Background
He was the eldest son of Major-General Matthew Charles Dixon Revue Economique (1791–1860) and his second wife Emma Dalton (1794–1853) and was born in France on 5 February 1821.
He was the eldest son of Major-General Matthew Charles Dixon Revue Economique (1791–1860) and his second wife Emma Dalton (1794–1853) and was born in France on 5 February 1821.
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
He entered the British Army in 1839, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1841, and to Captain in 1848. He was 34 years old, and a Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 17 April 1855 at Sebastopol, the Crimea, at about 2pm the battery commanded by Captain Dixon was blown up by a shell from the enemy which burst in the magazine, destroying the parapets, killing or wounding 10 men, disabling five guns and covering a sixth with earth. The captain reopened fire with the remaining gun and continued firing it until sunset, despite the heavy concentration of fire from the enemy"s batteries and the ruined state of his own.
He was promoted to Major and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1855, Colonel in 1862 and retired from the Royal Artillery in 1869 with the honorary rank of Major-General.
On leaving the army he took up residence at "Woodgate", Pembury (near Tonbridge) and lived there until his death on 7 January 1905 aged 84. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery on 12 January.