Guy Dawnay (politician)
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Guy Cuthbert Dawnay (26 July 1848-28 February 1889), was a British soldier and Conservative politician.
Dawnay was the fourth son of William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe, and his wife Mary Isabel, daughter of the Right Reverend the Hon. Richard Bagot, Bishop of Oxford. He entered Parliament for the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1882, a seat he held until 1885, and served in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance from 1885 to 1886.
Dawnay died in February 1889, aged only 40, killed by a buffalo in East Africa.
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- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Frederick Milbank Viscount Helmsley |
Member of Parliament for the North Riding of Yorkshire with Sir Frederick Milbank 1882–1885 |
Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Henry Brand |
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by William Woodall |
