Horace Henry Dixon

Horace Henry Dixon CBE (known informally as Jimmy) (1 August 1869 – 8 November 1964) was a British priest in the Church of England who became Dean of Brisbane and then assistant bishop of Brisbane. He was also the founding headmaster of The Southport School.

Early life Dixon was born in 1869 in Cambridge, the son of Thomas Dixon, a bookseller, and his wife Lucy (née Eastgate).

Career Dixon was initially a teacher, working as a housemaster at Warkworth House, Cambridge, for three years. He relinquished the incumbency of St Peter's, Southport in 1905. He retired as assistant bishop in 1961, having been appointed CBE the previous year. He married secondly, in 1936, Enid Rose Morgan-Jones. He died in 1964, aged 95, and was buried in Lutwyche Cemetery.