Richard Dawson (Irish politician, died 1766)
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Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove, County Monaghan (c. 1693 – 29 December 1766) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
Biography
[edit]Dawson was a banker at Dublin and an alderman of Dublin Corporation.[1] He sat in the Irish House of Commons for St Canice from 1727 to 1760 and for Monaghan from 1761 until his death.[2] By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam, he was the father of Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b George Edward Cokayne, ed. Vicary Gibbs and H. Arthur Doubleday (1913), The Complete Peerage, vol. III, p. 527.
- ^ Edith Mary Johnston-Liik (2006), MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800, p. 83.
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- 1690s births
- 1766 deaths
- Irish MPs 1727–1760
- Irish MPs 1761–1768
- Politicians from County Monaghan
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Monaghan constituencies
- Dawson family
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