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Major-General Guy Payan Dawnay, CB, CMG, DSO, MVO (23 March 1878 – 19 January 1952) was a British Army officer and merchant banker. He was the nephew of Guy Dawnay, a politician.
Major General Guy Dawnay (1878–1952) was a man of complexity and contradiction. Though passionate about the profession of arms, he set aside a promising military career to pursue business ambitions.
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Sep 19, 2020 · Guy Payan Dawnay, who died 10 September, 2020, aged 75, was a scion of the Viscounts Downe, a great-great-grandson of the 7th Viscount. He was born 6 October, 1944, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Payan Dawnay [1909-89], by his wife the former Patricia Wake [1919-89], a daughter Major-Gen Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Baronet [1876 ...
Guy Dawnay may refer to: Guy Dawnay (politician) (1848–1889), British soldier and Conservative politician. Guy Dawnay (British Army officer) (1878–1952), his nephew, army officer and merchant banker.
Guy Cuthbert Dawnay (26 July 1848 – 28 February 1889) was a Conservative politician. He was killed by a wounded buffalo near Mombassa in East Africa. Dawnay was the fourth son of William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe, and his wife Mary Isabel, daughter of the Right Reverend the Hon. Richard Bagot, Bishop of Oxford.
The fourth son of the 7th Viscount Downe, the Hon. Guy Cuthbert Dawnay (1848-89) was a well-known adventurer, traveller, sportsman and occasional soldier, seeing service in Zululand in 1879, in Egypt in 1882 and in the eastern Sudan at Suakin; he was present in the battles of Gingindlovu, Ulundi, Tel-el-Kebir and Tofrek.
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Jan 25, 1998 · Lieutenant Guy Dawnay was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. Released from captivity in 1945 he remained in military service with the South Wales Borderers until 1967, final rank attained Major.
