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Francis Jeffrey Dickens (15 January 1844 – 11 June 1886) was the third son and fifth child of Victorian English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine Dickens née Hogarth. [1] Early life and career.
Learn about the life and career of Francis Jeffrey Dickens, the fifth child of Charles Dickens and a police officer in Canada. He served in the North West Mounted Police during the turbulent years of the 1880s and witnessed the Frog Lake Massacre.
Francis Dickens made a definite, if negative, impact on the Canadian west. He was partly responsible for the serious deterioration in relations between the NWMP and the Blackfoot in the 1880s. His misadventures also contributed to the strong prejudice against English officers that existed in the mounted police in the late 19th century.
- Roderick Charles Macleod
- DICKENS, FRANCIS JEFFREY
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11
Jan 22, 2008 · Francis Jeffrey Dickens, North-West Mounted Police inspector (b at London, Eng 15 Jan 1844; d at Moline, Ill 11 June 1886), third son of Charles Dickens. In 1864, after numerous unsuccessful career starts, Dickens joined the Bengal Mounted Police in India.
Francis Jeffrey Dickens was the third son and fifth child of Victorian English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine Dickens née Hogarth.
Mar 12, 2016 · Though sometimes judged a mediocre officer, Inspector Francis J. Dickens was typical of many early Mountie recruits. Thrown into unstable situations with few resources, little direction, and lots of cultural baggage, these ordinary men nevertheless rose to the challenges that faced them.
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Mar 5, 2019 · Diary of Francis Dickens by Dickens, Francis Jeffrey, 1844-1886. Publication date 1930 Topics
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