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Dora Annie Dickens (16 August 1850 – 14 April 1851) was the infant daughter of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. She was the ninth of their ten children, and the youngest of their three daughters.
- Charles Dickens, Jr. (6 January 1837 – July 20, 1896) The complete name of Dickens' eldest child was Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, his middle name alluding to the author's pen name.
- Mary 'Mamie' Angela Dickens. 6 March 1838 – 23 July 1896) Mamie Dickens was the eldest daughter of the novelist. When her parents separated she lived with her father and did not see or speak to her mother again until after the death of Charles Dickens.
- Catherine Elizabeth Macready Dickens. (29 October 1839 – 9 May 1929) Catherine, the third oldest child and youngest daughter, was known as Katey to her family but later used the name Kate Perugini, adopting her second husband's surname.
- Walter Savage Landor Dickens. (8 February 1841 – 31 December 1863) The fourth child of Charles and Catherine Dickens was named after Dickens' friend, the author Walter Savage Landor.
Charles and Catherine Dickens 's ninth child and third daughter was Dora Annie Dickens (1850-1851), who lived just eight months.
- Charles Dickens, Jr. ("Charley" or Charles Culliford Boz, 1837-1896) was educated at Eton, worked for Baring's Bank and in the China trade before serving as subeditor of All the Year Round, becoming Editor after CD's death in 1870.
- Mary Dickens. ("Mamie" or "Mild Glos'ter," 1838-1896) wrote the Dickens biography My Father, As I Recall Him (1897).
- Kate Macready Dickens. ("Katey," 1839-1929) studied art at Bedford College, and married Charles Allston Collins, and afterwards painter Carlo Perugini.
- Walter Savage Landor Dickens. (1841-1863) served as a cadet in the East India Company, became a lieutenant in the 42nd Highlanders (The Black Watch), and died in Calcutta of an aneurism.
Jul 5, 2012 · Dora Annie Dickens (1850-1851) – Dora was named after a character from one of her father’s novels, Dora from David Copperfield. Dora was never a strong baby and died when she was only eight months old.
Aug 8, 2013 · An exception is the ninth child, Dora Annie Dickens, named after the brainless girl David Copperfield loves and whom Dickens, at the moment of the child’s birth, was about to ‘kill off’ in print, thus giving his hero an easy way out of his inappropriate marriage.
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The inscription reads ; Dora Annie, the ninth child of Charles and Catherine Dickens, died 14th. April 1851, aged eight months. Dora was born at 1 Devonshire Terrace, just South of Regent's Park. As her father was writing David Copperfield at the time, she was given the same name as the hero's wife.
