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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] Biography.
6 feb 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.
Discover life events, stories and photos about Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847–1872) of London, England, United Kingdom.
He was the smallest of all the nine surviving children ; even as an adult, he was only just over five feet tall. 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."
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (18 April 1847 – 2 May 1872) The seventh child of Charles Dickens was a Royal Navy officer, but he too did not amount to much. Despite being one of Dickens' favorite children, his father sent him to boarding school in France at an early age with his older brothers Alfred and Harry.
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.
Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847-72), CD’s seventh child, who was a midshipman; he was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant on 30 Aug 1867. He died at sea on 24 April 1872.
