Sir John Dickinson (17 November 1848 – 29 October 1933) was a British barrister who was
chief magistrate of the Metropolitan Police Courts from 1913 until 1920. On his retirement he was replaced by
Sir Chartres Biron.
["New Metropolitan Chief Magistrate", ''The Times'', 22 April 1920, p. 16.]["Obituary Sir Chartres Biron", '' The Times'', 29 January 1940, p. 9.]
He was the fourth son of Joseph Dickinson M.D. of Liverpool, educated at
Cheltenham School. He matriculated at
Trinity College, Cambridge in 1867, graduating LL.B. in 1870 and LL.M. in 1874. He entered the
Inner Temple in 1868 and was
called to the bar
The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...
in 1871.
A Metropolitan Police Magistrate at Thames Police Court from 1890, he became Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate at Bow Street in 1913, receiving the customary knighthood. He retired in 1920.
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Members of the Inner Temple
20th-century English judges
Knights Bachelor
1848 births
1933 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Stipendiary magistrates (England and Wales)
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