Several other members of the Dawson family also gained distinction. Lucius Henry Dawson (died 1795), nephew of the first Viscount and uncle of the second Baron, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Thomas Vesey Dawson, also a nephew of the first Viscount and uncle of the second Baron, was Dean of Clonmacnoise. Thomas Vesey Dawson (1819–1854), second son of the second Baron, was a lieutenant-colonel in the Coldstream Guards and fought in the Crimean War, where he was killed in action at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854. His eldest son Vesey John Dawson was a major-general in the army, while his second son Douglas Dawson was a brigadier-general in the army as well as comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Department. Edward Stanley Dawson (1843–1919), second son of the first Earl, was a captain in the Royal Navy.