Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, he was the eldest son of education reformer and MP George Dixon.

[1] In 1917, he was commissioned to design Seoul Anglican Cathedral in Korea; construction began in 1922 but was only completed in 1996 after the original plans were rediscovered.

[1] In 1923, along with Holland W. Hobbiss he helped to design the rebuild of St Giles Church, Rowley Regis, after it was burned downed.

His son James, serving in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during World War I, was killed aged 22.

[1] Pevsner described Dixon as "an Anglo-Catholic Socialist who associated Gothic with establishment conservatism and dreary Anglican piety".