Edith Dixon

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Dame Edith Stewart Dixon, Lady Dixon DBE (c. 1871 – 20 January 1964), née Edith Stewart Clark, was a British philanthropist, largely based in Northern Ireland.

She married Belfast shipowner, Sir Thomas Dixon, 2nd Baronet on 7 February 1906. The couple would donate 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 in July 1921.^[1] Lady Dixon died on 20 January 1964, aged 92.

Footnotes

↑ The London Gazette: no. 32387. p. 5553. 12 July 1921.

References

Obituary, The Times, 21 January 1964

Persondata
Name	Dixon, Edith
Alternative names	Stewart Clark, Edith
Short description	Philanthropist
Date of birth	c. 1871
Place of birth
Date of death	20 January 1964
Place of death

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