Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran
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Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran, OBE (January 23, 1880) - (July 20, 1950) was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician. He was born in Belfast, the fourth son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st baronet, and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, being commissioned into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, with which regiment he served in the Boer War.
After fighting with the British Army in the First World War, Dixon was elected Unionist Member of Parliament for the seat of Belfast Pottinger in 1918, becoming representative for Belfast East four years later. He was also sent to the Northern Ireland House of Commons in 1921 as a member for Belfast East, being appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, and was finally elected member for the seat of Belfast Bloomfield in 1929.
Appointed OBE in 1919, Dixon was in 1939 created Baron Glentoran, of Ballyalloly, County Down. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1941 to 1943. In May 1950 he succeeded his elder brother Sir Thomas Dixon as third baronet, and died two months later.
| Preceded by: New Creation | Baron Glentoran | Followed by: Daniel Stewart Thomas Bingham Dixon |