George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester

The Earl of Dorchester
The Right Honourable; The Earl of Dorchester; PC, PC (Ire)
Chief Secretary for Ireland
	In office; 1794–1795
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	Sylvester Douglas
Succeeded by	Thomas Pelham
Personal details
Born	28 March 1746
Died	7 March 1808; Park Lane, London
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester, PC, PC (Ire) (28 March 1746 – 7 March 1808), styled Viscount Milton between 1792 and 1798, was a British politician. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1794 and 1795.

Background

Dorchester was the second son of Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his MA in 1767.[1][2]

Political career

Lord Dorchester sat as Member of Parliament for Cricklade between 1768 and 1774,[3] for Anstruther Burghs between 1778 and 1780,[4] for Dorchester between 1780 and 1790[5] and for Malton between 1792 and 1798.[6] He also represented Naas in the Irish House of Commons between 1795 and 1798[7] and served under William Pitt the Younger as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1794 and 1795. He was sworn of the British Privy Council in 1794[8] and of the Irish Privy Council in 1795.[9]

He succeeded his father in the earldom on 12 January 1798, his elder brother having committed suicide in 1776, and entered the House of Lords. On 25 June 1798, he was appointed colonel of the Dorset Militia in succession to Lord Rivers,[10] but resigned in late 1799.[11] Lord Dorchester was also Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, and colonel of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry, from 1803 to 1808.[12]

Personal life

Milton Abbey in the late 1800s

Lord Dorchester was a great favourite of the Royal family who always stayed with him at his estate at Milton Abbey near Weymouth.[13] He died unmarried in Park Lane, London,[14] in March 1808, aged 61, when his titles became extinct. His estates were inherited by his sister Lady Caroline Damer, and on her death in 1828 by their Dawson cousins, who assumed the additional name of Damer. John Dawson-Damer, 2nd Earl of Portarlington, inherited the large but encumbered Irish properties, and his younger brothers Henry and George Dawson-Damer received respectively the estates of Milton Abbey and Came.[15]

References

"Damer, the Hon. George (DMR763G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
The Athenaeum Magazine, April 1808
"leighrayment.com House of Commons: Cornwall-Cynon Valley". Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
"leighrayment.com House of Commons: Andover–Armagh South". Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
"leighrayment.com House of Commons: Devizes–Dorset West". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
"leighrayment.com House of Commons: Macclesfield–Marylebone West". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
"leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1679–1835
leighrayment.com Privy – Ireland
"No. 15038". The London Gazette. 3 July 1798. p. 616.
"No. 15214". The London Gazette. 17 December 1799. p. 1305.
leighrayment.com Peerages: Desborough–Dorchester
The Athenaeum Magazine, April 1808
The Athenaeum Magazine, April 1808
Burke's Peerage, 1831; Journal of Mary Frampton [1885]

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Gore Arnold Nesbitt	Member of Parliament for Cricklade 1768–1774 With: Sir Robert Fletcher	Succeeded by William Earle Arnold Nesbitt
Preceded by Philip Anstruther	Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs 1778–1780	Succeeded by Sir John Anstruther, Bt
Preceded by John Damer William Ewer	Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1780–1791 With: William Ewer 1780–1789 Thomas Ewer 1789–1790 Cropley Ashley 1790 Francis Fane 1790–1791	Succeeded by Francis Fane Cropley Ashley
Preceded by Edmund Burke William Weddell	Member of Parliament for Malton 1792–1798 With: Edmund Burke 1792–1794 Richard Burke 1794–1795 William Baldwin 1795–1798	Succeeded by William Baldwin Bryan Cooke
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Lord Naas Sir James Bond, Bt	Member of Parliament for Naas 1795–1798 With: Sir James Bond, Bt 1795–1797 Vacant 1797–1798	Succeeded by Vacant Francis Hely-Hutchinson
Military offices
Preceded by The Lord Rivers	Colonel of the Dorset Militia 1798–1799	Succeeded by Richard Bingham
New regiment	Colonel of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry 1803–1808	Succeeded by James Frampton
Political offices
Preceded by Sylvester Douglas	Chief Secretary for Ireland 1794–1795	Succeeded by Thomas Pelham
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Rivers	Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1803–1808	Succeeded by The Earl Digby
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Joseph Damer	Earl of Dorchester 1798–1808	Extinct

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[1] "Damer, the Hon. George (DMR763G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] The Athenaeum Magazine, April 1808

[3] "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Cornwall-Cynon Valley". Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[4] "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Andover–Armagh South". Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[5] "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Devizes–Dorset West". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[6] "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Macclesfield–Marylebone West". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

[7] "leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.

[8] rayment.com Privy Counsellors 1679–1835

[9] rayment.com Privy – Ireland

[10] "No. 15038". The London Gazette. 3 July 1798. p. 616.

[11] "No. 15214". The London Gazette. 17 December 1799. p. 1305.

[12] rayment.com Peerages: Desborough–Dorchester

[13] The Athenaeum Magazine, April 1808

[14] The Athenaeum Magazine, April 1808

[15] Burke's Peerage, 1831; Journal of Mary Frampton [1885]