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}} William Karl Dick (May 27, 1888 - December 5, 1953), was an American banker. His first wife was RMS Titanic survivor Madeleine Astor.
 * name = William Karl Dick
 * birth_date = May 27, 1888
 * birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
 * death_date = December 5, 1953
 * death_place = Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
 * occupation = Banker
 * spouse = Madeleine Astor (m. 1915-1933) [Virginia Conner]] |1941|1953|end=wid.|undefined
 * children = 4

Early Life
William was born in New York City, New York. His father, John Henry Dick (1851-1925), was of English and Scottish descent. His mother, Anna Mollenhauer (1860-1935), was of German descent. When William was 10, he was sent to Episcopal Academy near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and remained there until university, where he attended Harvard.

Marriages
William married Madeleine Astor (1893-1940), a childhood friend who was the widow of John Jacob Astor (1864-1912) on June 22, 1915 in Bar Harbor, Maine. The marriage produced two children: William Force Dick (1917-1961) and John Henry Dick (1919-1995). William Dick and Madeleine Astor divorced on July 21, 1933 after 18 years of marriage in Lisbon, Portugal. On December 25, 1941 William married divorcee Virginia Conner (1910-1986), the marriage produced two children and they remained married until his death in 1953.