Paternal Family Tree: Damer
On 12th March 1718 Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester was born to Joseph Damer [aged 42].
On 1st March 1737 [his father] Joseph Damer [aged 61] died.
On 27th July 1742 Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 24] and Caroline Sackville Lady Milton were married. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 54] and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset [aged 53].
In 25th June 1744 [his son] John Damer was born to Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 26] and [his wife] Caroline Sackville Lady Milton. He married 14th June 1767 Anne Seymour-Conway, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Seymour-Conway and Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury.
On 28th March 1746 [his son] George Damer 2nd Earl Dorchester was born to Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 28] and [his wife] Caroline Sackville Lady Milton.
On 5th June 1753 Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 35] was created 1st Baron Milton of Shronehill in Tipperary.
On 4th May 1762 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 23] created a number of new peerages...
Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth [aged 46] was created 1st Viscount Wentworth.
William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon [aged 53] was created 1st Viscount Courtenay.
Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 68] was created 1st Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex with default to his cousin Thomas Pelham [aged 34].
Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland [aged 39] was created 1st Baroness Holland in Lincolnshire. Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland [aged 56] by marriage Baron Holland in Lincolnshire.
John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 51] was created 1st Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset.
John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.
Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset.
Edward Hussey-Montagu 1st Earl Beaulieu [aged 41] was created 1st Baron Beaulieu of Beaulieu in Hampshire with a special remainder to his heirs male with his current wife Isabella Montagu Duchess Manchester [aged 56].
On 12th May 1762 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 53] was created 1st Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley [aged 65] was created 1st Baron Bingley. Harriet Benson Baroness Bingley [aged 57] by marriage Baroness Bingley.
On 10th October 1765 [his father-in-law] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 77] died at Knole House, Sevenoaks. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Duke Dorset, 8th Earl Dorset, 3rd Earl Middlesex, 8th Baron Buckhurst, 3rd Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 14th June 1767 John Damer [aged 22] and Anne Seymour-Conway [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Field Marshal Henry Seymour-Conway [aged 46] and Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 46]. He the son of Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 49] and Caroline Sackville Lady Milton.
On 5th January 1769 [his brother-in-law] Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset [aged 57] died. His nephew John [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Duke Dorset, 9th Earl Dorset, 4th Earl Middlesex, 9th Baron Buckhurst, 4th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 24th March 1775 [his wife] Caroline Sackville Lady Milton died.
In 15th August 1776 [his son] John Damer [aged 32] shot himself at the Bedford Arms Covent Garden being heavily in debt.
On 15th May 1792 Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 74] was created 1st Earl Dorchester. His London townhouse Dorchester House Park Lane is named after his Earldom.
On 12th January 1798 Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 79] died. His son George [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Earl Dorchester, 2nd Baron Milton of Shronehill in Tipperary, 2nd Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset.