Sir Alfred Herbert Dixon, 1st Baronet (22 February 1857 – 10 December 1920) was a British businessman.
Career
Dixon was born the son of Henry Hall Dixon, a barrister and racing journalist, and Caroline Dixon (née Lynes).
He joined
A & G Murray, a cotton mill in
Ancoats
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Historically in Lancashire, Ancoats became a cradle of the Industrial Revolution and has ...
, as general manager in 1876.
He modernised the business and used new technology. A & G Murray was "voluntarily wound up and conveyed to the
Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers' Association Limited (FCSDA)" in September 1898. Dixon had been instrumental in founding Fine Spinners and Doublers and became its chairman and managing director.
He was also President of the International Cotton Federation and represented the
United Kingdom
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at cotton conferences in
and
Zürich
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.
[
In recognition of his services during the ]First World War
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, he was created a baronet on 26 June 1918.
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1857 births
1920 deaths
British chief executives
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom