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Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet PC (28 March 1844 – 10 March 1907) was an Irish politician.
Dixon was the son of Thomas Dixon of Larne, County Antrim. He served as Mayor of Belfast in 1892 and as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1893 and from 1901 to 1903 and from 1905 to 1906. In 1902 he was created a Baronet, of Ballymenock in the County of Antrim. He was also a Member of Parliament for Belfast North as an Ulster Unionist from 1905 to 1907.
Dixon married, firstly, Lizzie, daughter of James Agnew, in 1867. After his first wife's death in 1868 he married, secondly, Annie, daughter of James Shaw, in 1870. He died in March 1907, aged 62, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Thomas. Lady Dixon died in 1918.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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