Jeremiah Dyson

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

Jeremiah Dyson.

Biography

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

• Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Dyson, Jeremiah" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Political offices
Preceded by Hans Stanley	Cofferer of the Household 1774–1776	Succeeded by Hans Stanley
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by The Lord Holmes Henry Holmes	Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1762–1768 With: The Lord Holmes 1762–1764 John Eames 1765–1768	Succeeded by William Strode Jervoise Clarke
Preceded by John Tucker Richard Glover Richard Jackson Charles Walcott	Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1768–1774 With: John Tucker The Lord Waltham Sir Charles Davers, Bt	Succeeded by John Tucker Welbore Ellis William Chaffin Grove John Purling
Preceded by Robert Pratt James Wallace	Member of Parliament for Horsham 1774–1776 With: James Wallace	Succeeded by James Wallace The Earl of Drogheda