Major Hugh Richard Dawnay, Viscount Downe

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• Residence: 1891, Holy Trinity, York, Yorkshire (East Riding)

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Major-General Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe, KCVO, CB, CIE (20 July 1844 – 21 January 1924) was a British Army general and President of the Marylebone Cricket Club. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Dawnay,_8th_Viscount_Downe



Maj.-Gen. Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe was born on 20 July 1844. He was the son of William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe and Mary Isabel Bagot.

He married, firstly, Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux, daughter of Charles William Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton and Mary Augusta Gregg-Hopwood, on 12 July 1869. He married, secondly, Florence Faith Dening, daughter of Reverend Thomas Henry Trickey Dening and Florence Cole O\'Halloran, on 27 July 1911.1 He died on 21 January 1924 at age 79.

He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He succeeded to the title of 8th Viscount Downe on 26 January 1857. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He fought in the Zulu War in 1879, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.) in 1886. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Hussars between 1887 and 1892. He was created 1st Baron Dawnay of Danby [U.K.] on 24 July 1897. He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1901, where he was mentioned in despatches twice. He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1900. He retired from the military in 1902, with the rank of Major-General. He was invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in November 1902. He was invested as a Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in December 1902

Hugh married Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux on 12 Jul 1869 in Knightsbridge, London. Cecilia (daughter of Charles William Molyneaux, 3rd Earl of Sefton and Mary Augusta Gregge-Hopwood) was born in 1838 in Croxteth, Lancashire; died on 26 May 1910 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hon. Major Hugh Richard Dawnay was born on 19 Sep 1875 in Mayfair, London; died on 6 Nov 1914 in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried in Harlebeke New Bristih Cemetery, Harlebeke, Belgium.