Background
The son of Rear Admiral John Bourmaster Dickson, he was born on the Isle of Wight and educated at Twyford School, Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford.
The son of Rear Admiral John Bourmaster Dickson, he was born on the Isle of Wight and educated at Twyford School, Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford.
Christ Church; Harrow School.
He was between 1910 and 1912. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1890. Dickson-Pynder was originally commissioned into the volunteer battalion of the Royal Scots, but transferred to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry where he was promoted to Captain on 7 December 1898.
Following his resignation from the Imperial Yeomanry, he was on 5 February 1901 granted the rank of honorary Lieutenant of the Army.
The following year, he was promoted to Major in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry on 31 May 1902. In 1910 Dickson was appointed, a post he held for two years, and on 27 April that same year, was created Baron Islington, of Islington in the County of London.
He was the last to hold the title before it changed to being Governor General during the office of his successor. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George and Privy Counsellor in 1911, and in 1912 was appointed President of the Royal Commission on the Public Services of India, on which he served with Lord Ronaldshay, Herbert Fisher, Mr Justice Abdur Rahim, and others
Two years later he became Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and in 1915 he became Under-Secretary of State for India.
Lord Islington died on 6 December 1936 aged 70 at Hyde Park Gardens, London, and was buried at Hilmarton, Wiltshire, his barony and baronetcy becoming extinct at his death.
25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament.
28th United Kingdom Parliament]
Elected Conservative for the Chippenham Division of Wiltshire in 1892, he joined the Liberals in 1905.
He was a member of London County Council from 1898 to 1904.