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Elected Conservative Member Of Parliament for the Chippenham Division of Wiltshire in 1892 , he joined the Liberals in 1905 . He was a member of London County Council from 1898 to 1904 , and also served in the Second Boer War as Aide-de-camp to Lord Methuen , winning the DSO in 1900 . In 1910 Dickson was appointed Governor-General Of New Zealand , a post he held for two years, and that same year was created Baron Islington, of Islington in the County of London . He was made a KCMG and Privy Counsellor in 1911 , and in 1912 was appointed President of the Royal Commission on the Public Services of India . Two years later he became Under-Secretary Of State For The Colonies , and in 1915 he became Under-Secretary Of State For India . He also chaired the Imperial Institute for eight years, and was in charge of the National Savings Committee from 1920 until 1926 , when he was appointed GBE , having become GCMG thirteen years before. Lord Islington died aged 70 at Hyde Park Gardens, London , and was buried at Hilmarton, Wiltshire , his Barony and Baronetcy becoming extinct at his death.
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