James Dormer
James Dormer | |
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| In office 1725–1728 | |
| Preceded by | Hon. Thomas Lumley |
| Succeeded by | Charles Crompton |
James Dormer (1679–1741) was a British Army officer, a lieutenant-general, and colonel of the 1st troop of Horse Grenadier Guards
Life
The son of Robert Dormer (1628?–1689) of
1st Foot Guards 13 June 1700, at which rank he was wounded at the battle of Blenheim, in the War of the Spanish Succession, where his brother Philip was killed.[2][3]
In command of a newly raised corps of Irish foot, Dormer went to Spain, and took part in the
a noted duel with the Duke of Hamilton in 1712, Dormer, who had been exchanged, was appointed colonel of Mohun's regiment, which was disbanded the year after.[2]
In 1715 Dormer was commissioned to raise a regiment of
6th Foot in 1720, he was in June 1725 sent as envoy extraordinary to Lisbon. There he was in dispute with Thomas Burnett, the British consul.[2]
Dormer was appointed a lieutenant-general and colonel 1st troop of Horse Grenadier Guards in 1737, and
Crendon, Buckinghamshire, 24 December 1741. A member of the Kit-Cat Club, he collected a fine library, and is said to have been an acquaintance of Jonathan Swift. He was unmarried, and bequeathed the Chearsley and Rousham estates to his cousin Clement Cottrell-Dormer.[2][3]
Notes
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.627
- ^ a b c d Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 15. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7835. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Dormer, James". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 15. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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