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DIXON, GEORGE, brother of Henry Dixon (qv); b. 5 Aug 1801; adm. 22 Sep 1813; left 1821; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 20 Jan 1820; Capt., 25th Foot 8 Apr 1826; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 13 Apr 1826; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 20 May 1836; Brevet Col., 9 Nov 1846; Maj., 25 Mar 1853; Maj. -Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Lieut. -Gen., 30 May 1862; Col., 104th Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) from 2 Feb 1867; Gen., 1 Apr 1870; m. 15 Nov 1838 Mary Frances, widow of Rev. John Biddulph, Rector of Frankton, Warwicks., and second dau. of Rev. Edward Sacheverell Wilmot, Rector of Kirk Langley, Derbs.; d. 15 May 1874.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.