![]() ![]() ![]() Giving up this ambition, he obtained a commission in the Bengal Mounted Police and served in India for seven years.įollowing his father's death in 1870 he inherited some money, but he soon went through this, and his aunt, Georgina Hogarth (Catherine Dickens's sister) used her influence with family friend Lord Dufferin, then Governor General of Canada, to get Francis Dickens a commission in the North-West Mounted Police.ĭickens joined the North-West Mounted Police as a Sub Inspector in Canada in 1874 shortly after the March West which brought the original police force of 300 members to the modern provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. He was born in England and went to school in Germany to train to become a doctor. ![]() Chickenstalker in the Christmas book The Chimes that he was writing at the time of Francis's birth however he came to be called Frank by those who knew him. Early life and career įrancis Dickens was nicknamed "Chickenstalker" by his father after the character Mrs. Francis Jeffrey Dickens as an Inspector in the Canadianįrancis 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. ![]()
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