Editing Viscount Downe (section)

==Viscounts Downe, Second Creation (1680)==
*[[John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe]] (1625–1695)
*[[Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe]] (1664–1741)
:*[[The Honourable]] [[John Dawnay (MP)|John Dawnay]] (1686–1740)
*[[Henry Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe|Henry Pleydell Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe]] (1727–1760)
*[[John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe]] (1728–1780)
*[[John Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe|John Christopher Burton Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe]] (1764–1832)
*[[William Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe|William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe]] (1772–1846)
*[[William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe|William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe]] (1812–1857)
*[[Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe|Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe]] (1844–1924)
*'''John Dawnay, 9th Viscount Downe''' (1872–1931), Captain in the [[10th Hussars]], fought in [[Boer War]], where he was [[mentioned in despatches]] and awarded [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] and later gained rank of Major in [[Norfolk Yeomanry]]. Succeeded as 9th Viscount on 21 January 1924.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
*'''Richard Dawnay, 10th Viscount Downe''' (1903–1965), educated at [[Eton College|Eton]], [[Page of Honour]] to [[George V]] between 1917 and 1919; gained rank of Colonel in the [[Green Howards]]. Succeeded as 10th Viscount on 1 December 1931.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
*'''John Christian George Dawnay, 11th Viscount Downe''' (1935–2002), educated at Eton and, following national service in the [[Grenadier Guards]], [[Christ Church, Oxford]]; [[Deputy lieutenant]] of [[North Yorkshire]] in 1982. Succeeded as 11th Viscount on 8 December 1965.<ref>{{cite news |title=Viscount Downe |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1388827/Viscount-Downe.html |access-date=18 July 2020 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=26 March 2002}}</ref>
*'''Richard Henry Dawnay, 12th Viscount Downe''' (born 1967), educated at Eton and [[Durham University]], where he completed a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree. An accountant by profession, formerly with [[HSBC]]. Succeeded as 12th Viscount on 15 March 2002.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

The [[heir presumptive]] is the present holder's cousin Thomas Payan Dawnay (born 24 July 1978){{citation needed|date=October 2020}}