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Sunday, November 20, 2022

Rev Sir Charles John Wentworth Dilke, 6th Baronet 1937-2022

 Rev Sir Charles Dilke, 6th Baronet, died 14 November, 2022. He was 85.

Father Charles Dilke, a Roman Catholic priest for 56 years, was some time provost of the Brompton Oratory.

He was born 21 February, 1937, son of Sir John Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 5th Baronet (cr UK, 1862) (1906-98), and his wife the former Sheila Seeds (1912-2005), \daughter of diplomat Sir William Seeds, KCMG.

Charles Dilke was ordained a priest in 1966, and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 28 June, 1998.

He is succeeded by his brother Dr Timothy Fisher Wentworth Dilke, who was born 1 Aug, 1938.

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