DIXON, Henry. Naples, Italy 29.3.1824 — London 16.3.1883. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Captain William Dixon and Cecilia Pierina Gironci. From 1839 studied at Royal Military Academy in Woolwich. Served 1842-72 in Madras Native Infantry. Lieutenant Colonel. An amateur photographer who took hundreds of pictures in Orissa, Mysore and Tamil Nadu. Married 1849 Catherine Eliza Cheek (1823–1881), four sons and four daughters.
Publications: An album of Conjeeveram (Kanchipuram) temples. Madras 1868.
Sources: ghgraham.org.
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