The Dickens family are the descendants of

John Dickens John Dickens (21 August 1785 – 31 March 1851) was the father of famous English novelist Charles Dickens and was the model for Mr Micawber in his son's semi-autobiographical novel ''David Copperfield''. Biography The son of William Dickens (17 ...

, the father of the English novelist

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

. John Dickens was a clerk in the Royal Navy Pay Office and had eight children from his marriage to Elizabeth Barrow. Their second child and eldest son was Charles Dickens, whose descendants include the novelist

Monica Dickens Monica Enid Dickens, MBE (10 May 1915 – 25 December 1992) was an English writer, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. Biography Known as "Monty" to her family and friends, she was born into an upper-middle-class London family to Henr ...

, the writer Lucinda Dickens Hawksley and the actors

Harry Lloyd Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd (born 17 November 1983) is an English actor. His performance in the Channel 4 miniseries '' The Fear'' (2012) earned him a British Academy Television Award nomination. He gained prominence through his roles as Wil ...

and

Brian Forster Brian A. Forster (born April 14, 1960) is an American former child actor and race car driver. He is best known as the second actor to play the role of Chris Partridge in the television series ''The Partridge Family''. Biography Forster joined '' ...

. John Dickens was according to his son Charles "a jovial opportunist with no money sense" and was the inspiration for

Mr Micawber Wilkins Micawber is a clerk in Charles Dickens's 1850 novel ''David Copperfield (novel), David Copperfield''. He is traditionally identified with the optimistic belief that "something will turn up." His role in the story Micawber was incarcera ...

in ''

David Copperfield ''David Copperfield'' Dickens invented over 14 variations of the title for this work, see is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from inf ...

''. The family members include: *

(1785–1851) :married Elizabeth Barrow (1789–1863); 8 children :* Frances Elizabeth Dickens (1810–1848) married Henry Burnett in 1837 and had two sons: ::1. Henry Augustus Burnett (1839–1849) ::2. Charles Dickens Kneller Burnett (1841–1881) :*

(1812–1870), English novelist of the Victorian era ::married Catherine Hogarth (1815–1879); 10 children :::1. Charles Culliford Boz Dickens (1837–1896), editor and writer, married Elizabeth Matilda Moule Evans; 8 children, including ::::* Mary Angela Dickens (1862–1948), journalist and novelist and writer of ''Children's Stories from Dickens'' ::::* Sydney Margaret Dickens, married Thomas Whinney :::::* Humphrey Whinney ::::::* Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney (1930–2017), Church of England bishop :::2. Mary "Mamie" Dickens (1838–1896) :::3.

Catherine Elizabeth Macready Dickens Catherine Elizabeth Macready Perugini (''née'' Dickens; 29 October 1839 – 9 May 1929) was an English painter of the Victorian era and the daughter of Catherine Dickens and Charles Dickens. Biography Born Catherine Dickens and nicknamed ...

(1839–1929), artist, married (i)

Charles Allston Collins ''Convent Thoughts'' (1850–51; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Charles Allston Collins (London 25 January 1828 – 9 April 1873) was a British painter, writer, and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Life and work ...

(1828–1872), (ii) Charles Edward Perugini (1839–1918); 1 child by (ii), died in infancy. :::4. Walter Savage Landor Dickens (1841–1863), officer in the

British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...

:::5. Francis Jeffrey Dickens (1844–1886), member of the

North-West Mounted Police The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian para-military police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert’s Land and North-Western Territory ...

:::6.

Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens (28 October 1845 – 2 January 1912) was an English lecturer. The sixth child and fourth son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine, Dickens made lecture tours in Australia, Europe, and th ...

(1845–1912), emigrated to Australia; lecturer on his father's life; 2 daughters :::7. Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847–1872), a

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

officer :::8.

Henry Fielding Dickens Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, KC (16 January 1849 – 21 December 1933), was the eighth of ten children born to English author Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. The most successful of all of Dickens's children, he was a barrister, a KC an ...

(1849–1933),

King's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ...

and

barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and ...

