Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne
Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne (31 August 1788 – 21 March 1827) was an Irish peer.
Biography[]
The only son of Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove, in 1807 he succeeded his father as heir-presumptive to his great-uncle Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne. He was educated at Harrow School and St John's College, Cambridge.[1]
Dawson was elected unopposed to Parliament for County Monaghan in 1812 and sat until he succeeded as second Baron Cremorne on 1 March the following year. On 10 March 1815 he married Anne Elizabeth Emily, daughter of John Whaley of Whaley Abbey; they had two sons.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Arthur Aspinall, DAWSON, Richard Thomas (1788-1827), of Dawson Grove, co. Monaghan. in The History of Parliament Online. Accessed 26 February 2014.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Thomas Dawson
Categories:
- 1788 births
- 1827 deaths
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- UK MPs 1812–1818
- UK MPs who inherited peerages
- Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Monaghan constituencies (1801–1922)
- Dawson family
- Irish (UK) MP stubs
- Peerage of Ireland baron stubs