Death GRO 1st qtr 1944
Dilke, Fisher W 67 New Forest 2b 1262
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Sir Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 4th Bt. was born on 5 January 1877.1 He was the son of Ashton Wentworth Dilke and Margaret Mary Smith.2 He married second Ethel Clifford, daughter of W. K. Clifford, on 7 June 1905.1 He died on 25 March 1944 at age 67.1
He graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).1 He succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Dilke, of Sloane Street, Chelsea [U.K., 1862] on 7 December 1918.1
Children of Sir Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 4th Bt. and Ethel Clifford
Sir John Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 5th Bt.+2 b. 8 May 1906, d. 28 Jun 1998
Michael Clifford Wentworth Dilke+2 b. 22 Mar 1909, d. 25 Mar 1944
Christopher Wentworth Dilke+2 b. 15 Dec 1913, d. 2 Nov 1987
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Who lived in Solent Cottage? Around 1926 the house once again changed hands and Sir Fisher Dilke (1877 – 1944) and his wife Ethel (nee Clifford) 1876 – 1959 moved in. Family photographs show the house was painted white in 1927. Sir Fisher travelled all over the world as a merchant and an investor, but his greatest love was sailing and the Americas Cup, where he once was the Observer on the Vanderbilt yacht the Ranger. Ethel was an author in her own right, she wrote beautiful poetry and novels, you can still view online her poetry volumes today. They had three sons, John Fisher, Michael Clifford and Christopher. The first two married in Fawley Church. The family spent many happy times at Solent Cottage, enjoying the sailing in the Solent and spending time in the gardens that even had a wind pump to pump water up from the well. Sadly in March 1944 Sir Fisher passed away and two days later his son Michael died of TB. Lady Dilke lived on in the cottage until she died in 1959.
