Douglas Dawson

Brigadier General

Sir Douglas Dawson

GCVO, KCB, CMG
"a Military Secretary". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1903
Born(1854-04-12)12 April 1854
Died20 January 1933(1933-01-20) (aged 78)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
Service years1874–1919
RankBrigadier-General
Commands10th Provisional Battalion
ConflictsAnglo-Egyptian War
Mahdist War
First World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches
RelationsRichard Thomas Dawson, 2nd Baron Cremorne (grandfather)
Major General Vesey John Dawson (brother)

Brigadier-General Sir Douglas Frederick Rawdon Dawson, GCVO, KCB, CMG (25 April 1854 – 20 January 1933) was a British Army officer and courtier.