George Robert Dawson

(1790-1856)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Dawson, George Robert (1790-1856) Under Secretary of State LBT ID: GeDawso1856a	B/BAP: 1790-12-24 DIED: 1856-04-03
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (May 1856) 516; thePeerage.com
Educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, he was a Tory MP for Londonderry (1815-30) and Harwich (1830-32) who came to support Catholic emancipation. He was Robert Peel's brother-in-law.
REFERENCES TO George Robert Dawson: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 26 August 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sydney Smith to Henry Howard, 28 August 1828 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 2 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 9: Mr. Canning Found 1: ¶ 12 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1828 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VI: 1827-28