John Frederick Dickson

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Emily Ayton Lee (Lady Dickson)
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Sir John Frederick Dickson
KCMG
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5th Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements
In office
17 November 1885 –31 August 1891
ProfessionColonial Administrator

Sir John Frederick Dickson KCMG (17 September 1835 – 21 December 1891) [1] was a British colonial administrator in Singapore. He was also President of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1886 to 1891. [2] He translated and edited the Upasampadā-kammavācā and the Patimokkha. [3]

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Education

Dickson graduated from Westminster School and then Christ Church, Oxford with B.A. in 1859 and M.A. in 1873. [4] [5]

Career

Dickson entered the Ceylon Civil Service as a writer on 28 February 1859 and served in Ceylon until 1885, [5] [6] [7] including a position as the Central Provincial Government Agent. He arrived in Singapore in 1885 to receive instruction on becoming the new Colonial Secretary in Singapore, which he served until 1891. [4] [5]

In 1885 Dickson formally took office in Singapore as Colonial Secretary in the Straits Settlements, as the successor to Cecil Clementi Smith, who resigned as Colonial Secretary to accept a promotion to Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner to Malaya. For three separate occasions in 1887, 1889 and 1890, he performed administrative duties for governors during their absence. [4] [5] [8]

As Colonial Secretary, he instructed the Public Works Department to maintain the historical inscriptions, granite stones, and brick works in the cemetery on Government Hill. [9]

Death

Dickson died in 1891 in Paddington.

Family

J. Frederick Dickson was twice married. [5] He was married to his first wife from 1859 until her death in 1866. His second wife was Emily, Lady Dickson, née Emily Ayton Lee (christened on 2 September 1842, married in 1875 in Kensington and died on 10 October 1924). [10]

Honours

Dickson was made C.M.G. in 1883 [4] [5] [6] [11] and K.C.M.G. in 1888. [4] [5] [7] [12] The resort town of Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia (locally known as PD) is named in his honour.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Late Sir J. F. Dickson". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (weekly). 25 January 1900. p. 58.
  2. ↑ "Annual Report of the Council of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for the Year 1891". 1891.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Haas, Ernst Anton Max; Bendall, Cecil; Barnett, Lionel David (1876). Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali Books in the British Museum. London. p. 170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Death of Sir Frederick Dickson". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly). 29 December 1891. p. 1.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Late Sir John Frederick Dickson". The Straits Times. 22 December 1891. p. 3.
  6. 1 2 "Dickson, Frederick John, C.M.G." Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: 45. 1882.
  7. 1 2 Walford, Edward (1892). "Dickson, [John] Frederick, K.C.M.G." The Windsor Peerage for 1890–1894.
  8. ↑ Kuala Lumpur Street Names: A Guide to Their Meanings and Histories. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. 15 September 2015. ISBN   978-9-814-72144-8.
  9. ↑ Buckley, Charles Burton (1902). An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore. Vol. 2. Singapore: Fraser & Neave. p. 717.
  10. ↑ "Death". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 8 November 1924. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "No. 25233". The London Gazette . 24 May 1883. p. 2731.
  12. ↑ "No. 25819". The London Gazette . 24 May 1888. p. 2949.
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