Hugh Dawnay

For the British Army general and president of Marylebone Cricket Club, see Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe.

Hugh Dawnay
Born	(1932-12-17)17 December 1932
Died	28 May 2012(2012-05-28) (aged 79)
Spouse(s)	Maria Ines Cermesoni (m. 1971–2012; his death)
Children	David and Sebastian

Major Hugh Dawnay (17 December 1932 – 28 May 2012) was a polo player and author.[1][2]

Biography

Hugh Dawnay was born on 17 December 1932 to the Olympic polo player David Dawnay and Lady Katharine Nora de la Poer Beresford.[1] He was educated at Eton College.[1] He was a Major in the British Army 10th Royal Hussars where he began his polo career, reaching a 3-goal handicap, eventually captaining both his regimental team and the British Army polo Team.[2] After leaving the army he became a polo coach.[2]

He ran his own polo school and club, the Whitfield Court International Polo Vision School in Waterford, Ireland between 1976 and 2002.[2] Well known internationally, he visited 15 different countries on coaching trips.[3] He conducted 10 annual polo clinics at the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club starting in 1983. He also served as the British Army polo coach.^[citation needed]

He married Maria Ines Cermesoni in 1971, they had two sons David and Sebastian.[1] He died on 28 May 2012.[2]

Bibliography

• Polo Vision (prefaced by Julian Hipwood and Tommy Wayman, 1992)
• Playmaker Polo (prefaced by Gonzalo Pieres, 2004)

Filmography

• Polo Vision

References

1. "Person Page 6194". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
2. Major Hugh Dawnay dies, Polo Times, 28 May 2012
3. "Polo – USA vs. Canada @ Costa Careyes Mexico | PoloZONE". Poloblogs.com. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2012.