; married Marie Roche (1852–1940); 7 children ::::* Enid Henrietta Dickens (1877–1950) married Ernest Bouchier Hawksley (1876–1931) :::::* Aileen Dickens Bouchier Hawksley (1907–1961) married (i) Downing (ii) Alan Napier-Clavering ::::::* Jennifer Downing (1932–1993), actress, married Peter Forster (1920–1982) :::::::*

, actor, great-great-great grandson of Charles Dickens (1960-present) :::::* Cyril Dickens Bouchier Hawksley (1909–1976) ::::::* Henry Dickens Bouchier Hawksley :::::::* Joanna Mary Dickens Baldwin, great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens :::::::* Virginia (Ginny) Jane Dickens Hawksley-Lennard, great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens :::::::* Lucinda Anne Dickens Hawksley, author, great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens ::::* Henry Charles Dickens (1878–1966) :::::* Monica Enid Dickens (1915–1992), British writer, great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens ::::*

Gerald Charles Dickens Admiral Sir Gerald Louis Charles Dickens (13 October 1879 – 19 November 1962) was a senior Royal Navy officer and the grandson of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. Early life and career Born in Kensington, London, Dickens was the son of ...

(1879–1962),

admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

in the Royal Navy :::::* Peter Gerald Charles Dickens (1917–1987),

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

in the Royal Navy ::::::* Mark Dickens, Royal Navy officer ::::::* Marion Evelyn Dickens :::::::*

, actor, great-great-great grandson of Charles Dickens :::::* David Charles Dickens (1925–2005), editor of medical books, great-grandson of Charles Dickens ::::::*

, actor, great-great grandson of Charles Dickens :::::::* Cameron Thomas Charles Dickens ::::* Philip Charles Dickens (1887–1964) :::::* Cedric Charles Dickens (1916–2006), great-grandson of Charles Dickens and steward of his literary legacy ::::* Cedric Charles Dickens (1889–1916), died in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

:::9.

Dora Annie Dickens Dora Annie Dickens (16 August 1850 – 14 April 1851) was the infant daughter of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. She was the ninth of their ten children, and the youngest of their three daughters. Life Born at 1 Devonshi ...

(1850–1851) :::10. Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (1852–1902), emigrated to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

:* Alfred Allen Dickens (1813) :* Letitia Dickens (1816–1893), married Henry Austin, architect and artist :* Harriet Dickens (1819–1822) :*

Frederick Dickens Frederick William Dickens (4 July 1820 – 20 October 1868) was the son of John and Elizabeth Dickens and was Charles Dickens's younger brother, who lived with Charles when he moved on to Furnival's Inn in 1834. He was the inspiration for two ...

(1820–1868), the inspiration for two different Freds in his brother's books: the jovial nephew of

Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge () is the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol''. At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. The tale of his redemption by three spirits (the Ghost of ...

in ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...

'' and the dissolute brother of Little Nell in ''

The Old Curiosity Shop ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is one of two novels (the other being ''Barnaby Rudge'') which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial ''Master Humphrey's Clock'', from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York r ...

''. :* Alfred Lamert Dickens (1822–1860),

railway engineer Railway engineering is a multi-faceted engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction and operation of all types of rail transport systems. It encompasses a wide range of engineering disciplines, including civil engineering, compu ...

::* Alfred Charles Dickens (1847–1878), Edmund Henry Dickens (1849–1910), Florence Helen Dickens (1850–1941), Katherine Louisa Dickens (1853/54–1921), Augusta Maud Colls (1857–1941) :*

Augustus Dickens Augustus Newnham Dickens (10 November 1827 – 4 October 1866) was the youngest brother of English novelist Charles Dickens, and the inspiration for Charles's pen name 'Boz'. Early life Augustus Dickens was the son of Elizabeth (''née'' Barrow ...

(1827–1866), moved to

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with Bertha Phillips (1829–1868)'THE STORY OF MRS AUGUSTUS DICKENS' Timaru Herald, Rōrahi X, Putanga 414, 15 Haratua 1869, Page 4
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References

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