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140:, and was killed by the English in 1307 in battle. Tradition states he was slashed across the abdomen but continued to fight holding the abdominal wound closed with one hand until he finally dropped dead. He is buried in the churchyard of St Brides, Douglas, and his marker shows him with a sword in one hand holding his belly with the other. Robert the Bruce made him Castellan of Castle Douglas the year before he was killed. 61: 121:"Nisbet in his Heraldry (Edinburgh 1722) says 'The Dicksons are descendants from Richard Keith, said to be a son of the family of Keith, Earls Marischals of Scotland' and in proof thereof carry the chief of Keith Marischal. This Richard was commonly called Dick and the 'son' was styled after him. The affix of son in the Lowlands answering the prefix Mac in the Highlands." As a result, 1113: 143:
The Dicksons/Dixons (and 30 other derivates) family name was first found in Scotland whilst the Dixons in England who are of Scottish descent from Thomas Dickson living in 1268 are of the same origin as the Scottish Dicksons. Early records show Thomas Dicson, a follower of the Douglas clan, at the
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Individuals named Dick appear in records in England in the early 12th Century with Dickie Smith in the Lancashire Curia Rolls (1220) and Dik in the Cheshire Assize Court Rolls (1260). The patronym, Dikson, first appears in the Subsidy Rolls of Cumberland in 1332 and appears to be unrelated to the
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The Dickson's coat of arms show the Keith "pallets gules" and the Douglas "mullets argent", this is to show their descent from these two ancient Scottish noble families. The family mottoes include "Fortes fortuna juvat", "Coelum versus", for Dickson: translated as "Fortune favours the brave",
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Heavenward"; whilst "Quod dixi dixi" Dixon, is translated as "What I have said I have said".
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Thomas Dickson (1247–1307) himself has quite a history. He was associated in some way with
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and thought to have originated upon the birth of the son of Richard Keith, son of
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George Dixon, police constable in the 1950s/70s British TV series
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Scarlett Dixon 536:, Bishop of Washington 457:Hal Dixon (biochemist) 903:Wheeler Winston Dixon 817:, American footballer 694:Matthew Charles Dixon 658:Malcolm Dixon (actor) 587:, American politician 569:, Canadian politician 471:, American footballer 435:, Canadian politician 425:, pseudonym used for 419:, American politician 405:Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. 311:, American politician 275:, American politician 269:, American politician 1037:Fictional characters 922:Disambiguation pages 854:, mayor of Baltimore 811:, New Zealand runner 791:Richard Watson Dixon 779:Reg Dixon (comedian) 672:, British biochemist 630:, English footballer 612:, English footballer 518:, American conductor 388:, Scottish geologist 364:, American conductor 341:, English footballer 251:, British art critic 219:Alfred Herbert Dixon 83:improve this section 1173:Patronymic surnames 1071:Dixon of Dock Green 911:, British historian 833:Scott Dixon (boxer) 558:Jerry Dixon (actor) 554:, British architect 481:Henry Horatio Dixon 399:Ella Hepworth Dixon 329:, American musician 305:, American murderer 249:Andrew Graham-Dixon 245:, American preacher 213:Alfred Cardew Dixon 197:, English cricketer 173:, American activist 45:3rd Lord of Douglas 876:Thomas Homer-Dixon 846:Sharon Pratt Kelly 797:Robert M. W. Dixon 781:, English comedian 581:, American actress 463:Hal Dixon (umpire) 382:, American actress 195:Alan Leonard Dixon 19:, as is common in 1144: 1105:Dickson (surname) 1032:, multiple people 1026:, multiple people 1014:, multiple people 1008:, multiple people 1002:, multiple people 996:, multiple people 990:, multiple people 984:, multiple people 978:, multiple people 972:, multiple people 966:, multiple people 960:, multiple people 954:, multiple people 942:, multiple people 936:, multiple people 930:, multiple people 775:, Canadian sailor 622:Lee Dixon (actor) 534:Jane Holmes Dixon 483:, Irish biologist 423:Franklin W. Dixon 257:, English painter 119: 118: 111: 1185: 1143:(s) to the link. 1130: 1115: 1114: 1093:Dixon v. 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England
Dickson
patronymic
Scottish
Hervey de Keith
Earl Marischal of Scotland
3rd Lord of Douglas

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Clan Dickson
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Clan Keith
William Wallace
Castle Douglas
Aaron Dixon
Abram Dixon
Adrian Dixon
AJ Dixon
Alan Leonard Dixon
Alan J. Dixon
Alesha Dixon
Alfred Cardew Dixon
Alfred Herbert Dixon
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon

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