The Rt Hon. William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick (28 October 1805 – 15 September 1892), known as William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume until 1864, was an

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politician. He was elected as one of the two

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for

Wicklow Wicklow ( ; ga, Cill Mhantáin , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; non, Víkingaló) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. It is located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island. According to the 2016 census, it has ...

in 1852 and held the seat until 1880, when he was defeated. In 1890 he was appointed to the

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Personal life

Dick was the son of William Hoare Hume and Charlotte Anna Dick. He married Margaret Bruce Chaloner, daughter of Robert Chaloner and Frances Laura Dundas in 1829. However, this marriage ended for an unknown reason, and he remarried to Ellen (or

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) Crookshank, daughter of George Crookshank, around 1860.

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* 1805 births 1892 deaths Irish Conservative Party MPs Hume family Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wicklow constituencies (1801–1922) Members of the Privy Council of Ireland UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub