Alfred Herbert Dixon
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Sir Alfred Herbert Dixon, 1st Baronet (22 February 1857 – 10 December 1920) was a British businessman.
Career[edit]
Dixon was born the son of Henry Hall Dixon, a barrister and racing journalist, and Caroline Dixon (née Lynes).[1] He joined A & G Murray, a cotton mill in Ancoats, as general manager in 1876.[1] He modernised the business and used new technology.[2] A & G Murray was "voluntarily wound up and conveyed to the Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers' Association Limited (FCSDA)" in September 1898.[3] Dixon had been instrumental in founding Fine Spinners and Doublers and became its chairman and managing director.[4] He was also President of the International Cotton Federation and represented the United Kingdom at cotton conferences in New Orleans and Zürich.[4]
In recognition of his services during the First World War, he was created a baronet on 26 June 1918.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Howe, A. C. (September 2004). Dixon, Sir Alfred Herbert, baronet (1857–1920). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press.
- ^ Miller & Wild (2007), p. 86.
- ^ Miller & Wild (2007), p. 88.
- ^ a b "Sir Alfred Dixon dies; noted cotton expert" (PDF). New York Herald. 11 December 1920. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "No. 30771". The London Gazette. 28 June 1918. p. 7627.
Sources[edit]
- Miller, Ian; Wild, Chris (2007). A & G Murray and the Cotton Mills of Ancoats. Lancaster: Oxford Archaeology North. ISBN 978-0-904220-46-9.