Samuel Auchmuty Dickson Explained

Samuel Auchmuty Dickson
Office:Member of Parliament
for County Limerick
Term Start:16 May 1859
Term End:19 July 1865
Predecessor:Stephen de Vere
William Monsell
Successor:William Monsell
Edward John Synan
Alongside:William Monsell
Birth Date:c. 1817
Nationality:Irish
Party:Conservative

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

Dickson was the grandson of Samuel Dickson of Ballinaguile, Croagh, Co Limerick.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] He held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.[5] In 1855 the Chief Herald of Ireland granted him a confirmation of arms through his grandfather.[6]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 5 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181005215338/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons3.htm. 5 October 2018 . usurped . 30 August 2018 .
  2. Web site: ESTATE: DICKSON (CROOM CASTLE) . Landed Estates Database . 23 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Limerick City Library . Dickson Of Limerick City and County . 23 March 2019.
  4. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st.
  5. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 978-0901714121. 293–294.
  6. Web site: 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 . 23 March 2019.
  7. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. F, . National Library of Ireland . 27 June 2022 . 55.