William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe
William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe was a British politician.
Background
Downe was the son of the Reverend William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, Rector of Sessay and Thormanby in North Yorkshire.Political career
Downe was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Rutland in 1841, a seat he held until 1846. The latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy. However, as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords.Family
Lord Downe married Mary Isabel, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Bagot, in 1843. They had eight sons and two daughters:- Maj.-Gen. Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe
- Lt.-Col. Hon. Lewis Payn Dawnay, Coldstream Guards, inherited Beningbrough Hall from his uncle Payan in 1891
- Hon. Alan Charles Dawnay
- Hon. Guy Cuthbert Dawnay
- Hon. Lt. Eustace Henry Dawnay, Coldstream Guards, married Lady Evelyn de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur de Vere Capell, Viscount Malden, and had issue
- Hon. Capt. William Frederick Dawnay, Staffordshire Militia, married Lady Adelaide Parker, daughter of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield and had issue
- Hon. Geoffrey Nicolas Dawnay, married Emily Bulteel and had issue
- Hon. Capt. Francis Herbert Dawnay, Yorkshire Hussars, barrister
- Hon. Alice Isabell Dawnay
- Hon. Edith Mary Dawnay, married Robert Grant-Suttie and had issue