Social Victorians/People/Downe

Also Known As

• Family name: Dawnay
• Viscount Downe
  • William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe ( – 26 January 1857)
  • Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe (26 January 1857 – 21 January 1924)
• Viscountess Downe
  • Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux Dawnay, Viscountess Downe (12 July 1869 – 26 May 1910)
  • Florence Faith Dening Dawnay, Viscountess Downe (27 July 1911 – )
• Dowager Viscountess Downe
  • Mary Isobel Bagot Dawnay Lane, Dowager Viscountess Downe (23 May 1847 – 14 April 1900)
• Baron Dawnay of Danby
  • Hugh Richard Dawnay styled Baron Dawnay of Danby (24 July 1897 - 21 January 1924)

Demographics

• Nationality:

Family

• Mary Isabel Bagot Dawnay Lane, Viscountess Downe (– 14 April 1900)
• William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe (15 May 1812 – 26 January 1857)

1. A number of children, including
2. Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe (20 July 1844 - 21 January 1924)

• Sidney Leveson Lane (13 April 1831 – )

1. Mary Beatrice Sydney Lane Shaw-Stewart (– 11 September 1943)

• Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe (20 July 1844 - 21 January 1924)
• Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux Dawnay (1838– 26 May 1910)

1. John Dawnay, 9th Viscount Downe (23 May 1872, d. 1 Dec 1931)
2. Beryl Dawnay (20 Oct 1873 – 28 Dec 1950)
3. Norah Dawnay (15 Oct 1874 – 27 Jun 1947)
4. Hugh Dawnay (19 Sep 1875 – 6 Nov 1914)
5. Faith Dawnay (25 Dec 1877 – 15 Jul 1952)

• Florence Faith Dening Dawnay (20 December 1875 – 23 January 1958)

Timeline

1869 July 12, Hugh Richard Dawnay married Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux.

1891 October 24, Mary Beatrice Sydney Lane married Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart.

1897 July 24, the title Baron Dawnay of Danby was created and Hugh Richard Dawnay styled Baron Dawnay of Danby.

1911 July 27, Hugh Richard Dawnay married Florence Faith Dening.

Questions and Notes

1. A Miss Mildred Bagot accompanied the Viscount and Viscountess Downe to one of the big social events; other people listed, who accompanied the Dowager Viscountess, are the Hon. Alice Dawnay, Miss Beatrice Lane, and Mr. Sidney Lane. There is a Mildred Emily Barbara Bagot (25 March 1856 – 15 November 1935), daughter of Rev. Charles Walter Bagot, Mary Bagot Dawnay, Viscountess Downe's brother, so the niece of Mary, Viscountess Downe.
2. Image to get: "Viscount Downe V" by Ogden's Cigarette card, circa 1902. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viscount_Downe_V.jpg#/media/File:Viscount_Downe_V.jpg

Bibliography

• "Florence Faith Dening." "Person Page – 6167." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe (accessed June 2015).
• "Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe." Wikipedia (accessed June 2015).
• "Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe (accessed June 2015).
• "Maj.-Gen. Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe (accessed June 2015).
• "Mary Beatrice Sydney Lane." "Person Page – 6170." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe (accessed June 2015).
• "Mary Isabel Bagot." "Person Page – 6167." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe (accessed June 2015).
• "Sidney Leveson Lane." "Person Page – 6167." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe (accessed June 2015).
• "William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe." Wikipedia (accessed June 2015).
• "William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe." "Person Page – 6167." The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe (accessed June 2015).