John Quayle-Dickson | |
|---|---|
| Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands | |
| In office 1909–1913 | |
| Preceded by | William Telfer Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Edward Carlyon Eliot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1860 Castletown, Isle of Man |
| Died | 1945 Kent, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Manx |
| Occupation | Colonial Service |
John Quayle-Dickson, DSO (10 or 20 November 1860 – January 1945) was a British military officer and Colonial Service administrator.
Quayle-Dickson was the son of Major General Edward John Dickson of The Green, Castletown, Isle of Man and his wife Lucy Mwlrea, née Quayle.
After serving as an Intelligence Officer during the Second Boer War,[1] he assumed a number of important roles in the field of Native Affairs in South Africa. He was then the Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands on Ocean Island from September 1909 to 1913, when he was removed and demoted to Colonial Secretary of the Falkland Islands.[2] After being dismissed again from the Falklands, he became sub-commandant of the Great War POW & Aliens Detention Camp in the Isle of Man.[3]