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George Dixon (1820 – 24 January 1898) was 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. ==Life== 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 and 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Dixon (MP)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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