Background
Downe was the son of Reverend William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, Rector of Sessay and Thormanby. The latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy.
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William Downe
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Career
Downe was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Rutland in 1841, a seat he held until 1846. However, as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. Lord Downe married Mary Isabel, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Bagot, in 1843.
Major-General
Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe (1844–1924)
Lieutenant-Colonel Honorary Honorary Alan Charles Dawnay (15 June 1847 – 3 March 1853)
Honorary Guy Cuthbert Dawnay (26 July 1848 – 28 February 1889)
Honorary
Lieutenant
Eustace Henry Dawnay (15 April 1850 – 15 December 1928), Coldstream Guards, married Lady Evelyn de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur de Vere Capell, Viscount Malden, and had issue
Honorary Captain William Frederick Dawnay (14 October 1851 – 29 September 1904), Staffordshire Militia, married Lady Adelaide Parker, daughter of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield and had issue
Honorary Geoffrey Nicolas Dawnay (13 December 1852 – 31 December 1941), married Emily Bulteel and had issue
Honorary
Captain
(Temporary Major) Francis Herbert Dawnay (11 December 1853 – 26 June 1914), Yorkshire Hussars, barrister
Honorary Alice Isabell Dawnay (1855 – 8 October 1929)
Honorary Edith Mary Dawnay (1856 – 15 July 1941), married Robert Grant-Suttie and had issue
Lady Downe later remarried and died in April 1900.
Membership
14th United Kingdom Parliament.
