Hugh Dawnay

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

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

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

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