No, but his father was imprisoned briefly for debt when Dickens was 12.
The Dickens family left Chatham for London in 1822, an event that some say effectively ended Charles' childhood.
william giles's school when he was 12
He died of a stroke in 1870!
February 7th 1812 - June 1870 and February 7th 1812 - June 9th 1870