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John Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe

Profile & Legacies Summary

15th Nov 1764 - 18th Feb 1832

Biography

Trustee of James Colyear Dawkins (q.v.).

  1. Eldest son of John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe (1728-1780) who was MP of Cirencester 1754-1768 and Malton 1768-1774.

Sources

T71/64 p. 105.

  1. History of Parliament Online, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/dawnay-john-christopher-burton-1764-1832 [accessed 08/11/2021].

Further Information

Spouse
[1] daughter of Major John Scott of Balconie [2] Louisa Maria Welstead
Children
d.s.p.
School
Eton [1776-1780 ]
Occupation
Politician

Associated Estates (6)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1832 [EA] - → Trustee
Folly [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]
- 18/02/1832 [ED] → Trustee
Friendship [1] [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]
1832 [EA] - → Trustee
Old Plantation [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]
1832 [EA] - → Trustee
Parnassus Estate [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]
1832 [EA] - → Trustee
Sutton's [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]
- 1832 [EY] → Trustee
Treadways [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]

Legacies Summary

Political (1)

MP
Whig 
Details
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Petersfield Hampshire
1787 - 1790
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Wootton Bassett Wiltshire
1790 - 1796

Addresses (1)

Cowick Hall, Snaith, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
Details