The Honourable John Dawnay (8 December, 1686 – 12 August, 1740) of Cowick Hall, Yorkshire was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1716.
[1] At the 1713 general election Dawney was returned as Member of Parliament for Aldborough and Pontefract constituencies.
While there was an outstanding petition against one of the elections, he was not required to choose which constituency he would represent, and so sat for both boroughs throughout the Parliament.
[3] Dawnay married Charlotte Louisa, daughter of Robert Pleydell, of Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire, on 10 August, 1724.
Dawnay died on 31 July, 1740, aged 53, predeceasing his father by one year and was buried on 12 August[3] at Snaith.