John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe photograph

John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe

John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe Life story


John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe, known as Sir John Dawnay between 1660 and 1681, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1690. Dawnay was the son of John Dawnay of Womersley, Yorkshire and his wife Elizabeth Hutton, daughter of Sir Richard Hutton, a Judge of the King's Bench.

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