John Dormer (of Dorton)

Sir John Dormer (18 October 1556 – 10 March 1626) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1604 and 1622.

Dormer was the son of William Dormer of Thame, Oxfordshire and grandson of Sir Michael Dormer who was Lord Mayor of London in 1541.[1] Sir John Dormer built a mansion at Dorton, Buckinghamshire[2] and was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1597. He was knighted at Charterhouse on 11 May 1603.

In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe. He was elected MP for Aylesbury 1614 and again in 1621.[1]

Dormer died in 1626 and was buried at Long Crendon north of Thame where there is an effigy.[3]

Dormer married Jane Giffard and had a son Robert, who became High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c. (1889)
  2. ↑ Dorton House
  3. 1 2 Michael MacLagan The Family of Dormer in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Osbaldestone
Anthony Dering		 Member of Parliament for Clitheroe
1604–1611
With: Martin Lister		 Succeeded by
Sir Gilbert Hoghton
Clement Coke
Preceded by
Sir William Borlase
Sir William Smith		 Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
1614–1622
With: Samuel Backhouse 1614
Henry Borlase 1621–1622		 Succeeded by
Sir John Pakington
Sir Thomas Crewe
Political offices
Preceded by
Anthony Tyringham		 High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
1598 		Succeeded by
William Garrard
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