Charles Harvey Dixon

Charles Harvey Dixon (1862 – 22 September 1923),^[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Born at Watlington, Oxfordshire, he was the son of Dr Henry Dixon, coroner for South Oxfordshire.^{[citation needed]} Dixon transferred from Warminster Grammar School to Abingdon School in September 1878.

He unsuccessfully contested the Harborough constituency, Leicestershire, in 1900, 1904 (by-election) and 1906.^[2] He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston at the January 1910 general election,^[3] but retired from Parliament when the constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election. He was again elected as MP for the Rutland and Stamford Division of Lincolnshire at the general election in November 1922,^[4] sitting until his death in September 1923. His Parliamentary interests were agriculture and finance.

He bought the Gunthorpe, Rutland estate from the Earl of Ancaster in 1906.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "B", part 4". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons4.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2010. 
2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 334. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 78. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 416. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
5. ^ conveyance in Lincs Archives

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Harvey Dixon

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Henry Faber	Member of Parliament for Boston January 1910 – 1918	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby	Member of Parliament for Rutland & Stamford 1922 – 1923	Succeeded by Neville Smith-Carington

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Name	Dixon, Charles Harvey
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Date of birth	1862
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Date of death	22 September 1923
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