Henry Dawley (1646–1703) was MP for Lymington from 1680 to 1685.[1]
Dawley was born at Sparsholt, Hampshire, the son of Henry Dawley and Anne née Worsley. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford.[2] In 1670 he married Mary Collins of Newport, Isle of Wight: they had one son and three daughters. He was appointed a Freeman of Winchester in 1677, and of Lymington in 1680.[3] He was Commissioner for Assessment for Hampshire from 1679 to 1680 and again from 1689 to 1702. He was a JP from 1679 to 1689; Commissioner of Inquiry for the New Forest from 1691; and Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire from 1689.
References
edit- ^ History of Parliament On-line
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 Dabbe-Dirkin, pp 366-405
- ^ "Old times re-visited in the borough and parish of Lymington, Hants" King, E. p72: London; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.; 1900
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