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Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Coat of arms of the Lord Dixon of Glentoran and Ballymenock
There have been three
baronetcies
created for persons with the surname
Dixon
, all in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
.
The
Dixon Baronetcy
, of Ballymenock in the County of Antrim, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 October 1903.
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For more information on this creation, see the
Baron Glentoran
.
The
Dixon Baronetcy
, of Warford in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 February 1918
[2]
for the cotton spinner
Alfred Dixon
. The title became extinct on his death in 1921.
The
Dixon Baronetcy
, of
Astle
in Chelford in the County Palatine of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 May 1919
[3]
for George Dixon. He was
high sheriff
of
Cheshire
in 1881.
Dixon baronets, of Ballymenock (1903)
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Dixon baronets, of Warford (1918)
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Dixon baronets, of Astle (1919)
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- Sir George Dixon, 1st Baronet (1842?1924)
- Sir John Dixon, 2nd Baronet (1886?1976)
- Sir John George Dixon, 3rd Baronet (1911?1990)
- Sir Jonathan Mark Dixon, 4th Baronet (born 1949)
The
heir apparent
to the baronetcy is Mark Edward Dixon (b. 1982), eldest son of the 4th Baronet.
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