Sir Alfred Dyer

Sir Alfred Dyer (9 February 1865 – 15 November 1947) was a British newspaper editor, director, and Conservative Party politician. Career In the 1890s, Dyer was the editor of the Gravesend & Northfleet Standard. From 1902 to 1940, he was the editor of the Hastings & St Leonards Observer. Following this, he was the chief executive officer of P. J. Parsons, Ltd, proprietors of the Hastings & St Leonards Observer. From 1921 to July 1946, Dyer served as chairman of the Hastings Conservative Association. Upon his retirement, the association thanked him for "untiring and loyal work for the party". When the Rosemount Bowling Club was formed in 1921, Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle and MP for Hastings, was invited to become its President and Dyer its Vice-President. When Percy left the constituency in 1937, Dyer became the Club's second President, which he retained until his death in 1947.