Family and Education
bap. 6 Jan. 1612, 1st s. of Sir Fleetwood Dormer of Lee Grange by Mary, da. of Sir Euseby Isham of Pytchley, Northants., wid. of Edward Reade of Cottesbrooke, Northants. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. ?1625, BA 1628, MA 1630; L. Inn 1629, called 1636; travelled abroad 1635-8. m. by 1640, Katherine (bur. 23 Aug. 1691), da. and h. of Thomas Woodward of Saxons Lode, Ripple, Worcs., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1639.Lipscomb, Bucks. i. 415; PC2/44/596.
Offices Held
J.p. Bucks. by 1640 – d., Worcs. 1647 – 48, 1649 – July 1660, Buckingham 1654, 1660, 1663; commr. for defence, Worcs. 1644, assessment, Worcs. 1644, 1648 – 52, Jan. 1660, Bucks. 1647 – 52, 1657, Jan. 1660 – d., militia, Bucks. and Worcs. 1648, 1659, Mar. 1660, Northants. 1659, oyer and terminer, Norfolk circuit July 1660, recusants, Bucks. 1675.
Commr. for removing obstructions 1651 – 52, Admiralty Feb.-July 1660.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Lee Grange, Quainton, Bucks.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
DORMER, John (1612-79)
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Oxford 1644
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