Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran
Daniel Stewart Thomas Bingham Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran,
Northern Irish
soldier and politician.
Glentoran was the son of
Ulster Unionist member for Belfast Bloomfield in the Northern Ireland House of Commons
(where peers could also hold a seat).
Appointed
Minister in and Leader of the Senate for three years, becoming its last speaker
in 1964.
Lord Glentoran was said to have had such a "grand" demeanor that once, when visiting America, a Texas newspaper carried the headline "Irish royalty to visit Texas."[3]
Appointed
third Earl Cowley, by whom he had three children; the eldest is Olympic gold medal-winning bobsledder Robin Dixon
.
Lord Glentoran died in 1995 aged 83 and was succeeded to the Barony by his son Robin.
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See also
- List of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Lords
References
- ^ Bradford, Roy (29 July 1995). "Obituary: Lord Glentoran". The Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ Froggatt, Richard. "Daniel Stewart Thomas Bingham Dixon (1912–1995)". The Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ Tremlett, Giles; Glover, Julian (8 September 2005). "How a bobsleighing Tory peer slid into trouble at a Spanish border post". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. 2000.
