Sir John Dormer (18 October 1556 – 10 March 1626) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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in two periods between 1604 and 1622.

Biography

Dormer was the son of William Dormer of Thame, Oxfordshire and grandson of Sir Michael Dormer who was

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in 1541. Sir John Dormer built a mansion at Dorton, Buckinghamshire and was

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in 1597. He was knighted at

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on 11 May 1603. In 1604, he was elected

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for

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. He was elected MP for Aylesbury 1614 and again in 1621. Dormer married Jane Giffard and had a son Robert, who became High Sheriff of Oxfordshire. Dormer died in 1626 and was buried at

Long Crendon Long Crendon is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, about west of Haddenham and north-west of Thame in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The village has been called Long Crendon only since the English Civil War.Birch, 197 ...

north of

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where there is an effigy. Michael MacLagan ''The Family of Dormer in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire''
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dormer, John 1556 births 1626 deaths English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire