Richard Frederick Jesse Dixon, an Old Blue who attended Christ’s Hospital from 1941-1948, died on November 21, 2024, in McKinney, Texas, USA. Richard was born in Exmouth, Devonshire in the United Kingdom on May 8, 1932. Richard’s father and paternal grandfather were both Captains in the Royal Navy and Richard attended Christ’s Hospital from the age of nine on an Admiralty presentation, following his older brother James, who attended Christ’s Hospital from 1935-1943. Both boys were in Middleton B house. In 1948, aged 16, Richard left Christ’s Hospital and sailed as an indentured apprentice with the British Merchant Navy (Merchant Marine), eventually qualifying as Master (Captain). In 1967, Richard immigrated to Texas in the USA where he remained in the maritime industry for many years, including 24 years as a marine surveyor, until retiring to La Grange in Fayette County, Texas. After retiring, Richard reconnected with Christ’s Hospital, attended The Middleton B Reunion in 2000, and made regular annual donations over the last 20 years, through Friends of Christ’s Hospital, including a generous legacy gift in his will. Richard was a member of the St. James’ Episcopal Church, a regular assistant at Second Chance Emporium, Amen, La Grange Noon Lions Club, a Texas Real Estate Broker, and for nine years was Honorary Secretary of the U.S. Gulf Branch of The Nautical Institute. Richard’s wife, Ann, died in 1999, and Richard’s brother James in 2009. Richard is survived by his son, Michael and his son’s wife Therese of The Woodlands, Texas, and grandchildren Emily and Andrew, and by his son Peter and his wife Maria, and grandson Jonas of Stockholm, Sweden. He is also survived by his only daughter, Jennifer Dixon of McKinney, Texas, and various nieces and nephews, and family in the U.K. Memorial donations for Richard Dixon can be made to Houston International Seafarers Center 713-672-0511.