Background
The son of John Giles Dimock, rector of Uppingham, Rutlandshire, he was born at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, on 22 November 1810.
The son of John Giles Dimock, rector of Uppingham, Rutlandshire, he was born at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, on 22 November 1810.
He was educated at Uppingham School under Doctor Buckland, was admitted pensioner of Saint John"s College, Cambridge, on 21 February 1829, and was elected Bell"s scholar in 1830. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1833, and Master of Arts
In 1837. Having been ordained deacon and priest by the bishop of Lincoln, Dimock was in 1846 appointed minor canon of Southwell Cathedral. He gave up the canonry on his appointment as rector of Barnburgh, near Doncaster, in 1863. In 1869 he was made prebendary of Lincoln, and he held the prebend with his rectory until his death at Barnburgh on 21 April 1876.