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. | |