Career
He succeeded Alfred Milner as private secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Goschen in 1889. He later served overseas as undersecretary for finance in Egypt from 1895 to 1899. His final role was as financial advisor to Lord Curzon, Governor-General of India in 1899.
In recognition of Dawkins" work in chairing a Committee reviewing the Administration of the War Office, he was invested with the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, in the coronation honours of 1902.
He had been made a Companion (Central Bank) of the same order in November the previous year. He was cremated and his ashes spread at Brookwood Cemetery on 6 December.
An indirect descendant of Clinton is British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who is a great-great-great-nephew to Clinton Edward.