| The Right Honourable The Lord Islington GCMG, GBE, DSO, PC |
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| Lord Islington in 1911. | |
| 15th Governor of New Zealand | |
| In office 22 June 1910 – 3 December 1912 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | The Lord Plunket |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Liverpool |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 October 1866 Isle of Wight |
| Died | 6 December 1936 (aged 70) Hyde Park Gardens, London |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Dundas |
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington GCMG, GBE, DSO, PC (31 October 1866 – 6 December 1936), born John Poynder Dickson and known as Sir John Poynder Dickson(-Poynder) from 1884 to 1910, was a British politician. He was Governor of New Zealand between 1910 and 1912.
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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. In 1884 he succeeded his uncle as sixth baronet, and on succeeding to his maternal uncle's property he assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Poynder in 1888.[1]
Hw was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1890. Elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Chippenham Division of Wiltshire in 1892, he joined the Liberals in 1905.[1] He was a member of London County Council from 1898 to 1904, and also served in the Second Boer War with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (having formerly been commissioned into the volunteer battalion of the Royal Scots) as aide-de-camp to Lord Methuen, winning the DSO in 1900.
In 1910 Dickson was appointed Governor of New Zealand, a post he held for two years, and that same year was created Baron Islington, of Islington in the County of London.[2] He was the last Governor of New Zealand to hold the title before it changed to being Governor General during the office of his successor.[3] He was made a KCMG 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.[4]
Two years later he became Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and in 1915 he became Under-Secretary of State for India. He also chaired the Imperial Institute for eight years, and was in charge of the National Savings Committee from 1920 until 1926, when he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), having become Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) thirteen years before.
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.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Lord Henry Bruce |
Member of Parliament for Chippenham 1892–1910 |
Succeeded by George Terrell |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Plunket |
Governor of New Zealand 1910–1912 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Liverpool |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Emmott |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1914–1915 |
Succeeded by Arthur Steel-Maitland |
| Preceded by Charles Henry Roberts |
Under-Secretary of State for India 1915–1919 |
Succeeded by The Lord Sinha |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Islington 1910–1936 |
Extinct |
| Regnal titles | ||
| Preceded by Alexander Dickson |
Baronet (of Hardingham Hall) 1884–1936 |
Extinct |
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