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John Dawney, 1st Viscount Downe (c. 1625 - 1 Oct 1695)

English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1690, elected MP for Pontefract in the Cavalier Parliament of 1661. In 1663 he was part of a commission tasked with investigating the Yorkshire Plot (also known as the Farnley Wood Plot) to overturn the monarchy. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawnay,_1st_Viscount_Downe Relevant locations: Member of parliament for Pontefract, Wakefield
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

85. The Informations, Examinations, and Confessions concerning the Yorkeshire Plot 1663, under the Parties own Hand. This is the Original taken before Sir Tho. Osborne (afterwards Duke of Leedes) Sir Jo. Dawney (afterwards Lord Downe), Sir Jo. Goodrick, Sir Jo. Armytage, Sir Godfrey Copeley, Sir R. Mauleverer, Sir Tho. Gower, Sir Tho. Wentworth, Sir Rob. Hildyard, and other Justices who have attested the several Informations, under their own Hands. The Present of the Judges Associate.