DIXON, GEORGE; b.; adm. 20 Jan 1774 (paid £2-2-0 admission).
DIXON, HAROLD BAILY, brother of William Jerrold Dixon (qv); b. 11 Aug 1852; adm. 15 Jun 1865; QS 1867; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1873, 1st cl. Natural Science 1875; BA 1875; MA 1878; played Association Football against Cambridge; Millard Lecturer, Trin. Coll. Oxford 1879-86, Bedford Lecturer, Balliol Coll. Oxford 1881-6; Fellow of Balliol Coll. 1886-7; Natural Science Examiner, Oxford 1886-8, 1899-1900; FRS 4 Jun 1886, Royal Medal 1913; Professor of Chemistry, Owen’s Coll., Manchester Univ., 1886-1922, Hon. Professor from 1922; member, Royal Commission on Explosions of Coal Dust in Mines 1891-4, Royal Commission on Coal Supplies 1902-5; President, Chemical Society 1909-11; member, Home Office Executive Committee on Explosions in Mines 1911-4; Deputy Inspector of High Explosives, Manchester area, during 1914-18 War; CBE 7 Jun 1918; Chairman, Selective Committee for NW District, Ministry of Labour 1922; Superintendent of Research on Ignition of Gases under Safety in Mines Research Board 1927; author, The Conditions of Chemical Change in Gases, 1884, and other works; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1885 Olive Beechey, dau. of Edward Martin Hopkins, Montreal, Canada; m. 2nd, 26 Aug 1918 Muriel Agnes Mary, dau. of William Kinch, Henley, Oxfordshire; d. 18 Sep 1930.
DIXON, HENRY, eldest son of John Dixon, Gledhow Hall, Yorkshire, and Lydia, d. of Rev. John Parker, Astle Hall, Cheshire; b. 19 Nov 1794; adm. 17 Sep 1806; left 1811; Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 14 Jan 1813; Lieut., 25 Aug 1813; Capt., 10 Feb 1820; retd. 31 Oct 1822; served at Waterloo; m. 24 Dec 1829 Emma Matilda, youngest dau. of Rev. Edward Sacheverel Wilmot, Chaddesden, Derbs.; d. 3 Aug 1838.
DIXON, JOHN KENNEDY; b.; at school Christmas 1800; in school lists 1801, May 1803, Oct 1803.
DIXON, JOHN, brother of Henry Dixon (qv); b. 19 Feb 1799; adm. 13 Feb 1812; left Bartholomewtide 1817; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 10 Dec 1825; Lieut. and Capt., 1 Dec 1830; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 18 May 1841; retd. 7 Mar 1851; of Astle Hall, Cheshire; JP Cheshire, High Sheriff 1843; m. 14 May 1840 Sophia, dau. of Thomas William Tatton, Wythenshawe, Cheshire; d. 10 Mar 1873.
DIXON, JOHN, only son of John Dixon, Rotterdam, Netherlands; b. 6 Nov 1804; adm. 16 Apr 1817 (Packharness'); left Midsummer 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Apr 1822; BA 1829.
DIXON, WILLIAM JERROLD, eldest son of William Hepworth Dixon, St. James’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, author and journalist, and Marian, dau. of James MacMahon, Ardwick Green, Manchester; b. 24 Mar 1848; adm. 13 Mar 1862; QS 1863; left Dec 1866; while helping to save lives in the terrible ice accident in Regent’s Park on 15 Jan 1867 he caught a severe chill which rendered him more or less an invalid for the rest of his life; adm. Inner Temple 15 Apr 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; South-Eastern Circuit; Hon. Secretary, Savage Club; Secretary to Dublin Sanitary Commission 1879; author, Married Another, and of numerous magazine articles; d. unm. at Dublin 20 Oct 1879.
DIZINGTON, THOMAS LUCAS, son of Thomas Dizington, Farthinghoe, Northants.; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1725; Min. Can. 1728, 1729. [Presumably Thomas Dizington, son of Thomas Dizington and Mary (Robinson ?), bapt. St. Dunstan, Stepney 25 Jan 1713 (IGI)]
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Dobbie, Alexander Middleton, elder son of Sir James Johnston Dobbie, Kt., F.R.S., LL. D., Principal of the Government Laboratories, London, by Violet, daughter of Thomas Chilton, of Greford, Flintshire; b. June 22, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1/6th Batt. the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) April 26, 1917; went out to the western front Aug. 18, 1917; d. at Pernes April 13, 1918, of wounds received in action near Bethune April 11, 1918; unm.