Left: This Curriculum vitae of A.B.Dickson comes from Walford, Edward, "The county families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland : containing a brief notice of the descent, birth, marriage, education, and appointments of each person, his heir apparent or presumptive, as also a record of the offices which he has hitherto held, together with his town address and country residence" (see right) London: R. Hardwicke, 1864, p296.