Sir Pierson John Dixon (13 November 190422 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.
Education
Dixon was educated at
Bedford School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Career
Dixon was the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary from 1943 to 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 the 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 from 1960 to 1964.
Personal life
Dixon married Alexandra Ismene Atchley in 1928 in Chelsea;
they had a son and two daughters. Their son,
Piers Dixon, was a Conservative politician who represented Truro from 1970 to 1974 and wrote
Double Diploma: The Life of Sir Pierson Dixon (1968).
Jennifer Nina Flora Mary Dixon married Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker,
His ashes are buried in the Dixon family grave on the west side of Highgate Cemetery.
Books
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The Iberians of Spain and their Relations with the Aegean World (1940) - history
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Farewell, Catullus (1953) - novel
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The Glittering Horn: Secret Memoirs of the Court of Justinian (1958) - novel
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Pauline: Napoleon's Favourite Sister (1964) - biography
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