Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset

Summary

12th May 1762. Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 44] created. See 1762 Creation of New Peers.

12th January 1798. Son George Damer 2nd Earl Dorchester [aged 51] succeeded.

7th March 1808. George Damer 2nd Earl Dorchester extinct.

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 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.

On 7th March 1808 George Damer 2nd Earl Dorchester [aged 61] died unmarried in Park Lane. Earl Dorchester, Baron Milton of Shronehill in Tipperary, Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset extinct.