George Dawson-Damer
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Colonel The Right Honourable George Dawson-Damer CB |
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| Comptroller of the Household | |
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In office 9 September 1841 – 30 June 1846 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| Preceded by | Lord Marcus Hill |
| Succeeded by | Lord Marcus Hill |
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| Born | 28 October 1788 |
| Died | 14 April 1856 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Seymour (d. 1848) |
Colonel the Rt Hon George Lionel Dawson-Damer CB PC (28 October 1788 – 14 April 1856) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Dawson-Damer was a younger son of John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington, and Lady Caroline, daughter of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. He assumed the additional name of Damer by royal sign-manual in 1829 on succeeding to a portion of the estates of his aunt, Lady Caroline Damer.
While on the staff of Sir Robert Wilson he was present with the Russian army at the retreat of the French cavalry from Moscow in October 1812. In 1813 he was at the battles of Lützen, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm, Wurzen, and the Siege of Hamburg and the operation at Holstein. In 1815 he was appointed Quartermaster General to the Prince of Orange, under whom he served in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards and was present at the battles at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, where he was wounded and had two horses shot under him and for which he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
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