Vesey Dawson, 2nd Earl of Dartrey (22 April 1842 – 14 June 1920), styled Viscount Cremorne between 1866 and 1897,[1] was an Irish Liberal politician.
Educated at Eton College, he later became a captain and, later still, a lieutenant-colonel in the Coldstream Guards, retiring from the British Army in 1876.
[2][3] Earl and Countess Dartrey attended the 1903 Delhi Durbar to mark the accession of King Edward VII as Emperor of India.
Upon his own death in 1920, he was succeeded by his brother, Anthony Lucius Dawson, who became 3rd Earl of Dartrey.
[2][3][7] As Lord Dartrey, he owned around 25,000 acres of land and was a member of the Travellers' Club on Kildare Street in Dublin.