Moss Kent Dickinson (June 1, 1822 – July 19, 1897) was a Canadian businessman, mayor of Ottawa from 1864 to 1866, Member of Parliament from 1882 to 1887 and the founder of Manotick.

He was born in Denmark, New York in 1822 to parents Barnabus and Lydia Dickinson.

A descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims, the Dickinson family had been settled in the United States for generations.

By 1847, he had established a business transporting goods on the Rideau Canal between Ottawa and Kingston.

[1] In 1860, with Joseph Merrill Currier, he completed construction of the Long Island Flouring Mill in Manotick, Ontario.

John A. Macdonald signed Moss Kent Dickinson's and George's Orders-in-Council.

It was more of a standard procedure of the Prime Minister than an indicator of a specific benevolence extended towards the family.

(Dickinson was the last non-Liberal MP for Russell County until Pierre Lemieux was elected in 2006, a span of 124 years.

[6] He gave a speech at the large hall over Dickinson's lumber mill.