DIXON, Rev. Richard (son of Joshua Dixon of Whitehaven). Matric. from Queen’s coll. Ox. 3 May 1796 aged 16; B.A. 1799, M.A. 1803; fellow of his college to 1829, tutor 1822; F.R.S. 21 March 1811; R. of Niton, Isle of Wight 1828 to death. d. Niton rectory 13 May 1858.
DIXON, Venerable Robert Vickers. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin; B.A. 1833, M.A. 1840, B.D. and D.D. 1862, fellow 1839; R. of Clogherney, co. Tyrone 1853 to death; archdeacon of Armagh 1883 to death. d. Clogherney rectory 14 May 1885.
DIXON, Rev. William Henry (son of Rev. Henry Dixon, V. of Wadworth near Doncaster). b. Wadworth 2 Nov. 1783; ed. at Pemb. coll. Cam., B.A. 1805, M.A. 1809; V. of Bishopthorpe near York 1824 to death; chaplain to Abp. of York to death; preb. of York 1825–31, canon residentiary 1831 to death; canon of Ripon 1836; R. of Etton near Beverley, Yorkshire 1837 to death; F.S.A. 31 May 1821; author of Synodus Eboracensis, or a short account of the convocation of the province of York 1848. d. Minster yard, York 17 Feb. 1854. Memoir of Rev. W. H. Dixon by Rev. C. B. Norcliffe, privately printed 1860; Rev. W. H. Dixon’s Fasti Eboracenses, edited by Rev. James Raine vol. 1, 1863, preface.
DIXON, William Hepworth (son of Abner Dixon of Holmfirth, Yorkshire). b. Newton st. Ancoats, Manchester 30 June 1821; wrote a series of articles on the literature of the lower classes and on London prisons in the Daily News 1846; barrister I.T. 1 May 1854; contributed to the Athenæum 1846, editor Jany. 1853 to Aug. 1869; F.S.A. 15 Jany. 1852; helped to found Palestine exploration fund 1865, chairman of executive committee; knight commander of German order of the Crown 4 Oct. 1872; member for Marylebone of London school board 29 Nov. 1870 to Nov. 1873; author of William Penn, an historical biography 1851; The Holy Land 2 vols. 1865; New America 2 vols. 1867 of which there were 8 editions in England, 3 in America and several in France, Russia, Holland, Italy and Germany, and about 20 other books. d. 6 St. James’s terrace, Regent’s park, London 27 Dec. 1879. In Memoriam Hepworth Dixon 1880; Illustrated Review vi, 225–28 (1873), portrait; Cartoon Portraits (1873) 227–38, portrait; Graphic xxi, 69 (1880), portrait.
DIXON, William Jerrold (elder son of the preceding). b. 1848; ed. at Westminster and Trin. hall, Cam., B.A. 1871; in saving lives in the skating accident in Regent’s Park 15 Jany. 1867 caught a cold which rendered him an invalid and cripple for life; barrister I.T. 26 Jany. 1870; hon. sec. of the Savage club, London; sec. to Dublin sanitary commission 1879; author of articles in periodicals; adapted Molière’s Le Médecin malgré lui under title of The Doctor in spite of himself, comedy in 3 acts produced at Globe theatre 23 June 1877; wrote Married another, a comedietta; wrote in The Theatre and London Society, in Belgravia under name of Gerald Dixon. d. Dublin 20 Oct. 1879 in 31 year. Belgravia xl, 193–97 (1880); Theatre iii, 277–79 (1879).
DIXON, William Manley Hall. b. 1817; second lieut. R.A. 18 June 1835, col. 27 Feb. 1866 to 23 Dec. 1871 when he retired on full pay; prepared plans for attack on Bomarsund and other places during Russian war; superintendent of Royal small arms factories at Enfield 1855 to 1871; C.B. 20 May 1871; M.G. 23 Dec. 1871. d. Tharp lodge, Hornchurch, Essex 19 March 1888.
DOBBS, Conway Richard. b. 1796; ed. at Eton; entered navy 4 Sep. 1810; fought at battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816; lieut. 16 Oct. 1821; placed on reserved list July 1851; retired commander 1 July 1864; M.P. for Carrickfergus 19 Dec. 1832 to March 1833 when unseated on petition; sheriff of Antrim 1841. d. 28 Feb. 1886.
DOBBS, William Cary (only son of Rev. Robert Conway Dobbs, who d. 9 Dec. 1809 aged 38). b. 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; called to bar in Ireland 1833; crown prosecutor on North East circuit 1851–59; Q.C. 26 May 1858; a judge of Landed Estates Court, April 1859 to death; M.P. for Carrickfergus 2 April 1857 to 23 April 1859. d. Wimpole st, London 17 April 1869.
DOBELL, Sydney Thompson (eld. son of John Dobell of Cranbrook, Kent, hide merchant). b. Cranbrook 5 April 1824; a wine merchant at Cheltenham 1848 to death; author of The Roman, a dramatic poem by Sydney Yendys 1850; Balder, part the first, By the author of the Roman 1854; England in time of war 1856; a complete edition of his works was published in 3 vols. 1875–6. d. Barton end house, Nailsworth near Stroud 22 Aug. 1874. The life of Sydney Dobell edited by E. J. [Miss E. Jolly] 2 vols. 1878; The golden decade of a favored town, by Contem Ignotus (1884) 154–93; T. H. Ward’s English poets, 2 ed. iv, 615–20 (1883); Temple Bar lvi, 80–91 (1879); Graphic x, 264 (1874), portrait.
DOBSON, George (son of John Dobson of Mortimer, Berkshire). b. 1795; entered navy 14 Dec. 1807; captain 5 Jany. 1844; admiral on h.p. 11 Dec. 1875. d. 52 Pulteney st. Bath 13 June 1877.