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| Hon. Edward Stanley Dawson R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Second son of Richard Dawson (1817-1897), 1st Earl of Dartrey | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 16 August 1843 | Born (Dartrey, Co. Monaghan) | ||
| 30 July 1869 | Married Lady Elizabeth Selina Georgiana (1869-1924), daughter of Admiral Richard James Meade R.N. (1832-1907), 4th Earl of Clanwilliam | ||
| 13 October 1919 | Died (Maidenhead, Berkshire) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| April 1857 | Entered Navy | ||
| 14 September 1863 | Lieutenant | ||
| 11 November 1869 | Commander | ||
| 30 December 1881 | Captain | ||
| 22 March 1889 | Retired Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 26 October 1863 | 15 November 1866 | Lieutenant in Royal Oak, commanded by Captain Frederick Archibald Campbell, Channel squadron, then Mediterranean | |
| 18 December 1866 | 21 January 1867 | Lieutenant in Terrible, commanded by Captain John Edmund Commerell, helping to lay the (third, and finally successful) Atlantic cable | |
| 3 April 1867 | 23 December 1868 | Lieutenant in Minotaur, commanded by Captain James Graham Goodenough, Channel squadron | |
| 24 December 1868 | 17 November 1869 | Lieutenant in Mersey, commanded by Captain Richard Dunning White, flagship, Queenstown | |
| 12 July 1870 | 9 August 1870 | Commander (2ic) in Achilles, commanded by Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton, coast guard service, Portland | |
| 28 May 1874 | 15 January 1877 | Commander in Dwarf (until paying off at Portsmouth), China | |
| 9 May 1878 | 6 August 1879 | Commander in President, commanded by Commander Hon. Edward Stanley Dawson, drill ship for Royal Naval Reserve, West India Docks | |
| 22 July 1880 | 21 March 1882 | Commander in Miranda, Australia | |
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