Other Events:

• Hereditary Title: 21 Dec. 1780; 5th Viscount Downe [I., 1681]
• Office: From 1787 to 1790; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Petersfield
• Office: From 1790 to 1796; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wootton Bassett
• Hereditary Title: 9 June 1796; 1st and last Baron Dawnay, of Cowick, co. York [G.B., 1796]

Notes:

Office:
He was a Whig.

Office:
He was a Whig.

Family/Spouse: unknown Scott. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Louisa Maria Welstead on 9 Dec. 1815. Louisa (daughter of George Welstead) died on 20 March 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]