Henry Basham Dickinson (1850 - 1918)

Born 3 Feb 1850 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel (Bourne) Dickinson — married 8 Jun 1875 in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Emily Frances (Sewell) Dickinson — married 18 Jul 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1918 at age 68 in Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Born in Liverpool in February of 1850, Henry was baptized on March 20, 1850 at Edge Hill, St. Mary's parish church.^[1]

In 1874,^[2] Henry, accompanied by his brother Alfred went to Santa Fe province, Argentina, where they both became successful ranchers, operating the Estancia which they named Las Lomas on the Argentine Pampas.^[3]

In 1875, he married Ethel Bourne, the daughter of a Staffordshire Justice of the Peace in a ceremony in London.^[4]
Marriage
Dickinson-Bourne -- On the 8th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, by Rev. E. S. Phelps, of Portsmouth, Henry Basham Dickinson, of Enbridge, Newbury, and "Las Lomas," Rosario, eldest son of the late Joseph Henry Dickinson, Esq., of Liverpool, to Ethel, only daughter of John Bourne, Esq., Hilderstone Hall, Stone, Staffordshire.^[5]

Henry is recorded returning to England, from Buenos Aires on August 5, 1890 on board the La Plata, arriving at Southampton accompanied by his daughter Ethel and his sisters Edith and Florence.^[6]
Henry's wife is listed in the 1891 census living in Cornwall^[7] but he was in Argentina at the time the census was taken in April. Records show him returning from Montivideo on board the Thames on May 5 of the year.^[8] Their daughter Ethel was also not in Cornwall. She was living with the family of her aunt Blanche Horner in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.^[9] Blanche was Henry's sister.
On November 4 of that year, Henry Basham Dickinson, Gent., was commissioned to be Second Lieutenant of the Loyal Suffolk Hussars.^[10]

Henry's wife Ethel died in 1893.^[11] After her death, Henry retired to the Essex countryside where he built himself a large house and named his place Le Mote.^[12] He married again to the daughter of a local landowner, Emily Sewell. The marriage took place in Argentina in the summer of 1899:
Marriage
Dickinson-Sewell - On July 18th, at St. John's, Buenos Ayres, by the Bishop of the Falkland Islands^[13], assisted by the Rector, Henry Basham Dickinson to Emily Frances, elder daughter of Thomas Francis Sewell, of Colne Engaine, Essex.^[14]

That fall, in October 1899, he witnessed the marriage of his daughter Ethel to Robert Scott in Rosario, Argentina.^[15]

From at least 1910, if not earlier, Henry served as a Justice of the Peace for Halstead, Essex,^[16] a position which he held until his death.^[17] In 1911, he and Emily were living at The Moat, Pebmarsh, Essex with seven servants. A solicitor was also present, listed as a visitor.^[18] The presence of a solicitor may have had something to do with Henry's ongoing (but ultimately fruitless) attempt to reclaim an Irish title.^[19] On Saturday December 2 of the year, at the White Hart Hotel in Braintree, Henry was unanimously selected as chairman of the East Essex Hunt Club at their annual meeting.^[20]

In 1914, the King appointed Henry to the position of High Sheriff of Essex.^[21]
Henry also served on the Essex County Hospital Management Committee, becoming its chairman in 1915. He proposed the building of two huts on the hospital grounds to accommodate more injured soldiers. They were wooden structures with asbestos insulation covered by sheeting, each holding 32 beds. They were known locally as the "Dickinson huts."^[22]

He died on September 20, 1918:
Mr. H.P. Dickinson, J.P., of Le Mote, Pebmarsh, died suddenly on Friday. He had driven to Chappel, intending to catch an early train for London, but was taken ill while on the platform. He was taken into the stationmaster's house. Medical aid was summoned, and word was also sent to Mrs. Dickinson, who is acting as Commandant of the Military Hospital at Colchester. Later on it was decided to remove Mr. Dickinson to Pebmarsh, but he expired on the way. The deceased gentleman was 68 years of age, and formerly held a commission in the 15th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, and afterwards in the Loyal Suffolk Hussars. He was High Sheriff of Essex in 1914.^[23]
He left an estate of £67,000.^[24] He was buried at St. John the Baptist, Pebmarsh, Essex.^[25]

Sources

1. ↑ Liverpool, England, Baptisms, 1813-1906, Edge Hill, St Mary, 1850, pg. 2 of 6.
2. ↑ Nov. 10, 2018, Email to D. Rutherford from Guillermo Carlos (Pocha) Soria, native of Las Rosas and local historian.
3. ↑ Estancia of Las Lomas, Las Rosas, Argentina
4. ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, 1875, Q2-Apr-May-Jun, D, pg. 7 of 12.
5. ↑ Reading Mercury, June 26, 1875, pg. 5.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 8; Item: 47, Southampton, 1890.
7. ↑ 1891 England Census, Cornwall, Menheniot, District 3, pg. 13 of 14.
8. ↑ UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Southampton, England, 1891, May, Thames, pg. 3 of 5.
9. ↑ 1891 England Census, Hertfordshire, Cheshunt, District 9, Class: RG12; Piece: 1091; Folio: 162; Page: 2; GSU roll: 6096201.
10. ↑ The Norwich Mercury, Nov. 7, 1891, pg. 7.
11. ↑ Cited in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1893, D, Di, pg. 3 of 11.
12. ↑ Also called The Mote or The Moat.
13. ↑ The Bishop was father in law of Henry's brother Alfred.
14. ↑ London Evening Standard, July 22, 1899, pg. 1.
15. ↑ Marriages at San Bartolome, Rosario, Argentina, 1895-1901.
16. ↑ Chelmsford Chronicle October 28, 1910, pg. 1.
17. ↑ Chelmsford Chronicle October 26, 1917, pg. 4.
18. ↑ 1911 England Census, Essex, Pebmarsh, 11, pg. 116 of 221.
19. ↑ See the profile of his grandfather, Joseph.
20. ↑ The Essex County Chronicle, Friday December 8, 1911, pg. 5.
21. ↑ See Wikipedia listing for High Sheriff of Essex.
22. ↑ Email, November 19, 2018, to D. Rutherford from Dr. Fabrizio Casale, Archivist, Colchester Medical Society.
23. ↑ The Essex County Chronicle, Friday, September 27, 1918, pg. 4.
24. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1919, D, Di, pg. 97.
25. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 144814691

See also:

• 1851 England Census, Lancashire, West Derby, West Derby, District 1k, pg. 55 of 67.

• 1861 England Census, Lancashire, Wavertree, District 7b, Class: RG 9; Piece: 2738; Folio: 4; Page: 2; GSU roll: 543021.

• Memoirs of E Roger Dickinson, cited in Ancestry.com - James Mason Tree.

Acknowledgments

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