Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson
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Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE
, PC
(9 April 1859 – 31 May 1943), was a British
Liberal Party
politician.
Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson
, Member of Parliament
for Stroud
. He was educated at Eton College
and Trinity College, Cambridge
. He was Member of Parliament for St. Pancras North
from 1906 to 1918 and was an assiduous supporter of women's suffrage
, promoting a number of measures in Parliament to get the vote for women. Dickinson was made a Privy Counsellor
in 1914 and in 1930 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dickinson, of Painswick in the County of Gloucester.
He was later secretary-general of the World Alliance for International Friendship, and from 1931 chairman of its International Council.
, in 1891. They had three children, one of whom was Frances Joan Dickinson, Baroness Northchurch. Lord Dickinson died in May 1943, aged 84, and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Richard, his only son the Hon. Richard Sebastian Willoughby Dickinson having predeceased him.
Order of the British Empire
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, PC
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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(9 April 1859 – 31 May 1943), was a British
United Kingdom
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Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician.
Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson
Sebastian Stewart Dickinson
Sebastian Stewart Dickinson was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874....
, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Stroud
Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)
Stroud is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
. He was educated at Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He was Member of Parliament for St. Pancras North
St. Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency)
St. Pancras North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election...
from 1906 to 1918 and was an assiduous supporter of women's suffrage
Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage or woman suffrage is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or...
, promoting a number of measures in Parliament to get the vote for women. Dickinson was made a Privy Counsellor
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...
in 1914 and in 1930 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dickinson, of Painswick in the County of Gloucester.
He was later secretary-general of the World Alliance for International Friendship, and from 1931 chairman of its International Council.
Family
He married Elizabeth, daughter of General Sir Richard John MeadeRichard John Meade
General Sir Richard John Meade, KCSI, CIE was born at Innishannon County Cork to Captain John Meade of the Royal Navy and Elizabeth Quin....
, in 1891. They had three children, one of whom was Frances Joan Dickinson, Baroness Northchurch. Lord Dickinson died in May 1943, aged 84, and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Richard, his only son the Hon. Richard Sebastian Willoughby Dickinson having predeceased him.