John Dickinson (judge)

Sir John Nodes Dickinson (1806 – 16 March 1882) was a judge and politician in colonial New South Wales.

Dickinson married, early in 1844, Helen, daughter of Captain Henry Jauncey.

[2] In June 1844 Dickinson went to Sydney, in the Garland Grove,[1] with the appointment of Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

[2] An 1851 portrait by Marshall Claxton of Dickinson with his wife and infant daughter hangs in the Art Gallery of NSW.

[1] On 22 May 1856, Dickinson was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, a position he held until 29 March 1858.

Portrait of John Nodes Dickinson, by William Nicholas, 1847-1848, from Baker, W. (1847). Heads of the People : An Illustrated Journal of Literature, Whims, and Oddities, State Library of New South Wales, Q059/H,