by John Marshall

“ Captain Dixon enjoys a pension of 250l. per annum for the wound he received Feb. 10, 1809. He married, April 18, 1815, Harriet, second daughter of William Foot, of Devonport, Esq. His only surviving brother, Mathew Charles Dixon, Esq. is a captain in the royal engineers.
↑ La Diane struck to the squadron under Captain George Martin, after a chaae of some hours and a running fight with the Success frigate, Captain Shuldham Peard. ”

“ Dixon was appointed acting Lieutenant of the Alexander, in which ship he continued, under the command of his father, until she was paid off at Portsmouth, in Aug. 1802. His first commission bears date April 18, 1802. Lieutenant Dixon’s next appointment was, Oct. 1803, to be third of the Terrible 74, Captain Lord Henry Paulet, then employed in the blockade of the enemy’s ports, but subsequently forming part of the squadron under Sir R. J. Strachan, despatched to St. ”

“ Villaumez, as the latter was returning to his cruising ground from the eastward, after unsuccessfully seeking for Jerome Buonaparte, who had unceremoniously quitted his protection, eighteen days before. ”