Baron Dormer
Baron Dormer , of Wyng (also of Wenge ) in the County of Buckingham , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .
Award
The title was bestowed on June 30, 1615 by Letters Patent to Sir Robert Dormer, 1st Baronet . Only twenty days earlier, on June 10, 1615, he had been raised to Baronet , of Wing in the County of Buckingham, in the Baronetage of England .
His grandson and heir Robert Dormer, 2nd Baron Dormer , was also raised to Earl of Carnarvon and Viscount Ascot , in the County of Hertford, in 1628 . These two titles already expired with the death of his son, the 2nd Earl, in 1709.
Until his death in May 2016, the title holder was his descendant Geoffrey Dormer as 17th Baron.
List of Barons Dormer (1615)
- Robert Dormer, 1st Baron Dormer (1551-1616)
- Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon , 2nd Baron Dormer (1610–1643)
- Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon , 3rd Baron Dormer (1632–1709)
- Rowland Dormer, 4th Baron Dormer (1651-1712)
- Charles Dormer, 5th Baron Dormer (1668–1728)
- Charles Dormer, 6th Baron Dormer (died 1761)
- John Dormer, 7th Baron Dormer (1691–1785)
- Charles Dormer, 8th Baron Dormer (1725–1804)
- Charles Dormer, 9th Baron Dormer (1753-1819)
- John Dormer, 10th Baron Dormer (1771-1826)
- Joseph Dormer, 11th Baron Dormer (1790–1871)
- John Dormer, 12th Baron Dormer (1830-1900)
- Roland Dormer, 13th Baron Dormer (1862–1920)
- Charles Dormer, 14th Baron Dormer (1864–1922)
- Charles Dormer, 15th Baron Dormer (1903–1975)
- Joseph Dormer, 16th Baron Dormer (1914–1995)
- Geoffrey Dormer, 17th Baron Dormer (1920–2016)
- William Dormer, 18th Baron Dormer (* 1960)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hugo Dormer (* 1995).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page