DIXSON, HUGH (1810-1880), tobacco manufacturer, was born on 5 June 1810 in Edinburgh, the second son of Hugh Dixson, baker, and his wife Mary, née Scott. He was educated at Edinburgh High School, served an apprenticeship with a tobacconist and at 19 began his own business as a manufacturer and retailer of tobacco. On 11 April 1837 he married Helen, daughter of Robert Craig, a shawl manufacturer of Edinburgh. Deterred by high excise duties in Scotland and reputedly encouraged by John Dunmore Lang and by a relation who returned from Australia in 1838 Dixson decided to migrate. He arrived in Sydney with his wife and child in the Glenswilly on 29 October 1839. Immediately he opened a tobacco shop in George Street and sent home for 400 gross of pipes. This venture founded one of the largest enterprises of its kind in Australia, the Dixson Tobacco Co. Ltd.
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