Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet
Honorific-Suffix:PC Deputy lieutenant
Office1:Member of Parliament for
Belfast North
Term Start1:1905
Term End1:1907
Predecessor1:James Horner Haslett
Successor1:George Clark
Office2:Lord Mayor of Belfast
Order2:1st
Term Start2:1892
Term End2:1893
Predecessor2:Office established
Successor2:William McCammond
Birth Date:1844 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Larne, Ireland
Death Place:Belfast, Ireland
Party:Irish Unionist Alliance
Spouse:

    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 shipowner. He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He joined his father's timber business, Thomas Dixon and Sons, becoming a partner in 1864.

    Political career

    He served as Mayor of Belfast in 1892 and as Lord Mayor of Belfast in three terms; 1893, 1901 to 1903, and 1905 to 1906. He was also a member of parliament for Belfast North as an Irish Unionist from 1905 to 1907.

    Dixon was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[1] and was sworn in by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Cadogan, at Dublin Castle on 11 August 1902.[2] In October 1903 he was created a Baronet, of Ballymenock in the County of Antrim.

    Businessman

    Dixon was head of one of the largest shipowning companies in Ireland.[3]

    Family life

    Dixon married, firstly, Lizzie, daughter of James Agnew, in 1867. After his first wife's death in 1868 he married, secondly, Annie, daughter of James Shaw, in 1870. He died on 10 March 1907 in Belfast, aged 62, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Thomas. Lady Dixon died in 1918.

    References

    Notes and References

    1. The Coronation Honours . 26 June 1902 . 5 . 36804.
    2. Ireland . 12 August 1902 . 9 . 36844.
    3. "Sir. Daniel Dixon." Times [London, England] 11 March 1907: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 10 April 2014.