Samuel Dicker (died 1760), was an English politician who represented

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymout ...

in the British House of Commons in the eighteenth century, and was also responsible for the building of the first

Walton Bridge Walton Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in England, carrying the A244 between Walton-on-Thames and Shepperton, crossing the Thames on the reach between Sunbury Lock and Shepperton Lock. The bridge is the first Thames road bridg ...

in Surrey. Canaletto-waltonbridge

Dicker owned plantations in

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

and in 1738 was appointed a Councilor of Jamaica. He was also a land-owner of

Walton on Thames Walton-on-Thames, locally known as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Walton forms part of the Greater London built-up area, within the KT postcode and is served by a wide ra ...

and created an estate at Mount Felix. In 1750 he built the

first bridge First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...

across the

River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the ...

at Walton at his own expense, obtaining an Act of Parliament to enable him to do so and levy tolls. The bridge was painted in 1755 by

Canaletto Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or ...

who referred to Il Signiore Cavaliere Dicker.The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs Vol 50 No.. 286 1927
/ref> In 1754, Dicker was elected

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

for Plymouth, the port and major Royal Navy base in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

. He held the seat until his death in 1760. He was unmarried and Mount Felix was sold, falling into the possession of the Earls of Tankerville.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dicker, Samuel Year of birth missing 1760 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Plymouth British MPs 1754–1761