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DIXON. Capt. Reynolds to the West Indies in the 74. On the renewal of hostilities, in the early part of 1803, he returned to the Mediterranean on board the 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Campbell; after which he joined, as Acting-Lieutenant and Master’s Mate, the 18, Capt. John Richards, and  100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson; through whom he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 17 Oct. 1804, in the  36, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. On 21 Oct. 1805 he took part in the battle of Trafalgar; and four days after that memorable event, having volunteered his services for the purpose, he succeeded, with 12 men, in presence of the enemy’s gun-boats and troops, in burning, with all their stores and guns, the Spanish line-of-battle ships El Rargo and Neptuno, which had run on shore at the entrance of the river San Lucar. Mr. Dixie, whose next appointment was, 19 Dec. 1806, to the 74, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, left that ship in Nov. 1807; from which period he remained on half-pay until Feb. 1811. He then successively joined the 32, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, and 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, on the North American station, where he assumed the Acting-Captaincy, 5 July, 1813, of the 38, and was promoted, 7 June, 1814, to the command of the  18. In that vessel, while in the Chesapeake during a night of the ensuing winter, he effected the capture and destruction, by slipping from his anchorage, of 16 of the enemy’s vessels. Being ordered off the coast of France in 1815, for the interception of Buonaparte, we find him employed in landing arms at Dieppe, where he succeeded in establishing the White flag. Since 9 Sept. in the latter year, on which date the was put out of commission. Commander Dixie has been unable to procure employment.

In reviewing the services of this officer, we may observe that he has assisted at the capture and destruction of 23 sail of the line, besides a number of frigates, sloops of war, and privateers; and that he has been once shipwrecked, twice imprisoned, and twice wounded in battle. He is a deputy-lieutenant and magistrate for the counties of Leicester and Sussex. Commander Dixie has been twice married. He wedded, in Dec. 1818 (the first time we believe), Rosamond Mary, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Dixie Churchill, Rector of Blickling, co. Norfolk. He has issue six children. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 DIXON. 

was born 1 Nov. 1804.

This officer entered the Navy, 28 Oct. 1818, as Midshipman, on board the 80, Capt. Andrew Pellet Green, on the Mediterranean station; where, until Sept. 1824, he afterwards served, in the  20, Capt. Robt. Tait, again, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and 10, Capt. Burton Macnamara. He then joined the 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin; and, shortly after his examination, which took place about June, 1825, proceeded to South America, as Mate of the 42, Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, of which ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant 18 Sept. 1828. His subsequent appointments were – 7 April, 1831, to the 26, Capt. David Dunn – 6 Aug. 1831, to the  50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren at the Cape of Good Hope – 13 Oct. 1836, and 14 Feb. 1838, to the 16, and  72, Capts. Rich. Laird Warren and Edw. Harvey, on the North America and West India station – and, 25 Feb. 1840, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the 20, commanded in South America by Capt. Chas. Colville Frankland. He attained his present rank 30 Aug. 1841; and, since 19 March, 1847, has been in command of the 10, on the coast of Africa. – J. Chippendale.

 DIXON. 

entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, under whom he served in the Channel, latterly as Midshipman, until Dec. 1808. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March, 1813, he was afterwards employed, on the West India and Lisbon stations, chiefly as Master’s Mate, in the 32, Capt. Wm. Roberts, 38, Capt. John Surman Garden, and  74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. He was subsequently appointed – 24 March and 19 June, 1813, to the 22, and  36, Capts. Rich. Arthur and Hon. Wm. Gordon, both on the Lisbon station – 10 June, 1814, to the 10, Capt. Wm. Sargent, from which vessel he invalided 11 Jan. 1815 – and, 31 Jan. 1824, to the 104, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth. He has been on half-pay since 1826.

 DIXON. 

entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge, in which frigate, stationed in the Channel, he soon attained the rating of Midshipman. From Oct. 1808 until May, 1812, he served in the 32, Capts. Robt. Henderson, Jas. Coutts Crawford, and Kenneth Mackenzie; and, under the second of those officers, was actively employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where, in March, 1809, he assisted at the reduction of Vigo. In Dec. 1812 he joined the 120, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Pellew, under whom he appears to have enacted a part, 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, in two partial actions with the French fleet off Toulon. Acquiring the rank of Lieutenant, 1 July, 1814, Mr. Dixon was subsequently appointed – 5 May, 1815, to the 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Rich. John Strachan – and, 23 Nov. 1815, to the 50, Capt. Wm. Skipsey, flag-ship afterwards of the late Sir David Milne, in which he was wounded at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He returned home from North America in Feb. 1818; and has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Dixon married, 12 Sept. 1837, Sophia, widow of F. H. Hunter, Esq., of Kennington Common.

 DIXON. 

, born 8 June, 1786, at Stoke Damarell, co. Devon, is son of Admiral of the Red the late Sir Manley Dixon, K.C.B. (who commanded in chief at Plymouth from April, 1830, to April, 1833, and died 8 Feb. 1837), by his first wife, Miss Christiana Hall, of Jamaica; and brother of Capt. Mathew Chas. Dixon, R.E.

This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 24, commanded by his father, with whom he continued to serve, as Midshipman, Master’s Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, in  38, the  64, and  74, on the Channel, North Sea, Irish, and Mediterranean stations, until Aug. 1801. On 15 July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he took part in a brilliant action between the and four Spanish frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in the surrender of one of the latter, the Santa Dorothea; subsequently to which, when in company with the  and  at the blockade of Malta, he further assisted at the capture, 31 March, 1800, of the French 80-gun ship Guillaume Tell, after a tremendous conflict, in which the  experienced a loss of 8 men killed and 38 wounded. When in, Mr. Dixon witnessed the taking, 24 Aug. 1800, of La Diane, of 42 guns, and the surrender, in Sept. following, of the island of Malta. On next accompanying his father into the 74, he was officially promoted, by commission dated 10 April, 1802. The latter ship being paid off in the ensuing Aug., he was afterwards appointed – 7 Oct. 1803, to the 74,