| Patric Dickinson | |
| Office1: | Clarenceux King of Arms |
| Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
| Term Start1: | 1 September 2010 |
| Term End1: | 1 April 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Hubert Chesshyre |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1950 |
| Residence: | London |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | Marling School |
| Alma Mater: | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Occupation: | Genealogist |
| Salary: | £20.25 (as a provincial King of Arms) £17.80 (as a Herald) £13.95 (as a Pursuivant) |
| Awards: | LVO 2006 CVO 2024 |
| Website: | www.college-of-arms.gov.uk |
Patric Laurence Dickinson (born 24 November 1950) is a former English officer of arms. He served as Clarenceux King of Arms from 2010 until 2021. He has worked at the College of Arms in London since 1968.
Dickinson was educated at Marling School in Stroud, Gloucestershire, before going to Exeter College, Oxford, where he read modern history and graduated as MA. He was President of the Oxford Union Society and was subsequently called to the Bar at the Middle Temple. Dickinson served as a research assistant at the College of Arms from 1968 until his appointment as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1978. He served as Richmond Herald from 25 January 1989 until 6 April 2010.
On 6 April 2010, he was promoted to the office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, holding this office very briefly until he was further advanced to Clarenceux King of Arms on 1 September 2010. He was succeeded in April 2021 by Timothy Duke. In 2004, Dickinson was named Secretary of the Order of the Garter. He was succeeded in April 2024 by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Segrave. He is also, among other things, a Vice-President of the Anthony Powell Society and was elected President of the Society of Genealogists in 2005.
Dickinson was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2006 New Year Honours and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2024 New Year Honours.
| Patric Laurence Dickinson | |
| Year Adopted: | 2 March 1984[1] |
| Crest: | A male griffin segreant Gules armed, beaked and rayed Or holding up a torch inflamed proper. |
| Escutcheon: | Per saltire dovetailed argent and azure, in pale two lymphads sails furled pennons and flags flying gules. |
| Motto: | DIC IN SONIS HONESTIS |