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George Hay Dawkins-Pennant

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George Hay Dawkins-Pennant
Portrait by John Jackson
Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark
In office
1814–1818
Serving with Henry Willoughby
Preceded byStapleton Cotton
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Clinton
Member of Parliament (MP) for New Romney
In office
1820–1830
Preceded byAndrew Strahan
Succeeded byArthur Hill-Trevor
Personal details
Born(1764-02-20)20 February 1764
Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Died17 December 1840(1840-12-17) (aged 76)
Spouse(s)
Sophia Mary Maude
(m. 1807; died 1812)

Elizabeth Bouverie
(m. 1814)
Children2
Parent
RelativesRichard, Lord Penrhyn (2nd cousin)
1st Viscount Hawarden (father-in-law)
George, Lord Penrhyn (grandson)
William Bouverie (father-in-law)

George Hay Dawkins-Pennant (20 February 1764 – 17 December 1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, and 56 Portland Place, Middlesex, was a plantation and slave owner,[1] Member of Parliament for Newark and New Romney.

He was the second son of Henry Dawkins and his original name was George Hay Dawkins; the surname Pennant was added when he inherited the estate from his second cousin Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, who died in 1808.[2][3]

Life

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Dawkins-Pennant was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark 19 May 1814 to 1818; and for New Romney 1820 to 1830.[2]

Dawkins-Pennant inherited four large sugar estates (Cotes, Denbigh, Kupuis, Pennant's)[1] in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, and at the time of emancipation in the 1830s, the British government compensated him for over 650 slaves in his possession.[4] Best known for his development of the Penrhyn estates, he died immensely wealthy, leaving £600,000.[1]

Family

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Dawkins-Pennant married in 1807 Sophia Mary Maude (d. 1812), daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden. They had two children Juliana Isabella Mary (1808–1842) and Emma Elizabeth Alicia[5] (1810–1888). In 1814 he married Elizabeth, daughter of William Henry Bouverie.[6]

His eldest daughter and co-heiress Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant in August 1833 married Colonel Edward Gordon Douglas, from 1841 Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of the second creation.[7] They had two children, of which eldest son George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant succeeded his father in 1886 as the 2nd Baron Penrhyn.

Emma Elizabeth Alicia Dawkins-Pennant[8] married in 1831 Thomas-Charles, Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (d. 1863). He left £140,000.[9] She had children with him and his successor, also Lord Sudeley.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Dawkins Pennant, George Hay (1764–1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caern. and 56 Portland Place, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pennant, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. ^ "Search | Legacies of British Slavery".
  5. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
  6. ^ "Dawkins Pennant, George Hay (1764–1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caern., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  7. ^ "George Hay Dawkins Pennant 20th Feb 1764 – 17th Dec 1840, Summary of Individual, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  8. ^ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995".
  9. ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  10. ^ Burke, Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 1. Harrison.