Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran article - Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran January 19 1912 July 22 1995 Herbert ...(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
DanielStewartThomasBinghamDixon, 2ndBaronGlentoran, KBE (January 19, 1912) - (July 22, 1995) was born the son of Herbert Dixon, 1st BaronGlentoran, in 1912.
He served with the Grenadier Guards in the Second World War, for which he was mentioned in dispatches, and in 1950 succeeded his father as second BaronGlentoran as well as member for Belfast Bloomfield in the Northern Ireland House of Commons.
Appointed KBE in 1973, Lord Glentoran was also Lord Lieutenant (and from 1950-1976 Lieutenant) for Belfast from 1976 to 1985.
She married Major Sir Thomas Robin Valerian Dixon, 3rd BaronGlentoran, son of Colonel DanielStewartThomasBinghamDixon, 2ndBaronGlentoran and Lady Diana Mary Wellesley, on 12 January 1959.
Clare Rosalind Dixon was born on 15 November 1937.
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A Liberal, Sat for Belfast from Dec 1868 to Feb 1874 when he was an unsuccessful candidate; Sat for Londonderry, Co from Dec 1878 until her retired in 1885.
A Conservative Sat for the Pottinger division of Belfast from December 1918 to November 1922 and for E. Belfast from November 1922 until 1939 when he was created BaronGlentoran.
In the Northern Ireland Parliament Sat for E. Belfast from 1921 to 1929 and for the Bloomfield division of Belfast from 1929 to 1950.
Sat for Belfast, South from the byelection on 6th November 1925 and for Belfast, Cromac from the general election of 1929 until he was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal on 2nd December 1937.
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 2nd April 1920 to 1st April 1921.
Sat for the Antrim division from the byelection of 2nd February 1951 until the prorogation of the Parliament in 1972.
