John Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe photograph

John Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe

John Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe Life story


John Christopher Burton Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe, styled The Honourable John Dawnay until 1780, was a British Whig politician. Dawnay was the eldest son of John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe, by Laura, daughter of William Burton, of Luffenham, Rutland. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1780.

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