Hon. Lionel Damer (16 September 1748 – 28 May 1807) was a British Whig politician.

Family

Lionel Damer was the third son of

Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester (12 March 1718 – 12 January 1798) was a country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1762 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milton. He was particularly associated wi ...

by Lady Caroline Sackville (daughter of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset and Elizabeth Colyear, his wife, daughter of Lieutenant-General Walter Philip Colyear (brother to

David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore KT, PC ( – 2 January 1730) was a Scottish military officer and peer who served as the governor of Gibraltar from 1713 to 1720. Early life He was the elder son of Sir Alexander Colyear, 1st Ba ...

). Lionel's brothers were the Hon.

John Damer John Damer (25 June 1744 – 15 August 1776) was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician. Family John was the first of three sons of Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester by the Lady Caroline Sackville. His mother was the daughter of Lionel Cranfiel ...

and the Rt. Hon.

George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (28 March 1746 – 7 March 1808), styled Viscount Milton between 1792 and 1798, was a British politician. He served as Ch ...

. Lionel Damer was educated at

Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England *Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States *Éton, a commune in the Meuse depa ...

(1755–65) and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

(1766). He married Williamsa or Williamsea Janssen (daughter of William Janssen Esq, fourth son of Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet of Owre Moyne). They lived at Came House in

Winterborne Came Winterborne Came is a small dispersed settlement and civil parish in the county of Dorset in England, situated in the west of the county, approximately south-east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of ...

and there is a memorial to them in St Peter's Church nearby.

Political career

Lionel was appointed

Sheriff of Dorset The High Sheriff of Dorset is an ancient high sheriff title which has been in existence for over one thousand years. Until 1567 the Sheriff of Somerset was also the Sheriff of Dorset. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Governmen ...

for the year 1785. He was the Member of Parliament for

Peterborough Peterborough ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is north of London, on the River Nene. A ...

28 February 1786 – 21 February 1802. He took over the seat following the death o
James Farrel Phipps
He held the seat until ill health forced him to retire shortly before the General Election in 1802.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Damer, Lionel 1748 births People educated at Eton College Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 1807 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 Lionel High sheriffs of Dorset