Lewis Payan Dawnay (1 April 1846 – 30 July 1910)[1] was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1892.
Dawnay was educated at Eton College and joined the Coldstream Guards, reaching the rank of Colonel.
[1] He was then elected as MP for the replacement constituency of Thirsk and Malton, and held the seat until he stood down in 1892.
They had two sons, Guy and Alan, both of whom became Major-Generals in the British Army; and two daughters, Margaret and Marion.
The oak rood screen in the parish church at Newton-on-Ouse was given in 1911 by his widow Lady Victoria Dawnay in his memory.