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

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Powell Leslie II Thomas Charles Stewart Corry	Member of Parliament for Monaghan 1812–1813 With: Charles Powell Leslie II	Succeeded by Charles Powell Leslie II Thomas Charles Stewart Corry
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Thomas Dawson	Baron Cremorne 1813–1827	Succeeded by Richard Dawson

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[HoP-1] Arthur Aspinall, DAWSON, Richard Thomas (1788-1827), of Dawson Grove, co. Monaghan. in The History of Parliament Online. Accessed 26 February 2014.

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