William Dickinson

William Dickinson (1771–1837) was an English politician, in parliament from 1796 to 1831.

Life From a Bristol merchant family who were slave owners in Jamaica, he was the eldest son of William Dickinson, also a Member of Parliament, and his wife Philippa Fuller, daughter of Stephen Fuller who was a London West India merchant and Jamaica agent. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford where he matriculated in 1789, graduating with a B.A. in 1793 and an M.A. in 1795. He came into the family estate at Kingweston on his father's death.

Francis Henry Dickinson (1813–1890) MP, married in 1830 his first cousin Caroline Carey; she was the daughter of Major General Thomas Carey of the 3rd Foot Guards, and his wife Caroline Smith, sister of Sophia Smith. Edmund Henry Dickinson (1821–1897), married in 1861 Emily Dulcibella Eden, daughter of Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland, and was father of Robert Edmund Dickinson MP. Sophia Gertrude (1814–1902), married in 1840 the Rev. John Stuart Hippisley Horner, and was mother of John Francis Fortescue Horner. Caroline (1817–1886), married in 1843 William Bence-Jones.