Dame Edith Stewart Dixon, Lady Dixon, DBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (c.1871 – 20 January 1964), née Edith Stewart Clark, was a Northern Irish

Northern Ireland

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 philanthropist

Philanthropist

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She married Belfast

Belfast

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 shipowner, Sir Thomas Dixon, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Dixon, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas James Dixon, 2nd Baronet PC , was a Northern Ireland politician.Dixon was the eldest son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of Belfast. He succeeded his father as second Baronet in 1907. Dixon was a Member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1924 to 1950 and was admitted to...

 in 1906. Together they donated more than £100,000 to good causes. For this philanthropy, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the Honours List for the opening of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Northern Ireland

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in July 1921.

She died on 20 January 1964, aged 92.