Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran, OBE,

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, DL (23 January 1880 – 20 July 1950) was a Unionist politician from Ireland, present day

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Early life

Dixon was born in

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, the fourth son of

Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, (28 March 1844 – 10 March 1907) was an Irish businessman and politician. Early life Dixon was born on 28 March 1844 the son of Thomas and Sarah Dixon of Larne, County Antrim, his father was a merchant and ship ...

, and Annie Shaw. He was educated at

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and the

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, before being commissioned into the

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as a

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on 20 January 1900. He was promoted to

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on 14 May 1901, and served with the

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in the

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in South Africa in 1902. After the war he returned home in September 1902, and was posted at

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. He later fought with the

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in the

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Political career

In 1918 Dixon was elected Unionist

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for the seat of Belfast Pottinger, becoming representative for Belfast East four years later. He was also sent to the

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in 1921 as a member for Belfast East, being appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the

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, and was finally elected member for the seat of Belfast Bloomfield in 1929. Dixon was appointed OBE in 1919 and admitted to the

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in 1923. In 1939 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Glentoran, of Ballyalloly in the County of Down. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the

and Government Chief Whip from 1921 to 1942 and as Minister of Agriculture in the

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from 1941 to 1943. In May 1950 he succeeded his elder brother

Sir Thomas Dixon Sir Thomas James Dixon, 2nd Baronet, PC (NI) (29 May 1868 – 10 May 1950), was a Northern Ireland politician. Dixon was the eldest son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of Belfast, and his wife, Eliza (née Agnew). He succeeded his f ...

as third baronet.

Marriage and children

On 25 November 1905 Lord Glentoran married

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Emily Ina Florence Bingham, daughter of

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. They had five children together:The Peerage, entry for 1st Lord Glentoran
/ref> * Hon Daphne Maude Dixon (died 6 April 1942) * Hon Anne Lavinia Dixon (died 16 September 1971) * Hon Angela Ierne Evelyn Dixon (born 16 February 1907, died October 2003), married

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Peter Ross RN (born 8 August 1906, killed in action 14 October 1940), elder son of

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with whom she had two daughters including

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. *

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Daniel Stewart Thomas Bingham Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran (born 19 January 1912, died 22 July 1995) * Hon Patricia Clare Dixon (born 1919) Lord Glentoran died in July 1950, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his son

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. Lady Glentoran died in 1957.

Arms

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *

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