Viscount Downe

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Viscountcy of Downe
Coronet of a British Viscount.svg
Arms of Dawnay.svg
Argent on a bendlet cotised sable three annulets of the field [1]
Creation date19 July 1675 (first creation)
19 February 1680 (second creation)
Created by Charles II
Peerage Peerage of Ireland
First holder William Ducie (first creation)
John Dawnay (second creation)
Present holder Richard Henry Dawnay, 12th Viscount Downe
Heir presumptiveThomas Payan Dawnay
Subsidiary titlesBaron Dawnay
Seat(s) Wykeham Abbey
Former seat(s) Cowick Hall, Dawnay Lodge, Danby Castle
MottoTimet pudorem "He fears shame") [2]
Heraldic achievement of the Viscounts Downe
Downe Arms.jpeg
Crest A demi Saracen in armour, couped at the thighs and wreathed about the temples ppr. holding in the dexter hand a ring gold, stoned az. and in the sinister a lion's gamb erased or, armed ge.
Blazon Argent on a bendlet cotised sable three annulets of the field
Supporters Two lions or, gorged with a fesse cotised ea. charged with three annulets ar. ducally crowned of the last
Motto Timet pudorem ("He fears shame")

Viscount Downe is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1675 for William Ducie. However, the title became extinct on his death in 1679. The second creation came in 1680 for John Dawnay. He had earlier represented Yorkshire and Pontefract in the English House of Commons. His son, the second Viscount, also represented these constituencies in the House of Commons. His grandson, the third Viscount, sat as a Member of Parliament for Yorkshire but died from wounds received at the Battle of Campen in 1760. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Viscount, who represented Cirencester and Malton in Parliament. [3]

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His son, the fifth Viscount, sat as a Member of Parliament for Petersfield and Wootton Bassett. In 1797, he was created Baron Dawnay, of Cowick in the County of York, in the Peerage of Great Britain. However, this title became extinct on his death while he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his younger brother, the sixth Viscount. His son, the seventh Viscount, was a Member of Parliament for Rutland. His son, the eighth Viscount, was a Major-General in the Army and served in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and in the Second Boer War. In 1897, he was created Baron Dawnay, of Danby in the North Riding of the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This peerage gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. As of 2015, the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the twelfth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2002.

The Hon. Guy Dawnay, fourth son of the seventh Viscount, was a soldier and Conservative politician.

The first Viscount of the second creation was the brother of Sir Christopher Dawnay, 1st Baronet, of Cowick, a title which became extinct in 1644 (see Dawnay baronets, of Cowick).

The family seat is Wykeham Abbey, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Viscounts Downe, First Creation (1675)

Viscounts Downe, Second Creation (1680)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's cousin Thomas Payan Dawnay (born 24 July 1978)[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Burke, Bernard (2009). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales,. Heritage Books. p. 269. ISBN   9780788437199 . Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1172–1175. ISBN   0-9711966-2-1.
  3. ↑ The Peerage of Ireland: A Genealogical and Historical Account... Vol. 2. 1768. pp. 56–57. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Viscount Downe". The Daily Telegraph . 26 March 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

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