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Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (13 March 1852 – 23 January 1902) was the youngest son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 16, and eventually entered politics, serving as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1889 to 1894.
Edward Bulwer Lytton (Plorn) Dickens, the last child of Charles Dickens and Catherine Hogarth Dickens, was born on 13th March 1852. He was named after the novelist, Edward Bulwer-Lytton . Dickens told Angela Burdett-Coutts that "on the whole I could have dispensed with him".
Apr 17, 2020 · Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens – known to everyone as Plorn, short for the magnificent nickname his father gave him, Plornishmaroontigoonter – fetched up on a sheep station owned by Frederic Bonney and his brother, Edward.
Dec 30, 2017 · Edward Dickens. Not many people know that the youngest son of one of the great English novelists, Charles Dickens, lies at rest in the cemetery of an Australian outback town.
The Dickens Boy follows the life of the author’s youngest son Edward, known as “Plorn”, who emigrated to Australia in 1868 at the age of 16. He was not a good student — Keneally has said in...
Jul 5, 2012 · Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (1852-1902) – Edward was nicknamed Plorn. He was named after the author Edward Bulwer-Lytton. As an interesting aside, the quote “it was a dark and stormy night” comes from Bulwer-Lytton’s novel Paul Clifford. Edward left England to join his brother Alfred in Australia.
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Charles and Catherine Dickens's tenth and final child was given the grandiose name of Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens ("Plorn"). He was to live to just fifty years of age — all but the first sixteen of those spent in the hinterland of Australia.
