Rev. William Henry (Dawnay), 6th Viscount Downe

1772 - 1846  (73 years)

• Name	William Henry (Dawnay)  [1]
  Title	Rev.
  Suffix	6th Viscount Downe
  Born	20 Aug. 1772  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	18 Feb. 1832  [1]
  	6th Viscount Downe [I., 1681]
  Occupation	Rector of Sessay, Yorkshire  [1]
  Occupation	Rector of Thormanby, Yorkshire  [1]
  Died	23 May 1846  [1]
  Person ID	I1405	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	20 Jan. 2019

  
  

  Father	John (Dawnay), 4th Viscount Downe,   b. 9 Aug. 1728,   d. 21 Dec. 1780  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Laura Burton,   d. 24 April 1812
  Married	20 May 1763  [2]
  Family ID	F763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Heathcote,   d. 18 March 1848
  Children	+ 1. William Henry (Dawnay), 7th Viscount Downe,   b. 15 May 1812   2. Hon. Payan Dawnay,   b. 18 Nov. 1815,   d. 17 June 1891  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	30 March 2019
  Family ID	F770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Dawnay, of Cowick, co. York (Viscount Downe) Argent on a bend cotised Sable three annulets of the field. Source: Burke's General Armory, last ed. (1884), Fourth Impression (London: Heraldry Today, 1984), page 269.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, page 1173. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, page 1172.