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 The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

, he assumed a number of important roles in the field of Native Affairs in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. He was then the Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands on Ocean Island from 1909 to 1913, when he was removed and demoted to Colonial Secretary of the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...

. After being dismissed again from the Falklands, he became sub-commandant of the Great War POW & Aliens Detention Camp in the

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1860 births 1945 deaths Colonial Administrative Service officers Governors of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Manx people British military personnel of the Second Boer War Companions of the Distinguished Service Order {{UK-mil-bio-stub