Guy Dawnay (British Army officer)
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Major General
Guy Payan Dawnay CB
, CMG
, DSO
, MVO
(1878–1952), was an army officer and merchant banker. He is the nephew of Guy Dawnay
, a politician.
Dawnay fought at the Gallipoli Campaign during the First World War.
In 1928 he founded Dawnay Day
, an investment company together with Julian Day.
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Guy Payan Dawnay CB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
, CMG
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
, DSO
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
, MVO
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
(1878–1952), was an army officer and merchant banker. He is the nephew of Guy Dawnay
Guy Dawnay (politician)
Guy Cuthbert Dawnay was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Dawnay was the fourth son of William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe, and his wife Mary Isabel, daughter of the Right Reverend the Hon. Richard Bagot, Bishop of Oxford...
, a politician.
Dawnay fought at the Gallipoli Campaign during the First World War.
In 1928 he founded Dawnay Day
Dawnay Day
Dawnay Day is a privately owned financial services group. Founded in 1928 the group is based in London, employs 1,000 staff and claims to own gross assets of more than $4bn...
, an investment company together with Julian Day.
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- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (requires login)