Dickson, John Douglas Hamilton, son of James Douglas Hamilton Dickson, Fellow and Tutor of Peterhouse, by Isabel Catharine, daughter of William Banks, of Edinburgh, etcher and engraver; b. Oct. 18, 1885; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (G); left July 1904; Writer to the Signet March 28, 1910; in practice at Edinburgh; president of the Edinburgh Bach Society 1914; served in Great War I; Lieut. July 14, 1917, attached Royal Scots Fusiliers, on the Recruiting Staff July - Nov. 1917, and transferred to the Ministry of National Service Nov. 1917 - Dec. 1918; demob. Dec. 31, 1918; at various times president and conductor of the Edinburgh Bach Society, chairman of the Reid Symphony Orchestra and of the Scottish Music Advisory Committee of the B. B. C. and a member of the Programme Committee of the Edinburgh Festival Society; Hon. Mus. Doc. Edinburgh Univ. 1946; O.B.E. 1956; m. June 15, 1918, Marjorie Balfour, daughter of William Duncan Lowe, of Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet; d. Dec. 5, 1958.
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