Dame Edith Stewart Dixon, Lady Dixon, (''née'' Clark; 27 February 1871 – 20 January 1964) was a Scottish

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, largely based in

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. Dixon was born in

Paisley, Renfrewshire Paisley ( ; ; ) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Located north of the Gleniffer Braes, the town borders the city of Glasgow to the east, and straddles the banks of the White Cart Water, a tributary of the River ...

, the daughter of Annie (''née'' Smiley) and Stewart Clark. She married

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shipowner,

Sir Thomas Dixon, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas James Dixon, 2nd Baronet, PC (NI) (29 May 1868 – 10 May 1950), was a Northern Ireland politician. Dixon was the eldest son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of Belfast, and his wife, Eliza (née Agnew). He succeeded his ...

on 7 February 1906. The couple donated more than £100,000 to good causes. For this philanthropy, she was appointed

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(DBE) in the Honours List for the opening of the

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in July 1921. Dixon died on 20 January 1964, aged 92, in Malone Park,

. She is buried in Dundonald Cemetery.

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