Samuel Dickson (died 1850) explained

Samuel Dickson
Office:	Member of Parliament for
Term Start:	11 August 1837
Term End:	18 August 1847
Predecessor:	William Smith O'Brien William Monsell
Successor:	William Monsell Wyndham Goold
Alongside:	William Monsell
Birth Date:	1776
Nationality:	Irish
Party:	Peelite

Samuel Dickson (1776 – 28 October 1850)^[1] was an Irish Peelite politician.^{[2] [3]}

After unsuccessfully contesting in 1830, Dickson was first elected MP for at a by-election in 1849—caused by the removal of William Smith O'Brien who had been found guilty of high treason—but died in office the following year.^{[3] [4]}

He was a member of the Union Club.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 24 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180914201655/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons3.htm. 14 September 2018 . usurped . 30 August 2018 .
2. News: State of the Country . 5 October 2018 . Westmeath Independent . 2 June 1849 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
3. Web site: Samuel Dickson . Members of Parliament after 1832 . The History of Parliament . 24 August 2019.
4. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.