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    John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington, GCMG, GBE, DSO, KStJ, PC (31 October 1866 – 6 December 1936), born John Poynder Dickson and known as...
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  • son of Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham and his wife, Joan, daughter of politician John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington. Edward Grigg was a Times...
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  • Newco John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington (1866–1936), British politician Alexander George Dickson (1834–1889), British politician Anne Dickson (born...
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    the first and last child of Ann Beauclerk Dundas and John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington. Her father volunteered his time to a hospital and her...
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    Baron Islington, of Islington in the County of London, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1910 for Sir John Poynder-Dickson...
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    married Joan Dickson-Poynder, daughter of his fellow politician Lord Islington. They had three children: John Edward Poynder Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham...
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    into commissioning a new Government House to be built. John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington was the first governor-general to occupy in Government...
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  • Canada (1931–1935) John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington (1866–1936), Governor of New Zealand (1910–1912) Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings...
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  • 21 September 1802 for Admiral Archibald Dickson. The 6th baronet was elevated to the peerage as Baron Islington in 1910 and died with no son in 1936, when...
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    Alexander-Sinclair (1865–1945), Royal Navy officer John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington (1866–1936), Governor General of New Zealand Andrew...
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