Sir Horace Christian Dawkins (25 December 1867 – 4 February 1944) was a British civil servant who served as a clerk in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. During the First World War, he served as a Divisional Commander in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 7 January 1918.
Dawkins was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1925 Birthday Honours while serving as a Clerk Assistant. Between 1930 and 1937, he served as Clerk of the House of Commons, the chief procedural officer and adviser to the Speaker. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on 31 October 1930.
He married Marjorie Vesey Holt, daughter of Sir Vesey George Mackenzie Holt, on 9 September 1916. He died on 4 February 1944 at the age of 76.
