James Dickson was an Irish Anglican Dean.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
Dickson was born in England. He was Dean of Elphin from 1757 until 1768;"The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaght" Cotton, H p136 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 and Dean of Down from 1768 unil his death in 1787."The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Ulster" Cotton, H p228 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849
His son was Bishop of Down and Connor from 1784 toHoly Trinity Drumbo until 1804."The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 2, The Province of Ulster" Cotton, H p212 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849
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