Peerage Record – 37199

     George Dawnay was the son of John Dawnay and Elizabeth Hutton.² He died circa April 1639, unmarried.¹ He was buried on 19 April 1639.¹

     Sir Christopher Dawnay, 1st Bt. was the son of John Dawnay and Elizabeth Hutton.² He married Jane Moseley, daughter of Thomas Moseley.¹ He died on 13 July 1644.¹
     He was created 1st Baronet Dawnay, of Cowick, co. Yorks [England] on 19 May 1642.¹

     Jane Moseley is the daughter of Thomas Moseley.¹ She married Sir Christopher Dawnay, 1st Bt., son of John Dawnay and Elizabeth Hutton.¹
     Her married name became Dawnay.

     Sir Thomas Dawnay, 2nd Bt. was the son of Sir Christopher Dawnay, 1st Bt. and Jane Moseley.² He died after 1644, in infancy.¹
     He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Dawnay, of Cowick, co. Yorks [E., 1642] on 13 July 1644.¹

     Sir John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe was baptised on 25 January 1624/25.¹ He was the son of John Dawnay and Elizabeth Hutton.² He married, firstly, Elizabeth Melton, daughter of Sir John Melton, on 4 August 1645.¹ He married, secondly, Dorothy Johnson, daughter of William Johnson, on 14 May 1663.¹ He died on 1 October 1695 at age 70.¹
     He was appointed Knight in 1660.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Yorkshire in 1660.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Pontefract between 1661 and 1681.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Downe [Ireland] on 19 February 1680/81.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Pontefract between 1685 and 1687.¹ In 1689 he was attainted by King James II’s Irish Parliament.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Pontefract from 1689 to 1690.¹

     Elizabeth Melton was the daughter of Sir John Melton.² She married Sir John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe, son of John Dawnay and Elizabeth Hutton, on 4 August 1645.¹ She died on 21 February 1662.¹
     From 4 August 1645, her married name became Dawnay.

     Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe was baptised on 7 June 1664.¹ He was the son of Sir John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe and Dorothy Johnson.² He married Mildred Godfrey, daughter of William Godfrey, on 29 September 1685.¹ He died circa May 1741.¹ He was buried on 21 May 1741.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Pontefract between 1690 and 1695.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Downe [I., 1681] on 1 October 1695.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Yorkshire between 1698 and 1700.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Yorkshire between 1707 and 1727.¹

     William Godfrey lived at Thornock, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹

     Mildred Godfrey was the daughter of William Godfrey.² She married Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe, son of Sir John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe and Dorothy Johnson, on 29 September 1685.¹ She died in August 1725.¹
     From 29 September 1685, her married name became Dawnay. After her marriage, Mildred Godfrey was styled as Viscountess Downe on 1 October 1695.