A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dixon, John Stewart
DIXON. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 30.)
John Stewart Dixon entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phoenix 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 Venus 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 Caledonia 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 San Josef 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Rich. John Strachan – and, 23 Nov. 1815, to the Leander 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.[1] 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.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1793.