Commons 1715-1754

b. 9 July 1706,Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. Trans. n.s. lvii. 147. 1st s. of John Dalston of Acorn Bank by Lucy, da. of James Cook, Stockton merchant. educ. ?Queen’s, Oxf. 1724. unm. suc. fa. 1708.

b. 28 Aug. 1727, 3rd s. of Joseph Damer of Winterbourne Came. unm. suc. fa. to Winterbourne Came 1737.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 289; iv. 387.

b. 1676, 2nd s. of George Damer by Sarah, da. of Richard Fowler. m. 6 Dec. 1714, Mary, da. of John Churchill of Henbury, Dorset, niece of Awnsham Churchill, M.P. Dorchester 1705-10, ‘the greatest bookseller and stationer of his time’,H. R. Plomer, Dict. of Printers and Booksellers, 1668-1725, p. 69. 3s. 2da. suc. to Dorset estates of his uncle Joseph Damer 1720.

b. 12 Mar. 1718, 1st s. of Joseph Damer. educ. Trinity, Dublin 1734-5. m. 27 July 1742, Lady Caroline Sackville, da. of Lionel, 1st Duke of Dorset, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1737; uncle John Damer of Shronell, Tipperary, 1768. cr. Baron Milton [I] 3 July 1753; Baron Milton [GB] 10 May 1762; Earl of Dorchester [GB] 18 May 1792.

b. 24 Dec. 1686, 1st s. of Samuel Danvers of Swithland by Elizabeth, o. da. of Joseph Morewood, merchant, of London and Overton, Derbys. educ. L. Inn 1709. m. 7 Dec. 1721 Frances, da. of Thomas Babington of Rothley Temple, Leics., 1s. 4da. suc. fa. 1693; to Oxon. estates of his mother’s 2nd husband, John Danvers 1721. cr. Bt. 4 July 1746.