Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins, KCB (2 November 1859[1] – 2 December 1905) was a British businessman and civil servant.
He was a member of the Coefficients dining club of social reformers set up in 1902 by the Fabian campaigners Sidney and Beatrice Webb.
In recognition of Dawkins' work in chairing a Committee reviewing the Administration of the War Office, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[4][5] and invested as such by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.
[7] In 1902 Dawkins purchased the country estate of Sir Walter Rockcliff Farquhar at Polesden Lacey.
The Balliol rhyme published about him reads: Positivists ever talk inSuch an epic style as DAWKINS;Creeds are nought and MAN is all,Spell Him with a capital.