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

Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1698.Dyke was the son of Sir Thomas Dyke and his wife Catharine Bramstone, daughter of Sir John Bramstone, of Skreenes, Essex. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church,...

, Commissioner of Public Accounts and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Sussex

Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and East Grinstead

East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The second Baronet married Anne, daughter and heiress of Percival Hart

Percival Hart

Percival Hart was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710-1715.Hart was the son of Percyval Hart of Lullingstone and his wife Ann...

. In 1836 the fifth Baronet unsuccessfully claimed the barony of Braye

Baron Braye

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, of which peerage he was a co-heir through the Hart family. The seventh Baronet was a successful Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician. In 2008, the tenth Baronet ran in the 40th Canadian General Election

Canadian federal election, 2008

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 as the Green Party

Green Party of Canada

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 candidate for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

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, Ontario

Ontario

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.

Percyvall Hart Dyke (1872-1952), grandson of Reverend Thomas Hart Dyke, second son of the fifth Baronet, was a Colonel

Colonel

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 in the Indian Army

Indian Army

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. His son Trevor Hart Dyke was a Brigadier

Brigadier

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 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

Captain (naval)

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 in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 and commanded the H. M. S. Coventry

HMS Coventry (D118)

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 during the Falklands War

Falklands War

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Dyke Baronets, of Horeham (1677)

• Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet
  Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1698.Dyke was the son of Sir Thomas Dyke and his wife Catharine Bramstone, daughter of Sir John Bramstone, of Skreenes, Essex. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church,...
  
   (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)
• Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet (1837-1931)
• 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 (b. 1955)