Christopher Wentworth Dilke (15 December 1913 – 9 November 1987) was an

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writer. He was a member of a literary family. His mother (Ethel Clifford) and grandmother (

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), as well as his great-uncle, Sir

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, the statesman, were authors. He was educated at

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and

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, which he left after a year to become a journalist with the ''

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''. He then worked in publishing. During the

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Dilke served in the

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. He became a lieutenant colonel and was mentioned in dispatches. In 1945 he was Press Controller in the west of Germany, with the task of liquidating the

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press and starting democratic newspapers. At the end of the same year he joined the

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as head of English by Radio and Television.Dr. Moberly's Mint-Mark, a Study of Winchester College, Bookprint Limited, 1965 Dilke wrote for radio and film, and was the author of a number of books, including ''The Bridgehead'', ''A Name for Myself'', ''The Rotten Apple'' and ''Dr. Moberly's Mint-Mark, a study of Winchester College''. The dustwrapper to ''A Name for Myself'' notes that his previous novels had been highly praised by Graham Greene and Elizabeth Bowen. Lionel Hale, in ''The Observer'', referencing the film of Greene's ''The Third Man'', commented: "Mr Dilke has...omitted zither music: but all the other ingredients of the intelligent thriller are there." He married Alice Mary Best, and had four children.

References

*Winchester College Register 1915-1960 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dilke, Christopher 20th-century English male writers People educated at Winchester College 1913 births 1987 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War II Royal Artillery officers