Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameJohn DAWSON 1st Earl of Portarlington, 11911
Birth1744
Death1789
Spouses
Birth1750
Death1831
FatherJohn STUART 3rd Earl of Bute , 12842 (1713-1792)
ChildrenGeorge Lionel , 11910 (1788-1856)
 Caroline , 11914
 Henry , 11915
 John , 12839 (1781-1845)
Notes for John DAWSON 1st Earl of Portarlington
The second Earl, also named John Dawson, was the son of the first Earl. He started his career in the army as an ensign in the 20th Regiment of Foot, and rose to be Colonel in 1814. He suffered disgrace at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 - he joined his company (the 23rd Light Dragoons) too late to take part in the battle, giving illness as reason for his absence. He was forced to resign, and retreated into a life of dissipation. However, he devoted much money – more than he actually had -  to finishing the building of EmoCourt: in 1824/26 he finished the front portico, the ceilings and the staircase, and he engaged in 1834 the fashionable English architect Louis Vulliamy to complete the back portico. (Click here to see picture of Second Earl)
The second Earl never married and died in 1845 with “two shillings” left, leaving a common law wife and three out-of-wedlock children.
 
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