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

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and

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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

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(1954–1960). He was involved during the

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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

Family grave of Pierson John Dixon in Highgate Cemetery

Dixon married Alexandra Ismene Atchley in 1928 in Chelsea; they had a son and two daughters. Their son, Piers, was a

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politician who represented

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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, and Ann Anastasia Corinna Helena Dixon married

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. His ashes are buried in the Dixon family grave on the west side of

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Books

* ''The

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of Spain and their Relations with the Aegean World'' (1940) - history * ''Farewell,

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'' (1953) - novel * ''The Glittering Horn: Secret Memoirs of the Court of

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'' (1958) - novel * '' Pauline: Napoleon's Favourite Sister'' (1964) - biography

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