, second son of sir John Dingley, knt. by a sister of Dr. Henry Hammond,
, second son of sir John Dingley,
knt. by a sister of Dr. Henry Hammond, was born in Surrey
in 1619, and educated at Magdalen college, Oxford;
where he was a strict observer of all church ceremonies.
He afterwards became a zealous puritan; and was remarkably active in ejecting such as were, by that party, styled
ignorant and scandalous ministers and school-masters. He
was rector of Brighton, in the Isle of Wight, when his
kinsman colonel Hammond was governor there. The Oxford antiquary has given us a catalogue of his works, the
most extraordinary of which is “The Deputation of Angels, or the Angel Guardian 1. proved by the divine
light of nature, &c. 2. from many rubs and mistakes, &c.
3. applied and improved for our information, &c. chiefly
grounded on Acts xii. 15.
” London, 1654, 8vo. He died
in 1659, and was buried in the chancel of Brighton church.