Sir John Edward Dorington, 1st Baronet, (24 July 1832 – 5 April 1911) was a British

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politician. The son of John E. Dorington of

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, Stroud he was educated at

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and

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. Dorington was returned to parliament for

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in a by-election in early January 1874. He lost his seat almost immediately in the

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commencing in late January 1874. However, the election was declared void in April 1874 and Dorington was returned again in the subsequent May by-election. He again lost his seat when this election was declared void in July 1874. He has created a

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, of

in the parish of Stroud in the county of Gloucester, in January 1886. In July of the same year he was once again returned to parliament, this time for

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, and held the seat until his own death in 1911. In December 1886 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of

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. He was appointed a Privy Councillor on 11 August 1902, following an announcement of the King's intention to make this appointment in the

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list published in June that year. He continued to represent Tewkesbury in parliament until 1906. His death in April 1911, aged 78. The baronetcy died with him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorington, John Edward 1832 births 1911 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy lieutenants of Gloucestershire Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Windlesham House School