Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran
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Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran PC OBE (23 January 1880–20 July 1950), was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician. He was born in Belfast, the fourth son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, being commissioned into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, with which regiment he served in the Second Boer War.
After fighting with the British Army in the First World War, Dixon was elected Unionist Member of Parliament for the seat of Belfast Pottinger in 1918, becoming representative for Belfast East four years later. He was also sent to the Northern Ireland House of Commons in 1921 as a member for Belfast East, being appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, and was finally elected member for the seat of Belfast Bloomfield in 1929.
Dixon was appointed OBE in 1919 and admitted to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in 1923. In 1939 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Glentoran, of Ballyalloly in the County of Down. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1941 to 1943. In May 1950 he succeeded his elder brother Sir Thomas Dixon as third baronet.
Lord Glentoran married Hon. Emily Ina Florence Bingham, daughter of Arthur Bingham, 6th Baron Clanmorris, in 1905. He died in July 1950, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Daniel. Lady Glentoran died in 1957.
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Belfast Pottinger 1918–1922 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Belfast East 1922–1945 |
Succeeded by Thomas Cole |
| Parliament of Northern Ireland | ||
| Preceded by New constituency |
Member of Parliament for Belfast Bloomfield 1929–1950 |
Succeeded by Daniel Dixon |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Basil Brooke |
Minister of Agriculture 1941–1943 |
Succeeded by Robert Moore |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Glentoran | Succeeded by Daniel Dixon |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Dixon |
Baronet (of Ballymenock) |
Succeeded by Daniel Dixon |
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