Thomas Vesey Dawson

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Thomas Vesey Dawson
Member of Parliament
for Monaghan
In office
10 August 1847 – 26 July 1852
Preceded byCharles Powell Leslie
Evelyn Shirley
Succeeded byCharles Powell Leslie
George Forster
Member of Parliament
for County Louth
In office
15 July 1841 – 10 August 1847
Serving with Richard Bellew
Preceded byThomas Fortescue
Richard Bellew
Succeeded byRichard Bellew
Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue
Personal details
Born3 September 1819
Died5 November 1854(1854-11-05) (aged 35)
Inkerman, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
Cause of deathKilled in action at the Battle of Inkerman
NationalityIrish
Political partyWhig
Parent(s)Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne
Anne Elizabeth Emily Whaley

Thomas Vesey Dawson (3 September 1819 – 5 November 1854)[1][2] was an Irish Whig politician and army officer.[3][4][5][6][7]

He was the son of Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne and Anne Elizabeth Emily née Whaley. In 1851, he married Augusta Frederic Annie FitzPatrick, daughter of John FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Castletown and Augusta Mary née Douglas. They had at least two children: Vesey John Dawson (1853–1930), and Douglas Dawson (1854–1933).[6]

Dawson was first elected Whig MP for County Louth at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847, when he was instead elected MP for Monaghan. He remained MP for the latter seat until 1852, when he did not seek re-election.[4][7][8]

He attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Coldstream Guards, a role that led to his death at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854.[6][7]

He was a member of the Guards' Club and Reform Club.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (5 June 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Rayment, Leigh (10 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "M"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Freeman's Journal". 13 July 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 235, 237. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Evening Mail". 5 July 1847. p. 6. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl (8 May 2011). "Lt.-Col. Hon. Thomas Vesey Dawson". The Peerage. Wellington. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Thomas Dawson". Members of Parliament after 1832. History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Louth
1841–1847
With: Richard Bellew 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Monaghan
1847–1852
With: Charles Powell Leslie 		Succeeded by


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