William Hart Dyke

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Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet PC JP DL (7 August 18373 July 1931) was an English Conservative politician.

The second son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, 6th Baronet and Elizabeth Wells, Hart Dyke was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1870 he married Lady Emily Caroline Montague, daughter of the 7th Earl of Sandwich.

He was Conservative Member of Parliament for West Kent 1865–1868, Mid Kent 1868–1885 and for Dartford from 1885–1906.

He was Conservative Whip from 1868–1874, and held Ministerial office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1874–1880, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1885–1886 and Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education from 1887–1892.

He succeeded father to the baronetcy in 1875, and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1880.


Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Viscount Holmesdale
Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt
Member of Parliament for West Kent
with Viscount Holmesdale

18651868
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Mills
John Gilbert Talbot
Preceded by
(constituency created)
Member of Parliament for Mid Kent
with Viscount Holmesdale 1868–1880
Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt 1880–1884
John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy 1884–1885

18681885
Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)
Preceded by
(constituency created)
Member of Parliament for Dartford
18851906
Succeeded by
James Rowlands
Political offices
Preceded by
Arthur Wellesley Peel
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
1874–1880
Succeeded by
Lord Richard Grosvenor
Preceded by
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Chief Secretary for Ireland
1885–1886
Succeeded by
William Henry Smith
Preceded by
Henry Holland
Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education
1887–1892
Succeeded by
Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Percival Hart Dyke
Baronet
(of Horeham)
1875–1931
Succeeded by
Oliver Hart Dyke


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