Piers Dixon

Pierson John Shirley Dixon (29 December 1928 – 24 March 2017), known as Piers Dixon, was a British Conservative Party politician who represented Truro between 1970 and 1974.^[1]

Piers Dixon
Member of Parliament for Truro
In office 18 June 1970 – 20 September 1974
Preceded by	Geoffrey Wilson
Succeeded by	David Penhaligon
Personal details
Born	Pierson John Shirley Dixon (1928-12-29)29 December 1928
Died	24 March 2017(2017-03-24) (aged 88)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

Early life

The son of diplomat and writer, Sir Pierson Dixon, he was educated at Eton College; Magdalene College, Cambridge; and Harvard Business School. He worked as a stockbroker.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Dixon contested Brixton at the 1966 general election^[2] and was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro in 1970.^[3] He was re-elected in February 1974,^[4] but lost the seat to the Liberal David Penhaligon in the October 1974 general election, by 464 votes (0.8%).^{[citation needed]}

No Conservative MP represented Truro after Dixon's defeat until Sarah Newton regained the seat from the Liberal Democrats in 2010. Alan Clark noted Dixon in his 1983–92 diaries, writing "when (the Liberals) get stuck in, really stuck in, they are devilish hard to dislodge".^[5]

Interests

Dixon was a member of the Monday Club^[6] and the Bow Group.^[7]

Personal life

Dixon married four times. His first wife was the sculptor Edwina Sandys, a daughter of Duncan Sandys and Diana Churchill. They had two sons, Mark and Hugo. The second was Janet, Countess of Cowley.^[8] In 1984, Dixon married Anne Cronin, daughter of John Desmond Cronin, former Labour MP; they had one son, Alexander. In 1994, he married Ann Mavroleon, daughter of John Davenport.^[9]

Death

He died in March 2017 at the age of 88.^[10]