Sir Philip Dawson (6 October 1866 – 24 September 1938) was a British electrical engineer, volunteer soldier (lieutenant-colonel), Conservative politician and MP.
[1] In 1919 he was made a chevalier of the Belgian Order of Leopold for technical services rendered during the war, and in the 1920 Birthday Honours was knighted by George V for his work with the Disposal and Liquidation Commission.
[1] He became involved in Conservative politics, and was elected to the London County Council as a member of the Conservative-backed Municipal Reform Party, representing Lewisham West in 1919.
Dawson was an admirer of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, and in April 1938 he became chairman of the newly formed Anglo-Italian Parliamentary Committee.
[1] In June 1927 Dawson operating from St. Stephen's House, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, S.W.1., prepared a report, addressed to Sir Felix J. C. Pole, General Manager, Great Western Railway, Paddington Station, W.2.