William Hart Dyke, 7th baronet (1837–1931)

Politician. MA, Oxford (Christchurch), 1864. Conservative MP for West Kent, 1865–8; Mid Kent, 1868–85; Dartford, 1885–1906. Whip, 1868–74; chief whip, 1874–80; patronage secretary to the treasury, 1874–80; member of the Privy Council, 1880; chief secretary for Ireland, 1885–6; vice-president of the committee of council on education, 1887–92. Succeeded as seventh baronet in 1875.