Jeremiah Dickson
Sir Jeremiah Dickson Lieutenant-general | |
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| Commands held | Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia |
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KCB
(c. 1775 – 17 March 1848) was a British Army officer and colonial official.
Biography
He was the son of Right Reverend
captain in 1803.[1]
He became a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1815. On 15 March 1818 he married Jemima, the youngest daughter of Thomas Brooke of Mere Hall in Cheshire.[4] He continued as assistant quartermaster general in England and Ireland after the wars[3] and was promoted colonel 27 May 1825.[4]
Appointed quarter master general in
Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. He returned to England, where he died on 17 March 1848 at Barskimming House, Mauchline, Ayrshire aged 73.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 183. E. Cave. 1848. p. 544.
- ^ a b "London, 29 March". The Herald. Glasgow. 31 March 1848. Retrieved 30 September 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Robert Phipps Dod (1846). The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of Great Britain and Ireland: including all the titled classes. Whittaker. p. 121.
- ^ a b c Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 35.
| Governors at Annapolis Royal (1710–1749) | |
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| Governors at Halifax (1749–1786) | |
| Lieutenant-governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820) | |
| Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia before responsible government (1786–1848) | |
| Lieutenant-governors between responsible government and Confederation (1848–1867) | |
| Post-Confederation (1867–present) | |
Lieutenant-governors who served in the absence of governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics. | |
