James Dormer

James Dormer (1679–1741) was a British Army officer, a lieutenant-general, and colonel of the 1st troop of Horse Grenadier Guards The son of Robert Dormer (1628?–1689) of Dorton, Buckinghamshire, and his second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Charles Cotterell, he was born 16 March 1679.

He was appointed lieutenant and captain in the 1st Foot Guards 13 June 1700, at which rank he was wounded at the battle of Blenheim, in the War of the Spanish Succession, where his brother Philip was killed.

[2][3] In command of a newly raised corps of Irish foot, Dormer went to Spain, and took part in the Battle of Saragossa.

[2] In 1715 Dormer was commissioned to raise a regiment of dragoons in the south of England, which became the 14th King's Hussars.

[2] Dormer was appointed a lieutenant-general and colonel 1st troop of Horse Grenadier Guards in 1737, and Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1740.