Background
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.
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 served as Mayor of Belfast in 1892 and as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1893 and from 1901 to 1903 and from 1905 to 1906. In 1902 he was created a Baronet, of Ballymenock in the County of Antrim. Dixon was head on one of the largest shipowning companies in Ireland.
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He was also a Member of Parliament for Belfast North as an Ulster Unionist from 1905 to 1907.