Samuel Auchmuty Dickson

Samuel Auchmuty Dickson
Member of Parliament
for County Limerick
In office
16 May 1859 – 19 July 1865
Serving with William Monsell
Preceded byStephen de Vere
William Monsell
Succeeded byWilliam Monsell
Edward John Synan
Personal details
Bornc. 1817
Died1870 (aged 52–53)
NationalityIrish
Political partyConservative

Samuel Auchmuty Dickson (c. 1817 – 1870)[1] was an Irish Conservative politician.[2]

Dickson was the grandson of Samuel Dickson of Ballinaguile, Croagh, Co Limerick.[3] His father was Major General William Dickson who married Harriet Dallas in 1816. Samuel was born in Madras in 1817 where his father was in the army. Samuel entered the army as an Ensign in the 32nd Ft in 1835. He became a Lieutenant in 1839 and was a Lieutenant Colonel by 1854.[4] Dickson made several unsuccessful attempts to be elected for parliament—at County Limerick in 1850, Reading in 1852, and Kingston upon Hull in 1854—before he won at County Limerick at the 1859 general election where he beat Edward John Synan.[5] He held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.[2] In 1855 the Chief Herald of Ireland granted him a confirmation of arms through his grandfather.[6]

Coat of arms of Samuel Auchmuty Dickson
Notes
Confirmed 8 January 1855 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.[7]
Crest
Out of battlements a naked arm embowed holding a sword all Proper.
Escutcheon
Azure a crescent between three mullets Argent on a chief Or as many pallets Gules.
Motto
Fortes Fortuna Juvat

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (30 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0901714121.
  3. ^ "ESTATE: DICKSON (CROOM CASTLE)". Landed Estates Database. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Limerick City Library" (PDF). Dickson Of Limerick City and County. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ^ "Confirmation of arms to the descendants of Samuel Dickson of Ballynaguile in Co. Limerick and to his grandson, Lt. Col. Samuel Auchmuty Dickson of Clonlehard, Co. Limerick and Beenham House, Berkshire, eldest son and heir of Major General William Dickson, Jan. 8, 1855". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. F,". National Library of Ireland. p. 55. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Limerick
1859–1865
With: William Monsell 		Succeeded by


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