Jeremiah Dyson
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Jeremiah Dyson (1722 – 16 September 1776) was a British civil servant and politician.
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 WarburtonScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. He was a friend of Samuel RichardsonScript error: No such module "Unsubst"..
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.
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- 1722 births
- 1776 deaths
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Members of Parliament for the Isle of Wight
- British MPs 1761–1768
- British MPs 1768–1774
- British MPs 1774–1780
- Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain
- Clerks of the House of Commons