Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne (31 August 1788 – 21 March 1827) was an Irish peer.

Biography

The only son of

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Dawson Grove Dartrey Forest (sometimes Dartrey Estate or Dawson Grove Estate) is a forest and estate near Rockcorry in north-west County Monaghan, Ireland. It was formerly part of the Barony of Dartrey and was the country estate of the Dawson family, who ...

, in 1807 he succeeded his father as heir-presumptive to his great-uncle

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 of Dawson Grove, by his wife Elizabeth Vesey, daughter of John ...

. He was educated at Harrow School and St John's College, Cambridge.Arthur Aspinall
DAWSON, Richard Thomas (1788-1827), of Dawson Grove, co. Monaghan.
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Online. Accessed 26 February 2014. Dawson was elected unopposed to Parliament for

County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County C ...

in 1812 and sat until he succeeded as second

Baron Cremorne Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knigh ...

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.

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* 1788 births 1827 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs who inherited peerages Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Monaghan constituencies (1801–1922)

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

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