Charles Harvey Dixon (1862 – 22 September 1923)
was a British
Conservative Party
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politician.
Early life and education
Born at
Watlington, Oxfordshire
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, he was the son of Dr Henry Dixon, coroner for South Oxfordshire. Dixon transferred from
Lord Weymouth's Grammar School,
Warminster
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to
Abingdon School
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in September 1878 and was at Abingdon until 1881.
Career
He unsuccessfully contested the
Harborough
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Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the ad ...
constituency, Leicestershire, in
1900
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,
1904 (by-election) and
1906
Events
January–February
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.
He was elected as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Boston
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at the
January 1910 general election,
but retired from
Parliament
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when the constituency was abolished at the
1918 general election. He was again elected as MP for
Rutland and Stamford at the
general election in November 1922,
sitting until his death in September 1923. His parliamentary interests were agriculture and finance.
He bought the
Gunthorpe,
Rutland
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Its greatest len ...
estate from the
Earl of Ancaster
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in 1906.
conveyance in Lincs Archives
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See also
List of Old Abingdonians
Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organ ...
References
External links
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See also
* List of Old Abingdonians
Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organ ...
1862 births
1923 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
People educated at Abingdon School
People educated at Lord Weymouth's Grammar School
People from Watlington, Oxfordshire
UK MPs 1910
UK MPs 1910–1918
UK MPs 1922–1923
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