George Hay Dawkins-Pennant

George Hay Dawkins-Pennant
Portrait by John Jackson
Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark
In office
1814–1818
Serving with Henry Willoughby
Preceded byStapleton Cotton
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Clinton
Member of Parliament (MP) for New Romney
In office
1820–1830
Preceded byAndrew Strahan
Succeeded byArthur Hill-Trevor
Personal details
Born(1764-02-20)20 February 1764
Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales
Died17 December 1840(1840-12-17) (aged 76)
Spouse(s)
Sophia Mary Maude
(m. 1807; died 1812)

Elizabeth Bouverie
(m. 1814)
Children2
Parent
RelativesRichard, Lord Penrhyn (2nd cousin)
1st Viscount Hawarden (father-in-law)
George, Lord Penrhyn (grandson)
William Bouverie (father-in-law)

George Hay Dawkins-Pennant (20 February 1764 – 17 December 1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, and 56 Portland Place, Middlesex, was a plantation and slave owner,[1] Member of Parliament for Newark and New Romney.

He was the second son of Henry Dawkins and his original name was George Hay Dawkins; the surname Pennant was added when he inherited the estate from his second cousin Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, who died in 1808.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Dawkins Pennant, George Hay (1764–1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caern. and 56 Portland Place, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pennant, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.