John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe [SEP] date of death
John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe
John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe (9 April 1728 – 21 December 1780), was a British peer and Whig politician.
Background.
Dawnay was the younger son of the Honourable John Dawnay, eldest son of Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe. His mother was Charlotte Louisa, daughter of Robert Pleydell, while Henry Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe, was his elder brother.
Political career.
Dawnay was returned to Parliament for Cirencester in 1754. In 1760 he succeeded in
Downe, First Creation (1675).
- William Ducie, 1st Viscount Downe (–1679)
Viscounts Downe, Second Creation (1680).
- John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe (1625–1695)
- Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe (1664–1741)
- Henry Pleydell Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe (1727–1760)
- John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe (1728–1780)
- John Christopher Burton Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe (1764–1832)
- William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe (1772–1846)