Robertus Dixon

Robert Dixon (ca. 1614–1688) was an English clergyman, theologian, and royalist.

Early life Dixon was the son of James Dixon of London and his wife Joane Betson. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took his BA in 1634/5 and his MA in 1638, before being ordained in 1639.

Imprisonment and later career After his ordination, Dixon had obtained a benefice in Kent. A steadfast royalist, he refused to take the Solemn League and Covenant, and as a result was seized after preaching a funeral sermon and imprisoned, first at Knole House and then at Leeds Castle. He was held prisoner at Leeds for fourteen months before being released. though for a time he was sequestered from the position on account of his royalist leanings. After the Restoration, he was appointed one of the prebends of Rochester Cathedral in 1660.

Family Dixon married Sarah Mabb, daughter of Thomas Mabb of Bersted in Kent. They had three children:

Robert Dixon, Jr. (d. 1711), who was also rector of Tunstall James Dixon (1648–1716), a lawyer Elizabeth Dixon (d. 1738), who married another clergyman, Meyrick Head

Through his son James, he was the grandfather of the poet Sarah Dixon.

Dixon died in 1688.