About Richard Dawson
Lived 1693 – 1766 (aged 72–73). Richard Dawson was a politician.
Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove, County Monaghan (c. 1693 – 29 December 1766) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
Biography Dawson was a banker at Dublin and an alderman of Dublin Corporation. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for St Canice from 1727 to 1760 and for Monaghan from 1761 until his death. By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam, he was the father of Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne.
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Who was Richard Dawson?
Irish politician
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Richard Dawson was born in 1693.
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Richard Dawson died on 29 December 1766.
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Richard Dawson was a politician.
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