Baron Glentoran

Baron Glentoran , of Ballyalloly in the County of Down , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on July 8, 1939 for the Northern Irish MP Herbert Dixon . This belonged to the unionists and was for many years a member of the regional government of Northern Ireland.

The first baron inherited the title of 3rd Baronet , of Ballymenock in the County of Antrim in 1950 from his older brother, which had been created for his father on October 7, 1903 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The latter was also a well-known Northern Irish politician, including several times Lord Mayor of Belfast . The baronetcy has since been listed as a subordinate title of the respective baron.

The family seat of the barons is Drumadarragh House near Ballyclare in County Antrim .

List of Barons Glentoran and Dixon Baronets

Dixon Baronets, of Ballymenock (1903)

• Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet (1844-1907)
• Sir Thomas Dixon, 2nd Baronet (1868–1950)
• Sir Herbert Dixon, 3rd Baronet (1880–1950) (had already been raised to Baron Glentoran in 1939 )

Barone Glentoran (1939)

• Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran (1880–1950)
• Daniel Stewart Thomas Bingham Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran (1912–1995)
• (Thomas) Robin Valerian Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran (* 1935)

The heir to the title is the current baron's eldest son, the Hon. Daniel George Dixon (* 1959).

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page