Above: the Dicksons' four children George,

, John, and Frances (from r.to l.) at Stock Park

Above:
George F.H. Dickson and his wife

together with their son George F.T.B.
 
The picture was taken in July 1915, during the war and rather soon after George Dickson had been severely wounded on the 16th of May (see

).

Above and below:
Stock Park on Lake Windermere, the Dickson family's residence until George F.H.'s death.

above: Grace and George F.H. Dickson

Have a look at the

taken in the area of Stock Park by George F.H.Dickson's daughter

!

George F.H.Dickson in 1947

George F.H.Dickson's gravestone
at Colton cemetery (in 2010)

In April 1912  a young Australian woman, Grace Robertson, arrived in

.  
 
On 5th March 1913 George F.H.Dickson and

(see right) got married at St.Andrews, Ashley place, London. A few years later they bought a manor situated immediately on Lake Windermere,

(Lakeside, Ulverston), to live there (see also pictures below). (Sources: the Humphreys family and the book "Thos. Robertson & Sons", by Diana M. Halmarick, Australia)

According to recent research done by the historian Robert Hull, who wrote an extended essay about the history of the estate from its beginnings to the present day, Stock Park must have been built in the second half of the 1850s. It had several owners until, in 1919, it was bought by George F.H.Dickson. In 1925 the estate contained 350 acres. "He was heavily involved over the next two decades buying and letting properties in the area, together with his brother and his sister. It seems that over a period of years he assembled the estate.... In 1939 (he) gave the northern part of the the estate to the YMCA to be their National Centre... On Dickson's death .. the estate.. was.. auctioned and divided  into 14 parts   

[bought by a property company and the sitting tenant

].      The YMCA bought the northern boathouse. In 1970 the original farm house was demolished and replaced by a modern building. Its outbuildings were converted into four apartments (

)" (from: Robert Hull, "Stock Park Mansion:1850 to the present", 2010) Eventually also most of the ground became the property of the apartment holders.

Below:
George F.H. Dickson (right) with his son
George F.T.B.Dickson

Left:
Portrait of G.F.H.Dickson, possibly taken by a member of the photographers family / firm Vandyk. It was taken after the war, because he is wearing his WW1 campaign medals. See the pages about his

!

Left:
George F.H. Dickson in the 1950s at Stock Park. By his grandsons he was called "Grandman".