Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe
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general and President of the MCC
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Dawnay was the second son of William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe
William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe
William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe was a British politician.-Background:Downe was the son of Reverend William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, Rector of Sessay and Thormanby.-Political career:...
and his wife Mary Isabel Bagot, daughter of the Bishop of Bath and Wells
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He fought in the Anglo-Zulu War
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in 1879, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Hussars between 1887 and 1892. He fought in the Second Boer War
Second Boer War
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between 1899 and 1901, where he was mentioned in despatches twice. He retired from the army in 1902, with the rank of Major-General.
A cricketer he played for I Zingari
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and the MCC, playing in the Aborigines v MCC test at Lord's in 1868 in the first tour of England by an Australian team. He became President of the MCC in 1872
Downe was created Baron Dawnay, of Danby, on 24 July 1897 and subsequently sat in the House of Lords
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He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Indian Empire
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(C.I.E.) in 1886, a Companion, Order of the Bath
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(C.B.) in 1900, as a Commander Royal Victorian Order
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(C.V.O.) in November 1902 and as a Knight Commander Royal Victorian Order
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(K.C.V.O.) in December 1902.
His son, Major Hon. Hugh Dawnay, was killed in action in World War I
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. His brother, Lewis Payn Dawnay
Lewis Payn Dawnay
Lewis Payn Dawnay was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1892....
, was MP for Thirsk
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Image:Viscount_Downe_V.jpg|Cigarette card of Viscount Downe produced during the Second Boer War
Image:Hugh_Dawnay,_8th_Viscount_Downe.jpg|Caricature of Viscount Downe from "Vanity Fair" magazine, 1883
Image:Viscount_Downe_IV.jpg|Verso of Vanity Fair Article about the 8th Viscount Downe