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Lionel Damer (16 September 1748 – 28 May 1807) was a British Whig politician.

Family

Lionel Damer was the third son of

Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester (12 March 1718 – 12 January 1798) was a country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1762 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milton. He was particularly associated w ...

by Lady Caroline Sackville (daughter of

Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (18 January 168810 October 1765) was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Life He was the son of the 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex, and the former Lady Mar ...

and Elizabeth Colyear, his wife, daughter of Lieutenant-General Walter Philip Colyear (brother to David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore). Lionel's brothers were the Hon. John Damer and the Rt. Hon.

George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester 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 Dorchest ...

. Lionel Damer was educated at Eton (1755–65) and

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(1766). He married Williamsa or Williamsea Janssen (daughter of William Janssen Esq, fourth son of

Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet Sir Theodore Janssen of Wimbledon, 1st Baronet (1650s, Angoulême, France – 22 September 1748, Wimbledon, London) was a French-born English financier and member of parliament who, after a long and successful career in commerce, was ruined and d ...

of Owre Moyne). They lived at

Came House Came House is a privately owned country house next to the village of Winterborne Came, in Dorset, England. Built in the mid-18th century, it is a Grade I listed building. Description History The house was built for John Damer by Francis Cartwrig ...

Winterborne Came Winterborne Came is a small dispersed settlement and civil parish in the county of Dorset in England, situated in the west of the county, approximately south-east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of t ...

and there is a memorial to them in St Peter's Church nearby.

Political career

Lionel was appointed Sheriff of Dorset for the year 1785. He was the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

for

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28 February 1786 – 21 February 1802. He took over the seat following the death o
James Farrel Phipps
He held the seat until ill health forced him to retire shortly before the General Election in 1802.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Damer, Lionel 1748 births People educated at Eton College Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 1807 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 Dawson-Damer family