Lord Glentoran
Major Thomas "Robin" Valerian Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran CBE (born 21 April 1935) is a former British bobsledder and Northern Irish politician, known as Robin Dixon. He is a former Conservative Party Shadow Minister for the Olympics.
Political Career[edit]
Lord Glentoran was Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland, Shadow Minister for Sport and Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He is a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Body and has been Chairman of two committees including Positively Belfast from 1992 to 1996 and Chairman of the “Growing for a Green Economy”. Lord Glentoran joined the House of Lords on the 13th November 1995 as a Conservative Peer.
Education[edit]
Lord Glentoran was educated at Eton and served in the Grenadier Guards in Cyprus.
Notable Work[edit]
In 1964 Dixon was granted leave from the army to participate in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck. He won the gold medal in the two-man bobsleigh.
