Sir John Dyer, 6th Baronet

Colonel Sir John Swinnerton Dyer, 6th Baronet (30 November 1738 – 21 March 1801) was a British soldier and courtier who was Groom of the Bedchamber to King George IV when Prince of Wales.

Early life Dyer was born on 30 November 1738 into a family that originally hailed from Heytesbury, Wiltshire. John, who was baptised at Finchingfield, was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyer, 5th Baronet and Elizabeth Jones (a daughter of Major Jones).

Career Dyer, a Colonel in the Guards of the British Army, was Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales (who later became King George IV). He was said to have been "a great friend of HRH the Prince of Wales to whom it is stated he lent 80,000 which was not repaid." a Lieutenant-General in the British Army who married Elizabeth Standerwick, only daughter and heiress of James Standerwick of Ovington Park. After his death, she married German Baron Friedrich von Zandt.

His wife, Lady Dyer, died on 7 April 1773 and was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son, Thomas.