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Lionel Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of Portarlington

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33: 269: 333:, Lord Portarlington, like many Protestants and most of the Anglo-Irish nobility and gentry, left what would become the Irish Free State permanently, and the house was shut up. In 1920, the estate, which extended over nearly 20 square miles (52 km), was sold to the 260:
During the 1920s, Lord Portarlington and his wife were among the best-known personalities in London society. He was "celebrated for his ready wit and his perpetual good humour and high spirits."
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in London. Before they married, she was in London "under the chaperonage of her relative and fellow countrywoman, Lady Hay, widow of
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and Emma Andalusia Frere Kennedy. His younger siblings were Lady Aline Dawson-Damer (wife of Lt.-Col. Valentine Vivian),
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He died on 4 July 1959, at age 75. As his eldest son predeceased him, he was succeeded in his titles by his grandson,
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in September 1901. From this marriage, he had a younger half-sister, Hon. Selina Luisa Portman.
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before succeeding his grandfather as the 7th Earl of Portarlington, and Hon. Lionel
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Charles Seymour Dawson-Damer (1940–2000), who died in a motor-racing accident at
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Upon the death of his father on 31 August 1900 at the Royal Palace Hotel at
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and Hon. Harriet Lydia Montagu (eldest daughter and co-heiress of Gen.
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Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.
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George Lionel Seymour Dawson-Damer, Viscount Carlow (1907–1944), an
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Portarlington served as 2nd Lieutenant between 1903 and 1905 in the
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Lionel Arthur Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of Portarlington
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Lionel Arthur Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of Portarlington
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On 2 February 1907, Lord Portarlington married the American,
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Photograph of Lord Portarlington at the Coronation of King
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portrait as one of the King's train-bearers at coronation.
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Upon inheriting the earldom, Portarlington also inherited
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Bowes-Lyon was killed during the 341:, the former seat of the Damer family in 415:George Lionel Yuill Seymour Dawson-Damer 369:, of Smithfield, and sister of the late 197:Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa 53:Lionel Arthur Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer 493: 442: 110: 868:Edis, Olive; Legat, Katharine (1907). 312:John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington 236:Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra 7: 652:"DEATH OF THE EARL OF PORTARLINGTON" 530:"DEATH OF THE EARL OF PORTARLINGTON" 253:, he fought with the 4th Battalion, 325:in 1914, and, two years later, the 193:Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis 178:Henry Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman 471:Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt 363:Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street 14: 995:National Portrait Gallery, London 986:National Portrait Gallery, London 875:National Portrait Gallery, London 1058:People educated at Eton College 977:Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages 189:Henry Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby 183:His paternal grandparents were 106: 764:. 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Index

The Right Honourable

George V
Eton College
George Dawson-Damer, 5th Earl of Portarlington
Dawson-Damer
George Dawson-Damer, 5th Earl of Portarlington
Lady Christian Dawson-Damer
Fergus Bowes-Lyon
World War I
Sir Peter FitzGerald, 19th Knight of Kerry
Henry Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman
Lionel Dawson-Damer, 4th Earl of Portarlington
Henry Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby
Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis
Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa
Eton College
Ostend
Earl of Portarlington
Peerage of Ireland
Lord Dawson
Viscount Carlow
Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra
Westminster Abbey
Irish Guards
World War I
Leinster Regiment

Emo Court
Emo Court

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