Thomas Vesey Dawson

Thomas Vesey Dawson (3 September 1819 – 5 November 1854)[1][2] was an Irish Whig politician and army officer.[3][4][5][6][7]

Thomas Vesey Dawson
Member of Parliament for Monaghan
In office 10 August 1847 – 26 July 1852 Serving with Charles Powell Leslie
Preceded by	Charles Powell Leslie Evelyn Shirley
Succeeded by	Charles Powell Leslie George Forster
Member of Parliament for County Louth
In office 15 July 1841 – 10 August 1847 Serving with Richard Bellew
Preceded by	Thomas Fortescue Richard Bellew
Succeeded by	Richard Bellew Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue
Personal details
Born	3 September 1819
Died	5 November 1854 (aged 35) Inkerman, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
Cause of death	Killed in action at the Battle of Inkerman
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Whig
Parents	Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne Anne Elizabeth Emily Whaley

He was the son of Richard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne and Anne Elizabeth Emily née Whaley. In 1851, he married Augusta Frederic Annie FitzPatrick, daughter of John FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Castletown and Augusta Mary née Douglas. They had at least two children: Vesey John Dawson (1853–1930), and Douglas Dawson (1854–1933).[6]

Dawson was first elected Whig MP for County Louth at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847, when he was instead elected MP for Monaghan. He remained MP for the latter seat until 1852, when he did not seek re-election.[4][7][8]

He attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Coldstream Guards, a role that led to his death at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854.[6][7]

He was a member of the Guards' Club and Reform Club.[7]

References

1. Rayment, Leigh (5 June 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
2. Rayment, Leigh (10 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "M"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
3. "Freeman's Journal". 13 July 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 235, 237. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
5. "Evening Mail". 5 July 1847. p. 6. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. Lundy, Darryl (8 May 2011). "Lt.-Col. Hon. Thomas Vesey Dawson". The Peerage. Wellington. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
7. "Thomas Dawson". Members of Parliament after 1832. History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
8. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Hon. Thomas Dawson