Major Hugh Dawnay (17 December 1932 – 28 May 2012) was a polo player and author.
[1][2] Hugh Dawnay was born on 17 December 1932 to the Olympic polo player David Dawnay and Lady Katharine Nora de la Poer Beresford.
[1] He was a Major in the British Army 10th Royal Hussars where he began his polo career, reaching a 3-goal handicap, eventually captaining both his regimental team and the British Army polo Team.
[2] He ran his own polo school and club, the Whitfield Court International Polo Vision School in Waterford, Ireland between 1976 and 2002.
[citation needed] He married Maria Ines Cermesoni in 1971, they had two sons David and Sebastian.