About John Dormer
Lived 1556 – 1626 (aged 69). John Dormer was a politician.
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.
Biography Dormer was the son of William Dormer of Thame, Oxfordshire and grandson of Sir Michael Dormer who was Lord Mayor of London in 1541. Sir John Dormer built a mansion at Dorton, Buckinghamshire 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.
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Member of Parliament
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John Dormer was born on 18 October 1556.
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John Dormer died on 10 March 1626.
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John Dormer was a politician.
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· DBpedia: John Dormer (of Dorton)
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