Richard Dawson (died c. 1800) was a soldier and administrator who served as the second Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.

Dawson served in the Royal Engineers reaching the rank of major in 1772.

[2] Promoted to colonel in 1783,[3] he retired to Canterbury in Kent in 1790.

[4] He was given the rank of major-general in 1793[5] and lieutenant general in 1798[6] but died two years later.

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