John Dormer (of Dorton)

Sir John Dormer (18 October 1556 – 10 March 1626) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1604 and 1622.

[1] Sir John Dormer built a mansion at Dorton, Buckinghamshire[2] and was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1597.

In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe.

[1] Dormer married Jane Giffard and had a son Robert, who became High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.

[3] Dormer died in 1626 and was buried at Long Crendon north of Thame where there is an effigy.