Reverend Thomas DIXON-SPAIN ¹

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  General Notes:

Rev. Thomas DIXON-SPAIN, The Vicarage, Long Sutton;
son of Thomas Dixon-Spain, of Lincoln;
born at Lincoln, April 4th, 1846;
educated privately by Professor Judd, in Horncastle, and in Westminster.
Ordained Deacon, 1885, Priest, 1886, by the Bishop of Bath and Wells;
Curate of Twerton-on-Avon, 1885-93;
Organising Secretary, Church of England Temperance Society for Lichfield, 1874-85;
for Bath and Wells,1885-95;
for Lincoln, 1895-1907;
Rector of Rand St. Oswald, 1895-1906;
Vicar of Long Sutton since 1906;
Chairman of the House Committee, and Vice-Chairman of the Boarding-Out Committee of the Lincoln Union;
Commissioner of Taxes;
Chaplain of St. John's Masonic Lodge, Lichfield, and the Lodge of Honour, Bath;
author of many pamphlets upon great social questions, and of the Practical Guide of the Church of England Temperance Society, the well known hand-book of temperance in the Church.
Married twice, and has issue five sons and two daughters;
J. E., A.R.I.B.A., is a rising architect in Hanover Square, London, whose pictures are regularly hung in the Royal Academy;
he served through the late South African campaign as Lieutenant under Lord Roberts;
the Rev. H.C. is of Heckington in this county;
and T.W. is a prominent citizen of Cleveland , Ohio, U.S.A.; the two younger sons also follow the profession of architecture.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: The Vicarage: Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. ¹

• Education: Privately by Professor JUDD: Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. ¹

• Education: Westminster, Westminster, London, England. ¹