Background
William was the second son of John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe. Educated at Eton, he became friends there with the son of Giles Earle (d 1811).
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William Downe
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Christ Church; Eton College.
Career
He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1790, receiving his Bachelor in 1795 and his Master of Arts in 1796. On 6 June 1811, William married Lydia Heathcote, of Connington Castle, by whom he had three children:
William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe (1812–1857)
Honorary Lydia Frances Catherine Dawnay (2 October 1813 – 28 January 1890)
Honorary
Payan Dawnay (18 November 1815 – 17 June 1891)
Her sons predeceased her, and as she was the last of the Bourchier family that had owned Beningbrough, she left it to him.
Beningbrough, however, was left to Downe"s second son, Payan.
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March 23, 1846 (aged 73) -
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English