About Vesey Dawson, 2nd Earl of Dartrey
Lived 1842 – 1920 (aged 78). Vesey Dawson, 2nd Earl of Dartrey was a British and Irish politician.
Vesey Dawson, 2nd Earl of Dartrey (22 April 1842 – 14 June 1920), styled Viscount Cremorne between 1866 and 1897, was an Irish Liberal politician. Lady Edith Anne Dawson (1883–1974), married Captain Charles Ashe Wyndham Lady Mary Augusta Dawson (1887–1961), married Hon. Sir George Crichton, son of the 4th Earl Erne Richard George Dawson (1890–1894)
Political career He was elected in the 1865 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Monaghan, but stood down at the next general election, in 1868.
Peerage Viscount Cremorne succeeded as 2nd Earl of Dartrey upon his father's death in May 1897. Upon his own death in 1920, he was succeeded by his brother, Anthony Lucius Dawson, who became 3rd Earl of Dartrey.
Death Lord Dartrey died at his home, Dartrey Castle in County Monaghan, after a long illness in 1920.
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