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Henry Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington

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"Port". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1878.

Henry John Reuben Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington KP (5 September 1822 – 1 March 1889) was an Irish peer.

On 17 November 1841, he was commissioned a cornet in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry.[1] He became Earl of Portarlington in 1845 on the death of his uncle John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington and resigned his Yeomanry commission in November 1848.[2] The Earl was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 8 February 1879.[3] He married Lady Alexandrina Octavia Maria Vane, second daughter of Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.

References

  1. ^ "No. 20048". The London Gazette. 3 December 1841. p. 3137.
  2. ^ "No. 20916". The London Gazette. 14 November 1848. p. 4125.
  3. ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Portarlington
1845–1889
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1855–1889
Succeeded by