Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet

Sir
Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet
PC Deputy lieutenant
Portrait of Dixon by Henrietta Rae
Member of Parliament for
Belfast North
In office
1905–1907
Preceded byJames Horner Haslett
Succeeded byGeorge Clark
1st Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1892–1893
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byWilliam McCammond
Personal details
Born(1844-03-28)28 March 1844
Larne, Ireland
Died10 March 1907(1907-03-10) (aged 62)
Belfast, Ireland
Political partyIrish Unionist Alliance
Spouses
Lizzie Agnew
​
​
(m. 1867; died 1868)​
Annie Shaw
​
(m. 1870)​
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • politician
Monument to Sir Daniel Dixon, grounds of Belfast City Hall, Northern Ireland

Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, PC (Ire), DL (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.[1] He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.[1] 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,[2] and was sworn in by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Cadogan, at Dublin Castle on 11 August 1902.[3] 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.[1]

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

  1. ^ a b c "Sir. Daniel Dixon." Times [London, England] 11 March 1907: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 10 April 2014.
  2. ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Ireland". The Times. No. 36844. London. 12 August 1902. p. 9.

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