Dick, James, a West Indian and London merchant, born in Forres; bequeathed £113,787 to encourage learning and efficient teaching among the parish schoolmasters of Elgin, Banff, and Aberdeen shires; it is known as the Dick Bequest, and the property is vested in a governing body of thirteen duly elected (1743‒1828).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Dicæarchus * Dickens, Charles