The Dilke Baronetcy, of Sloane Street in Chelsea, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 January 1862 for the Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician Charles Dilke

Sir Charles Dilke, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet , English Whig politician, son of Charles Wentworth Dilke, proprietor and editor of The Athenaeum, was born in London, and was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge...

. Apart from his political career, he played an important part in the international exhibititions in London

London

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 in 1851 and 1862. Dilke was the son of the critic and writer on literature Charles Wentworth Dilke

Charles Wentworth Dilke

Charles Wentworth Dilke was an English liberal critic and writer on literature.-Professional life :He served for many years in the Navy Pay-Office, on retiring from which he devoted himself to literary pursuits.- Literary life:...

. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was also a Liberal politician and served under William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

 as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1880 to 1882 and as President of the Local Government Board

President of the Local Government Board

The President of the Local Government Board was a ministerial post, frequently a Cabinet position, in the United Kingdom, established in 1871. The Local Government Board itself was established in 1871 and took over supervisory functions from the Board of Trade and the Home Office, including the...

 from 1882 to 1885. However, his political career was effectively ended in 1885 after a well-publicised divorce case.

The Baronets were descended from Fisher Dilke, son of Thomas Dilke of Maxstoke Castle

Maxstoke Castle

Maxstoke Castle is a privately owned moated castle dating from medieval times situated to the north of Maxstoke, Warwickshire.-Details:It was built by Sir William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, in 1345 to a rectangular plan, with octagonal towers at each angle , a gatehouse on the east, and a...

, who married Sybil Wentworth.

Oswald A.W. Dilke

Oswald A.W. Dilke

Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke was a classical scholar and philologist.Dilke served as Lecturer at University College, Hull ; Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Glasgow University ; Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Leeds University Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke (26 April 1915-10 July 1993)...

, son of Clement Wentworth Dilke, younger brother of the fourth Baronet, was a classical scholar and philologist.

Dilke Baronets, of Sloane Street (1862)

• Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet
  Sir Charles Dilke, 1st Baronet
  Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet , English Whig politician, son of Charles Wentworth Dilke, proprietor and editor of The Athenaeum, was born in London, and was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge...
  
   (1810-1869)
• Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet PC was an English Liberal and reformist politician. Touted as a future prime minister, his aspirations to higher political office were effectively terminated in 1885, after a notorious and well-publicised divorce case.-Background and education:Dilke was the...
  
   (1843-1911)
• Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 3rd Baronet (1874-1918)
• Sir Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 4th Baronet (1877-1944)
• Sir John Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 5th Baronet (1906-1998)
• The Rev. Sir Charles John Wentworth Dilke Cong. Orat, 6th Baronet (b. 1937)