John Quayle-Dickson (10 or 20 November 1860 – January 1945) was a British military and Colonial officer. After having served as an Intelligence Officer during the Second Boer War, he then assumed a number of important roles in the field of Native Affairs in South Africa. He was then the Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands on Ocean Island from 1909 to 1913, when he was removed and demoted to Colonial Secretary of the Falkland Islands. After being dismissed again from the Falklands, he became sub-commandant of the Great War POW & Aliens Detention Camp in the Isle of Man.