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

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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