A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dixson, Benjamin
DIXSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
Benjamin Dixson entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John Wentworth Loring, flag-ship in succession of Rear-Admirals Robt. Montagu and John Holloway, on the Downs station, where he attained the rating of Midshipman 7 April, 1804. In 1805 he made a trip to the West Indies in the Circe 32, Capt. Jonas Rose; on his return from which station, in the Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, he joined, 23 Dec. in the same year, the Antelope 50, Capts. Henry Bazely and Edw. Galwey; under the former of whom we find him escorting the East India trade to and from St. Helena, and conveying the Earl of Caledon to the Cape of Good Hope. On accompanying Capt. Galwey, in April, 1809, into the Isis 50, armée en flûte, commanded afterwards by Capt. Woodley Losack, he attended the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren. He subsequently served, chiefly as Master’s Mate, in the Redpole 10, Capt. Colin Macdonald, Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Galatea 36, Capt. W. Losack. He returned to England from the West Indies in Aug. 1814; and on 11 March, 1815, was promoted to his present rank. Since 13 July, 1844, Mr. Dixson has been serving on board the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness.