Charles Harvey Dixon (1862 – 22 September 1923)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
Early life and education
Born at Watlington, Oxfordshire, he was the son of Dr Henry Dixon, coroner for South Oxfordshire.[citation needed] Dixon transferred from Lord Weymouth's Grammar School, Warminster to Abingdon School in September 1878 and was at Abingdon until 1881.[2]
Career
He unsuccessfully contested the Harborough constituency, Leicestershire, in 1900, 1904 (by-election) and 1906.[3] He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston at the January 1910 general election,[4] but retired from Parliament when the constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election. He was again elected as MP for Rutland and Stamford at the general election in November 1922,[5] 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.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "B", part 4". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "School Notes" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 334. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 78. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [First published 1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 416. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ conveyance in Lincs Archives
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