Patric Laurence Dickinson CVO (born 24 November 1950) is a former English officer of arms.

Dickinson was educated at Marling School in Stroud, Gloucestershire, before going to Exeter College, Oxford, where he read modern history and graduated as MA.

He was President of the Oxford Union Society and was subsequently called to the Bar at the Middle Temple.

[2] On 6 April 2010, he was promoted to the office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms,[3] holding this office very briefly until he was further advanced to Clarenceux King of Arms on 1 September 2010.

Dickinson was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2006 New Year Honours and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2024 New Year Honours.