Colonel Robert Peel Dawson (1818 – 2 September 1877) was an Irish Member of the House of Commons at Westminster.
He was one of the Dawson family of Castledawson and lived at Moyola Park, County Londonderry. He was the son of The Rt. Hon. George Robert Dawson and Mary Peel, daughter of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet and sister of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet. He served as an officer in the 11th Hussars.
He was appointed High Sheriff of County Londonderry for 1850 and served as MP for County Londonderry from 1859 to 1874. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Londonderry Militia in 1871.
His daughter, Mary, married Lord Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester, younger son of Lord Donegall; thus his grandson was the South Londonderry MP Robert Chichester and his great-great-grandsons were Lord Moyola, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Londonderry MP Robin Chichester-Clark.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byJames Johnston Clark Samuel Macurdy Greer |
Member of Parliament for Londonderry 1859 – 1874 With: Sir Frederick Heygate, 2nd Bt |
Succeeded byRichard Smyth Hugh Law |
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| Preceded byAcheson Lyle | Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry 1870–1877 |
Succeeded bySir Henry Bruce, Bt |
- 1818 births
- 1877 deaths
- 19th-century British Army personnel
- Grenadier Guards officers
- High sheriffs of County Londonderry
- Lord-lieutenants of County Londonderry
- Londonderry Militia officers
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922)
- People from Castledawson
- UK MPs 1859–1865
- UK MPs 1865–1868
- UK MPs 1868–1874
- 11th Hussars officers
- Politicians from County Londonderry