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
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
Lord Glentoran was educated at Eton and served in the Grenadier Guards in Cyprus.
Notable Work
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.
