged 25.
His childhood nickname, "Ocean Spectre," came, as Dickens's biographer John Forster wrote, "from a strange little weird yet most attractive look in his large wondering eyes." Perhaps appropriately, he joined the Royal Navy and reached the rank of Lieutenant.
Sydney was the son of Charles Dickens and a naval officer who died at sea in 1872. Learn about his life, education, debts, illness and burial at sea from this genealogy profile.
