George Dixon (MP)
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George Dixon MP |
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George Dixon
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Member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston |
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In office 1885–1888 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Francis Lowe |
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Member of Parliament for Birmingham |
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In office 1867–1876 |
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| Preceded by | William Scholefield |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Chamberlain |
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24 January 1820 Gomersal, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 24 January 1898 (aged 78) Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal / Liberal Unionist |
George Dixon (1820 – 24 January 1898) was an English Liberal politician who was active in local government in Birmingham and sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1867 and 1898. He was a major proponent of education for all children.
Born in 1820 in Gomersal, Yorkshire, he was educated at Leeds Grammar School and learned French in France. He moved to Birmingham in 1838 with his brother and joined Rabone Brothers, a firm of merchants. He became a partner in 1844 and rose to become head of the firm in which he remained all his life. In 1855 he married the sister of politician James Stansfeld, daughter of James Stansfeld, a judge in Halifax. Their son was the architect Arthur Stansfield Dixon.
Dixon entered local government as a councillor for Edgbaston in Birmingham in 1863. He was elected Mayor in November 1866.
In July 1867 he resigned office to become a parliamentary candidate for Birmingham after the death of William Scholefield. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) on 23 July 1867.
He was elected to the School Board in 1870, and chairman in 1876, after retiring from parliament when his wife became ill. He resigned from the board in 1896. In 1885 he became MP for Edgbaston and continued in Parliament until his death in 1898.
One of his first achievements as Mayor in early 1867 was a private conference he held in his house for the leading men of the town to discuss a possible remedy for the lack of education for children. In March a public meeting was held in the Town Hall where the Birmingham Education Society was formed along the lines of one created in Manchester and Salford in 1864. The society raised money to pay the school fees of some children, and raised awareness of the need.
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