Baron Dormer

Baron Dormer, of Wenge in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 30 June 1615 for Robert Dormer. He had only twenty days earlier, on 10 June 1615, been created a Baronet, of Wenge in the County of Buckingham, in the Baronetage of England. His grandson, the second Baron, was made Viscount Ascot, in the County of Hertford, and Earl of Carnarvon, in 1628, and later became a prominent Royalist commander in the Civil War. On the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1707, the viscountcy and earldom became extinct.

However, the late Earl was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his second cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the grandson of the Hon. Anthony Dormer, second son of the first Baron. On his death this line of the family also failed and the titles passed to his second cousin, the fifth Baron. He was the grandson of the Hon. Robert Dormer, third son of the first Baron. He was succeeded by his son, the sixth Baron. He was a Roman Catholic priest and did not assume the title. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the seventh Baron.

His grandson, the tenth Baron, who succeeded his half-brother in 1819, was like many in the Dormer family a Catholic. However, he conformed to the Church of England and took his seat in the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his first cousin, the eleventh Baron. He was the son of the Hon. John Dormer, second son of the seventh Baron. Lord Dormer was an officer in the Austrian Army. As of 2007 the titles are held by his great-grandson, the seventeenth Baron, who succeeded his second cousin in 1995. Dormer is a retired officer in the Royal Navy. He does not use his titles.

Barons Dormer (1615)

*Robert Dormer, 1st Baron Dormer (1551-1616)
*Robert Dormer, 2nd Baron Dormer (1610-1643) (created Earl of Carnarvon in 1628)

Earls of Carnarvon (1628)

*Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, 2nd Baron Dormer (1610-1643)
*Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Dormer (1632-1709)

Barons Dormer (1615; Reverted)

*Rowland Dormer, 4th Baron Dormer (1651-1712)
*Charles Dormer, 5th Baron Dormer (1668-1728)
*Charles Dormer, 6th Baron Dormer (d. 1761)
*John Dormer, 7th Baron Dormer (1691-1785)
*Charles Dormer, 8th Baron Dormer (1725-1804)
*Charles Dormer, 9th Baron Dormer (1753-1819)
*John Evelyn Pierrepont Dormer, 10th Baron Dormer (1771-1826)
*Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th Baron Dormer (1790-1871)
*John Baptist Joseph Dormer, 12th Baron Dormer (1830-1900)
*Roland John Dormer, 13th Baron Dormer (1862-1920)
*Charles Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 14th Baron Dormer (1864-1922)
*Charles Walter James Dormer, 15th Baron Dormer (1903-1975)
*Joseph Spencer Philip Dormer, 16th Baron Dormr (1914-1995)
*Geoffrey Henry Dormer, 17th Baron Dormer (b. 1920)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]