Dyke baronets

Arms of Dyke: Or, three cinquefoils sable^[1]

The Dyke Baronetcy, of Horeham in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 3 March 1677 for Thomas Dyke, Commissioner of Public Accounts and Member of Parliament for Sussex and East Grinstead. The 2nd Baronet married Anne, daughter and heiress of Percival Hart. In 1836, the 5th Baronet unsuccessfully claimed the barony of Braye, of which peerage he was a co-heir through the Hart family. The 7th Baronet was a successful Conservative politician. In 2008, the 10th Baronet ran in the 40th Canadian General Election as the Green Party candidate for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Ontario.

Percyvall Hart Dyke (1872–1952), grandson of Reverend Thomas Hart Dyke, second son of the 5th Baronet, was a Colonel in the Indian Army. His son Trevor Hart Dyke was a Brigadier in the Queen's Royal Regiment. David Hart Dyke (b. 1938), son of Reverend Eric Hart Dyke, son of the aforementioned Colonel Percyvall Hart Dyke, is a retired Captain in the Royal Navy and commanded H. M. S. Coventry during the Falklands War.

The Dyke family originated at Dykesfield, Cumberland, before the Norman Conquest and branches later settled at Henfield in Sussex and at Cranbrook in Kent. Reginald de Dike of Cranbrook was Sheriff of Kent in 1355. Thomas Dyke (d.1632) of Cranbrook married Joan Walsh, heiress of the manor of Horeham in the parish of Waldron in Sussex, which thus passed to the Dykes.^[2]

Dyke baronets, of Horeham (1677)

• Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet (c. 1650–1706)
• Sir Thomas Dyke, 2nd Baronet (c. 1700–1756)
• Sir John Dixon Dyke, 3rd Baronet (1732–1810)
• Sir Thomas Dyke, 4th Baronet (1763–1831)
• Sir Percival Hart Dyke, 5th Baronet (1767–1846)
• Sir Percival Hart Dyke, 6th Baronet (1799–1875)
  • Lieutenant Percyvall Hart Dyke (1836–1855)
• Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet (1837–1931)
  • Percyvall Hart Dyke (1871–1922)
  • William Montagu Hart Dyke (1877–1877)
• Sir Oliver Hamilton Augustus Hart Dyke, 8th Baronet (1885–1969)
• Sir Derek William Hart Dyke, 9th Baronet (1924–1987)
• Sir David William Hart Dyke, 10th Baronet (born 1955)

The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Oliver Guy Hart Dyke (born 1928), 2nd and youngest son of the 8th Baronet. His heir apparent is his only son, Thomas Guy Hart Dyke (born 1976).

Notes

1. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.268
2. Betham, Rev. William, Baronetage of England, Vol.III, London, 1803, pp.1-5, Dyke of Horeham, Sussex

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• The Hamilton Spectator, You can simply call him "Sir", 26 September 2008.