Jeremiah Dyson (1722 – 16 September 1776) was a British civil servant and politician.

Jeremiah Dyson.

Biography

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He studied at the University of Edinburgh and matriculated at Leiden University in 1742. He settled a pension on his friend Mark Akenside, the poet and physician, and later defended Akenside's The Pleasures of the Imagination against William Warburton[why?]. He was a friend of Samuel Richardson[citation needed].

He purchased the clerkship of House of Commons in 1748, and became a Tory after George III's accession. He discontinued the practice of selling the clerkships subordinate to his office. He was Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 1762–8, for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 1768–74, and for Horsham, 1774. He was appointed a commissioner for the Board of Trade, 1764–8; a Lord of the Treasury, 1768–74; and a Privy Counsellor in 1774.

He supported Lord North's treatment of the American colonies. Isaac Barré nicknamed him "Mungo" (the black slave in Isaac Bickerstaffe's The Padlock), for his noted attention to parliamentary business.

References

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  • Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Dyson, Jeremiah" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Political offices
Preceded by Cofferer of the Household
1774–1776
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
1762–1768
With: The Lord Holmes 1762–1764
John Eames 1765–1768
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
17681774
With: John Tucker
The Lord Waltham
Sir Charles Davers, Bt
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Robert Pratt
James Wallace
Member of Parliament for Horsham
1774–1776
With: James Wallace
Succeeded by