Education
Dixon was educated at Eton and Grenoble in France.
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He is a former Conservative Party Shadow Minister for the Olympics. After university, he served with the Grenadier Guards from 1954 to 1966 including service in the Cyprus Emergency Dixon retained his sporting links throughout his life: he was President of the Jury at the 1976 Winter Olympics, set up the Ulster Games Foundation in 1983, and was appointed Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tall Ships Council in 1987. He has been President of the British Bobsleigh Association since 1987.
Dixon retired from the army in 1966 with the rank of Major and went on to work for Kodak in their public relations department and in 1971 joined the Northern Irish business, Redland Tile and Brick Limited, which he built up into a multimillion-pound subsidiary of Redland plc and became Managing Director.
In 1983, he was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim. Upon the death of his father, the 2nd Baron Glentoran, Dixon inherited his title and retired from business in 1998.
Dixon was Chairman of Positively Belfast from 1992 to 1996, Chairman of the "Growing a Green Economy" Committee from 1993 to 1995 and has been Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland, Shadow Minister for Sport and Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Lord Glentoran is a representative peer, one of 92 hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Acting 1999, and sits on the Conservative benches.
Achievements
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Dixon and his driver, Tony Nash, were inducted into the British Bobsleigh Hall of Fame as a result of their success. A curve at the Saint Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun is named for both Nash and Dixon. He was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 for services to Northern Ireland and Industry.
Membership
He is also a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Body.
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