Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove,

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(c. 1693 – 29 December 1766) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Biography

Dawson was a banker at Dublin and an alderman of

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, ed. Vicary Gibbs and H. Arthur Doubleday (1913), ''

The Complete Peerage ''The Complete Peerage'' (full title: ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant''); first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition re ...

'', vol. III
p. 527
He sat in the

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for

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from 1727 to 1760 and for

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from 1761 until his death.Edith Mary Johnston-Liik (2006), ''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
p. 83
By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of

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, Archbishop of Tuam, he was the father of

Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne was an Irish landowner and politician from County Monaghan. Biography He was born on 25 February 1725, the first surviving son of Richard Dawson (died 1766), Richard Dawson of Dawson Grove, by his wife Elizab ...

References

1690s births 1766 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Politicians from County Monaghan Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Monaghan constituencies

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

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