About Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne
Lived 1788 – 1827 (aged 38). Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne was a British politician.
Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne (31 August 1788 – 21 March 1827) was an Irish peer.
Biography The only son of Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove, in 1807 he succeeded his father as heir-presumptive to his great-uncle Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne. He was educated at Harrow School and St John's College, Cambridge.
Dawson was elected unopposed to Parliament for County Monaghan in 1812 and sat until he succeeded as second Baron Cremorne on 1 March the following year. On 10 March 1815 he married Anne Elizabeth Emily, daughter of John Whaley of Whaley Abbey; they had two sons.
One of his sisters, Louisa married Charles Johnston Coote, an illegitimate son of Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and inheritor of Bellamont House.
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British politician (1788-1827)
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Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne was born on 31 August 1788.
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Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne died on 21 March 1827.
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