Author: Dew, Dyer
Biography:
DEW, Dyer (1790-1865: ancestry.co.uk)
He was born in Sydenham and baptised on 21 Apr. 1790 at St. Mary’s, Newington, Surrey (now south London), one of several children of Edward Dew and Sarah Bond, who had married at St. Andrew’s, Holborn, in 1786. Nothing is known of his education but he probably entered the Customs House as a clerk and later became a customs officer. He remained there until his retirement. He published A Digest of the Duties of Customs and Excise (1818) and advertised that copies could be obtained from him at the Long Room, Customs House. His tragedy, Harold; or, The English King, was printed by him on his private press at 43 Chamber Street, near Tower Hill. He was living in Guildford Street, Bloomsbury, when he married Hannah Addington (1795-1825) on 20 Dec. 1823 at St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Westminster. There was no issue. She died in June 1825 and was buried in her family parish of Roxton, Bedfordshire. He then married Margaret Bagnall on 6 May 1826 at St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London. They had a daughter, Sarah Margaret, who lived with them at Walcot Place, Kennington, until her marriage to a surgeon in 1844. They lived in Lambeth for several years and he is recorded in a number of directories. They moved to 94 Denbigh Street, Pimlico, where he died on 14 Dec. 1865, was buried at All Souls, Kensal Green, and left an estate of under £200 to his wife. She died on 13 Apr. 1873 at Great Marlborough Street, Westminster, leaving an estate of under £1000 to her daughter, who lived nearby. (ancestry.co.uk 17 Dec. 2023; findmypast.co.uk 17 Dec. 2023; PLDA 18 March 1820; Times 21 Dec. 1823; Morning Post 16 Dec. 1865) AA