Dictator's father a corporal perhaps (6)
I believe the answer is:
franco
'dictator's' is the definition.
(Spanish dictator Francisco Franco)
'father a corporal perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'father' could be 'fra' and 'fra' is found in the answer.
'corporal' could be 'nco' and 'nco' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for franco that I've seen before include "Former Spanish leader" , "Spanish general and dictator" , "Last dictator of Spain" , "General . . . . . . was Spain's last dictator" , "Former Spanish dictator" .)