George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Dorchester PC, PC (Ire) |
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| Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
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In office 1794–1795 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Hon. William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | Sylvester Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Thomas Pelham |
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| Born | 28 March 1746 |
| Died | 7 March 1808 (aged 61) Park Lane, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester PC, PC (Ire) (28 March 1746 – 7 March 1808), styled Viscount Milton between 1792 and 1798, was a British politician. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1794 and 1795.
Dorchester was the second son of Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his MA in 1767.
Lord Dorchester sat as Member of Parliament for Cricklade between 1768 and 1774, for Anstruther Burghs between 1778 and 1780, for Dorchester between 1780 and 1790 and for Malton between 1792 and 1798. He also represented Naas in the Irish House of Commons between 1795 and 1798 and served under William Pitt the Younger as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1794 and 1795. He was sworn of the English Privy Council in 1794 and of the Irish Privy Council in 1795. He succeeded his father in the earldom on 12 January 1798 and entered the House of Lords. On 25 June 1798, he was appointed colonel of the Dorset Militia in succession to Lord Rivers, but resigned in late 1799. Lord Dorchester was also Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, and colonel of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry, from 1803 to 1808.
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