Henry was born in Westminster about 1817, the second child of Denis Dighton and his wife Phoebe Earle. He made a career as an Army officer, rising to be a Captain in the Rifle Brigade, and retired to Stratford-upon-Avon, where he owned land.
On 13 May 1844 in Holy Trinity church at Stratford-upon-Avon he married.[1]
He died on 6 Mar 1874 and was buried at Stratford-upon-Avon on 10 Mar 1874,[2] with obituary notices recorded at Leamington[3] and at Edinburgh. [4]
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