William Henry Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow (died 22 August 1779) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Dawson was the son of Ephraim Dawson of Queen's County and Anne Preston, daughter and heiress of Samuel Preston.
[1] Between 1733 and 1760, Dawson was a Member of Parliament for Portarlington in the Irish House of Commons.
On 24 July 1776 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Carlow, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
[1] Between 1750 and his death, Dawson was a Governor of Queen's County.