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Lothian Dickson


Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson was an English soldier and a prominent member of the Reform League who took part in demonstrations that formed the background to the passing of the Reform Act 1867.

Dickson had served in the British Army in India, in Spain as a volunteer in the British Auxiliary Legion and had stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative for Norwich alongside the son of the Duke of Wellington. He stood unsuccessfully as a Radical for Marylebone in 1859 general election.

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