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词条 Pierson Dixon
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  1. Career

  2. Personal life

  3. Novels

  4. Works about Pierson Dixon

  5. References

  6. Further reading

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| birth_name = Pierson John Dixon
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| nationality = British
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| alma_mater = Pembroke College, Cambridge
| occupation = Diplomat and writer
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| spouse = {{marriage|Alexandra Ismene Atchley|1928}}
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}}Sir Pierson John Dixon {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG|CB}} (13 November 1904{{spaced ndash}}22 April 1965) was a British diplomat and writer. He was known to be a firm believer in the value of diplomacy to solve international issues.[1]

Career

Dixon was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary between 1943 and 1948. He held the post of Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1948–1950) and he was invested as Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1950. He later held the offices of Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office (1950–1954) and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations (1954–1960). He was involved during the Suez Crisis and Hungarian Uprising in 1956. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1957 and served as the Ambassador to France between 1960 and 1964.

Personal life

Dixon was educated at Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He married Alexandra Ismene Atchley in 1928, in Chelsea,[2] they had a son and two daughters. Their son Piers Dixon was a Conservative politician who represented Truro between 1970 and 1974. Jennifer Nina Flora Mary Dixon married Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker,[3] and Ann Anastasia Corinna Helena Dixon married James Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell.[4]

Novels

He was an author of historical novels, notably writing about Justinian and Pauline Bonaparte.

  • Farewell, Catullus (1953)
  • The Glittering Horn: Secret Memoirs of the Court of Justinian (1958)
  • Pauline: Napoleon's Favourite Sister (1964)

Works about Pierson Dixon

  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=onhnAAAAMAAJ Double Diploma: The Life of Sir Pierson Dixon] (1968) – by his son, Piers Dixon

References

1. ^{{Cite journal|title=The Diplomats' Diplomat: Sir Pierson Dixon, Ambassador to the United Nations|journal = Contemporary British History|volume = 13|issue = 2|pages = 178–198|last=Johnson|first=Edward|date=25 Jun 2008|doi=10.1080/13619469908581536}}
2. ^{{cite web |title= Alexandra Ismene ATCHLEY | url= https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mygreshams&id=I194565 | website = wc.rootsweb.com | publisher = Pam Mercier |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
3. ^{{cite news |title=Lord Blaker (obituary) |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5770591/Lord-Blaker.html |work=The Telegraph |accessdate=13 August 2018 |date=7 July 2009}}
4. ^{{cite web |title=James Leslie [Hamilton], 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/hamilton1886.htm |website=cracroftspeerage.co.uk |publisher=Cracroft's Peerage |accessdate=13 August 2018}}

Further reading

  • N. Piers Ludlow, ‘Dixon, Sir Pierson John (1904–1965)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online ed., Jan 2008
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