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George Dixon (MP)

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George Dixon (1820 – 24 January 1898) was an English Liberal Party then Liberal Unionist politician who was active in local government in Birmingham and sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1867 and 1898. [1]

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Arthur Stansfield Dixon

Arthur Stansfeld Dixon (26 August 1856 – 8 January 1929) was an English metal worker and architect.

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Bill (law)

A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the city of Birmingham, in what is now the West Midlands Metropolitan County, but at the time was Warwickshire.

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Birmingham board school

__notoc__ The Birmingham board schools were set up very rapidly after the Forster Elementary Education Act 1870 was enacted, covering England and Wales.

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Birmingham by-election, 1876

The Birmingham by-election of 1876 was fought on 27 June 1876.

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Birmingham Conservation Trust

Birmingham Conservation Trust is a charity which saves and restores historic buildings in the city of Birmingham, England.

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Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham, Edgbaston is a constituency, created in 1885, in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Preet Gill MP of Labour Co-operative.

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Birmingham Town Hall

Birmingham Town Hall is a Grade I listed concert hall and venue for popular assemblies opened in 1834 and situated in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England.

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Cadbury

Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company wholly owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010.

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Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series about daily life at a London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding.

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Edgbaston

Edgbaston is an affluent suburban area of central Birmingham, England, curved around the southwest of the city centre.

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Elementary Education Act 1870

The Elementary Education Act 1870, commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England and Wales

England and Wales is a legal jurisdiction covering England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

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George Dixon Academy

George Dixon Academy is a school in north Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.

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Gomersal

Gomersal is a village in Kirklees in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.

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Honorary Freedom of the City of Birmingham

Below is a list of Honorary Freemen of the City of Birmingham.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Ikon Gallery

The Ikon Gallery is an English gallery of contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham.

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James Stansfeld

Sir James Stansfeld GCB PC (5 October 1820 – 17 February 1898) was a British politician.

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Jesse Collings

Jesse Collings (2 December 1831 – 20 November 1920) was Mayor of Birmingham, England, a Liberal (later Liberal Unionist) member of Parliament, but was best known nationally in the UK as an advocate of educational reform and land reform.

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John Bright

John Bright (16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889) was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies.

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Joseph Chamberlain

Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then, after opposing home rule for Ireland, a Liberal Unionist, and eventually served as a leading imperialist in coalition with the Conservatives.

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Leeds Grammar School

Leeds Grammar School was an independent school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Liberal Unionist Party

The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party.

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List of mayors of Birmingham

This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer, known for his leadership of Ealing Studios from 1938 to 1955.

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National Education League

The National Education League was a political movement in England and Wales which promoted elementary education for all children, free from religious control.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Philip Henry Muntz

Philip Henry Muntz (21 January 1811 – 25 December 1888) was a British businessman and Liberal politician.

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Robert William Dale

Robert William Dale (1 December 1829 – 13 March 1895) was an English Congregational church leader.

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Salford, Greater Manchester

Salford is a town in the City of Salford, North West England.

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School boards in England and Wales

School boards were public bodies in England and Wales between 1870 and 1902, which established and administered elementary schools.

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Sir Francis Lowe, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis William Lowe, 1st Baronet, PC (8 January 1852 – 12 November 1929) was a British Conservative Party politician.

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Small Heath

Small Heath is an area in South-East Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

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The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as veteran PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as hardened criminal Tom Riley.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United Kingdom general election, 1885

The 1885 United Kingdom general election was held from 24 November to 18 December 1885.

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William Harris (Birmingham Liberal)

William Harris (1826 – 25 March 1911) was a Liberal politician and strategist in Birmingham, England, in an era of dramatic municipal reform.

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William Scholefield

William Scholefield (August 1809 – 9 July 1867) was a British businessman and Liberal politician.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dixon_(MP)

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