Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe

Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe (7 June 1664 – 21 May 1741), styled The Honourable Henry Dawnay between 1681 and 1695, was an English Tory politician.

Dawnay was the son of John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe, by his second wife Dorothy, daughter of William Johnson, of Wickham, Lancashire.[1] He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Pontefract in 1690, a seat he held until 1695.[2] The latter year he also succeeded his father in the viscountcy. However, as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the English House of Lords (although it did entitle him to a seat in the Irish House of Lords).[1] He was consequently eligible for election to the English House of Commons and in 1698 he was returned as one of two Knights of the Shire for Yorkshire, a seat he held until 1701 and again between 1707 and 1727.[3]

Lord Downe married Mildred, daughter of William Godfrey, of Thornock, Lincolnshire, in 1685. She died in August 1725. Downe remained a widower until his death in May 1741, aged 76. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his grandson, Henry, his son the Honourable John Dawnay having predeceased him.[1]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
The Viscount Downe
Sir Thomas Yarburgh
Member of Parliament for Pontefract
1690–1695
With: Sir John Bland, Bt
Succeeded by
William Lowther
Robert Monckton
Preceded by
Sir John Kaye, Bt
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire
1698–1701
With: The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Succeeded by
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Sir John Kaye, Bt
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
The Marquess of Hartington
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire
1707–1727
With: Conyers Darcy 1707–1708
Sir William Strickland, Bt 1708–1710
Sir Arthur Kaye, Bt 1710–1727
Cholmley Turner 1727
Succeeded by
Cholmley Turner
Sir Thomas Watson-Wentworth
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
John Dawnay
Viscount Downe
1695–1741
Succeeded by
Henry Pleydell Dawnay
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