Edmund Dummer (lawyer)

Edmund Dummer (1663–1724) was an English lawyer who was appointed "Clerk of the Great Wardrobe" under Queen Anne in 1706, holding that office until 1721.

[1][2] His nephew, Thomas Lee Dummer, succeeded him as "Clerk of the Great Wardrobe"[2] and served as MP for Southampton (1737–1741) and (Newport (Isle of Wight) (1765–1768).

There is a memorial to Dummer in South Stoneham church.

[3] He is thought to have commissioned South Stoneham House, the grounds of which were designed by Capability Brown.

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