![]() ![]() ![]() One of Charles's fancies was to own Gad's Hill Place, a stately old dwelling near Rochester. Later in his life, he spoke of himself as coming from that region. His recollections of early life were centered in Kent. By 1817, the family was established in Chatham, near the naval dockyard, marking the beginning of the happy years of Charles's childhood. In 1814, John Dickens was transferred to London for a tour of duty of unknown duration. He was a man of some ability and he did advance in the service, but his tastes for living beyond his means eventually led to disaster. The father, John Dickens, was a clerk in the navy pay office. Although the Dickens family was from the lower middle class, it tried to maintain an air of respectability. Charles Dickens was born February 7, 1812, in Portsea, on the south coast of England, while his father was stationed nearby at Portsmouth. ![]()
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