George Hay Dawkins-Pennant
George Hay Dawkins-Pennant, of Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire and 56 Portland Place, Middlesex, was an English politician. 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 of Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, who died in 1808.Life
Dawkins-Pennant was a Member of Parliament for Newark 19 May 1814 to 1818; and for New Romney 1820 to 1830.
Dawkins-Pennant inherited four large sugar estates in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, and at the time of emancipation in the 1830s, the British government compensated him for over 650 slaves in his possession.Family
Dawkins-Pennant married in 1807 Sophia Mary Maude, daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden, and in 1814 Elizabeth, daughter of William Henry Bouverie His eldest daughter Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant married Colonel Edward Gordon Douglas August 1833, from 1841 Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of the second creation.
