Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe
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Cigarette card of Viscount Downe produced during the Second Boer War
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| Born | Hugh Richard Dawnay 20 July 1844 |
| Died | 21 January 1924 (aged 79) |
| Tenure | 26 January 1857 – 21 January 1924 |
| Other titles | Baron Dawnay |
| Wars and battles |
Anglo-Zulu War Second Boer War |
| Predecessor | 7th Viscount Downe |
| Successor | 9th Viscount Downe |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneaux |
| Issue | 5 |
| Parents |
William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe Mary (née Bagot), Viscountess Downe |
Major-General Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe, KCVO CB CIE (20 July 1844 – 21 January 1924) was a British Army general and President of the MCC.
Dawnay was the second son of William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe and his wife Mary Isabel Bagot, daughter of Richard Bagot, Bishop of Bath and Wells. His younger brother, Lewis Payn Dawnay, was MP for Thirsk.
In 1857, Dawnay succeeded his father, who died in his forties. He was educated at Eton College and attended Christ Church, Oxford.
Lord Downe married Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneux (1838-1910), daughter of Charles Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton. They had five children:
After Lady Downe's death, he remarried Florence Faith Dening, who survived him.
Lord Downe was an officer in the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, where he was promoted to captain on 25 June 1873. He fought in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Hussars between 1887 and 1892. From 1899 to 1900 he served as a staff officer in the Second Boer War in South Africa, where he was deputed to accompany the military attachés representing foreign powers. He was mentioned in dispatches twice, in a despatch dated 31 March 1900 the Commander-in-Chief Lord Roberts stated that he "discharged his duties with tact and discretion". In July 1901 he was promoted to the temporary rank of Brigadier general on the Staff to command the Cavalry Brigade at the Curragh, where training for fighting in South Africa took place. In December 1901 her received the local rank of Major-general whilst so employed. He retired from the army in 1902, with the rank of Major-General.
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