DAWSON, AMBROSE PUDSEY, son of Richard Crosbie Dawson, Queen Anne’s Gate, Westminster, civil engineer, and Annie, dau. of George Ashby Pritt, Abercromby Square, Liverpool; b. 30 Mar 1843; adm. Jan 1854; QS 13 Apr 1859; rowed against Eton 1861, 1862; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1862, adm. pens. 13 Sep 1862, matr. Mich. 1862; BA 1866; MA 1874; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both Ripon); Curate, Bolton Abbey, Yorks., 1866-8, St. Peter’s, Bradford, Yorks., 1868-70; Vicar of St. John the Baptist, Clayton, Yorks., 1870-3; assistant master, Bradford GS 1874-8, Wyggeston Sch., Leicester 1878-89; Head Master, Kibworth-Beauchamp GS, Leics., 1889-1906; Rector of Harston, Leics., 1906-22; m. 30 Jul 1885 Mary, dau. of Rev. Joseph Empson Middleton, Vicar of Belton, Lincs.; d. 26 Feb 1930.
DAWSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Thomas Dawson, Edwardstone Hall, Boxford, Suffolk, and Anne, only child of Thomas Manning; b. 30 Dec 1776; adm. 8 Jul 1788; KS 1791; adm. solicitor 24 May 1803; adm. Gray’s Inn 31 Oct 1826, called to bar 30 Jan 1837; inherited Edwardstone estate on death of father 1807; chairman, Bury QS; DL JP Suffolk; d. unm. 11 Mar 1855.
DAWSON, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, brother of Charles Dawson (qv); b. 17 Feb 1791; adm.; left Christmas 1804; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1809; migrated to Clare Coll., adm. pens. 25 Oct 1810, matr. Mich. 1810; BA 1814; MA 1819; ordained; Vicar of Edwardstone, Suffolk, from 27 Mar 1817; Chaplain to Earl of Belmore from 1841; m. 11 Aug 1830 Louisa, fourth dau. of Sir Thomas Pilkington, Bart.; d. 18 Jan 1848.
DAWSON, HENRY TOWNLEY VESEY, younger son of Vesey Thomas Dawson, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, and Catherine Maria ---; b. 3 Jul 1855; adm. 7 Oct 1867 (James'); QS 30 Jan 1871; left Dec 1873; “banker” (1881 Census); d. in Shasta County, California, USA 4 Nov 1902.
Dawson, John Duncan, son of George Duncan Dawson MSc MB ChB, Prof. of Physiology, UCL, of Carshalton, Surrey, and Mollie Eileen Heppenstall PhD, chemist, d. of Frank Heppenstall of Carshalton; b. 18 Aug. 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (B); left Dec. 1964; St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch., LMSSA 1970, MB BS 1971, DA 1972; MRCGP; med. officer, Brit. Antarctic Survey 1972-4; asst. sec. BMA 1976-9, under sec. 1979-, head of professional affairs divn. 1981-; dir. BMA Foundn. for AIDS 1988-; d. 20 Dec. 1990.
DAWSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1717/8; in under school list 1720.
DAWSON, JOHN, of London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1619, matr. 9 Dec 1619, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1636; BA 1623; MA 1626; BD 1634; ordained; licensed to preach 10 Mar 1635/6; Curate, Anstey, Herts., 1635-42; Vicar of Friern Barnet, Middlesex 15 Nov 1644-6, reinstituted c. 1660 - res 1663; Vicar of Chediston, Suffolk; buried Chediston 4 Sep 1684.
Dawson, Philip John, son of Sir Philip Dawson Kt MP MICE, of Sydenham, Kent, and Lucy Hume, d. of Rev. Preb. Arthur Barwick Simpson, Rector of Fittleworth, Sussex; b. 28 Oct. 1898; adm. Sept. 1912 (G); left Dec. 1913; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. RA Jan. 1918, wounded (France) Mar. 1918, Lieut. July 1919; Lieut. Roy. Tank Corps 1920-3, Capt. 1930, retd 1937; Armament Res. Establishment Air Ministry 1938-58; OBE; m. 20 Sept. 1924 Dula Amy Waterlow, d. of A. Clifton Clapin of Tonbridge, Kent; d. 8 Feb. 1990.
DAWSON, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 8) Mar 1728/9; left 1733.
Dawson, Robert Graham, son of Alexander Graham Dawson of Ealing and Jean, d. of James Wilson MD; b. 27 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1939; an administrator; m. 19 Feb. 1953 Mary Leishman, d. of William B. Bell of Glasgow; d. 10 May 2010.