Background
He was born in England, the son of Colonel Joshua Dight and Elizabeth Butler.
He was born in England, the son of Colonel Joshua Dight and Elizabeth Butler.
He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1785 to 1793. and came to Nova Scotia in 1773. Dight served in the commissariat at Fort Cumberland. He later moved to Halifax where he established himself as a general merchant.
He also served as a captain in the Halifax militia.
In 1792, he was named justice of the peace for Halifax County and, in 1804, he was named to the Nova Scotia Council. Butler served as a commissary in Wellington"s army during the Peninsular War.
He later settled in England but died at his property in Windsor, Nova Scotia during an extended visit to the province.