Sir Percy Dixwell-Oxenden, 10th Baronet
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6 June 1838
Sir Percy Dixwell-Oxenden | |
|---|---|
| Born | Percy Dixwell Nowell Oxenden 6 June 1838 |
| Died | 12 July 1924 (aged 86) |
| Spouse |
Isabella Finch-Hatton
(m. 1868; died 1924) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Montagu Oxenden Elizabeth Wilson |
| Relatives | Sir Henry Oxenden, 7th Baronet (grandfather) Philip Oxenden Papillon (cousin) |
Sir Percy Dixwell Nowell Dixwell-Oxenden, 10th Baronet JP (6 June 1838 – 12 July 1924) was an English baronet, magistrate and Captain in the Royal East Kent Mounted Yeomanry. He was the last member of his family to own the Broome Park estate, which he sold to Earl Kitchener in 1911.[1]
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Percy was born on 6 June 1838 at Eastwell Rectory, Ashford, Kent. He was a son of the Rev. Montagu Oxenden (1799–1880), the Rector of Eastwell and Luddenham, and Elizabeth Wilson (a daughter of Robert Wilson). After his mother's death in 1862, his father married Elizabeth, widow of James Marjoribanks of Sandgate, in 1869. His elder brother was Sir Henry Montagu Oxenden, 9th Baronet.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Oxenden, 7th Baronet and the former Mary Graham (the daughter of Col. John Graham, of St. Lawrence House, near Canterbury; former Lieutenant governor of Georgia).[3]
Percy matriculated at the University of Oxford on 15 October 1856 aged 18.[4]
Career
In 1890, Percy assumed the prefix surname of Dixwell. He was a Justice of the Peace for Kent. He was a member of the St James's Club in London.[5]
Upon the death of his elder brother in 1895, he succeeded as the 10th Baronet Oxenden and inherited the family seat, Broome Park in Kent.[2] His brother had succeeded their uncle, Sir Henry Oxenden, 8th Baronet, who died without issue.[6] He was a Captain of the Royal East Kent Yeoman Cavalry.[5][7]
Sir Percy sold the Broome Park estate to Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener in 1911.[1][8] The well known Oxenden Collection was passed down to his children, including his daughter Muriel, Lady Capel Cure, who held a large sale of works from Broome Park in Barham, Kent in 1931.[9] Thereafter they lived at Craigmore in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.[10]
