Dawson, Edward

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Edward Dawson, Paternoster Row joined 31.5.1794 the "unnumbered division" (QV)

Edward Dawson son of George Dawson boltingclothworker of Reading appr 2.8.1763 for 7 yrs to Thomas Harrison of Paternoster Row, Stationers Co, premium £21 paid by father
History of the Oxford University Press, vol 2 p83 William Dawson warehousekeeper at 7 Paternoster Row from 1780
SunFire 1789 William Dawson 7 Paternoster Row bookseller
Book of Common Prayer printed at Clarendon Press, Oxford 1797 and sold by W.Dawson, Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, London
Holdens directory 1805 Edward Dawson 7 Paternoster Row
SunFire 1809 The University of Oxford, William Dawson, Thomas Bentley and Joshua Cooke, 7 Paternoster Row, printers
William Dawson buried Harrow 14.6.1810
Oxford University & City Herald 16.6.1810 On Thursday se'nnight died, at his house near Stanmore, Middlesex, aged 66, William Dawson Esq, printer & bookseller to this University, and one of the proprietors of the Oxford Journal.
Will proved PCC  6.7.1810 William Dawson of Harrow on the Hill, of Hine House near Stanmore, execs brother Edward Dawson of Donington Park, Leics & Richard Dalton of Camberwell, mentioned companion Lady Dorothy Moore born Ozard, partners in Oxford Press Mr T Bentley & Mr Josh Cooke, dated 15.8.1808 sworn to by John Robinson of Paternoster Row bookseller
The Edward Dawson of Donington Park was not the Edward Dawson of Paternoster Row. See Aris's Birmingham Gazette 28.10.1816: Died on Sunday the 13th inst at Donington Park (the seat of the Earl of Moira) after the long and faithful service of 60 years in the family of Hastings, Edward Dawson Esq in the 80th year of his age. Mr Dawson besides acting as steward for the late Earl of Huntingdon, and since for the Earl of Moira, was Returning Officer for the Borough of L|eicester upwards of 35 years, and also Standard-bearer to the Band of Gentleman Pensioners.
SunFire 1831 Roger Dawson & others trustees of the Religious Tract Society, property at 55 to 57 Paternoster Row
SunFire 1836 Thomas Dawson 11 Paternoster Row, stationer, bookseller & publisher