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    Earl of Dorchester, in the County of Dorset, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1792 for Joseph Damer, 1st Baron Milton. He...
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    building was constructed in 1751. It was named Dorchester House in 1792 after Damer became the Earl of Dorchester. In the early 19th century it became known...
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  • Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester (12 March 1718 – 12 January 1798) was a country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741...
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  • Dorchester may refer to: Dorchester, Dorset, the county town of Dorset Dorchester (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in...
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    1st Marquess of Dorchester, who had succeeded as the fifth Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1690. The dukedom became extinct on the death of the second Duke...
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    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...
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    Milton Abbey School (category Church of England private schools in the Diocese of Salisbury)
    Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. Milton Abbey School offers the English curriculum of GCSEs, A-levels, and BTECs. The school was named BTEC School of the Year...
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    Marquess of Dorchester, PC, FRS, FRCP (March 1606 – 8 December 1680) was an English peer. He was the son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull...
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    John King (journalist) (category American people of Irish descent)
    get 'Late Edition' job". Politico. Earl Taylor. "Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1751: John King". Dorchester Historical Society. Retrieved July...
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    Dorchester (/ˈdɔːrtʃɛstər/) is a neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km2) in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally...
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    of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore (née Sedley; 21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), was an English noble and courtier. She was the mistress of King...
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    Weymouth Caroline, who married Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. "Sackville, Lionel Cranfield" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder &...
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    son, whose heir apparent is his son Henry Dawson-Damer (born 2009). Earl of Dorchester "No. 12661". The London Gazette. 2 July 1785. p. 322. "No. 11679"...
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  • William Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow (category Members of the Irish House of Lords)
    married Mary Damer, daughter of Joseph Damer and sister of Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. They had five sons and three daughters. Dawson was succeeded...
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    Mayfair (category Districts of the City of Westminster)
    Dorchester is named after Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. The first building here was erected by Joseph Damer in 1751, and renamed Dorchester House...
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  • Earl Dorchester Hanson (c.1927 – October 26, 1993) was born in Northern India to Methodist Missionaries. He attended an American-run missionary school...
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  • 2nd Earl of Dorchester 15 June 1803 – 7 March 1808 Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby 17 April 1808 – 12 May 1856 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury...
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    younger brother of the 5th Earl, inherited the title of 6th Earl upon the death of his older brother in 1811. The 6th Earl represented Dorchester in Parliament...
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  • Lieutenant of Dorsetshire Baron Dorchester Baroness Dorchester Viscount Dorchester Countess of Dorchester Earl of Dorchester Marquess of Dorchester Lord Dorchester...
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    Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. Between 1714 and 1737 She was a Lady of the Bedchamber and to Caroline of Ansbach, wife of King George II of Great Britain...
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  • Milton Abbey in the County of Dorset, at the same time he became Earl of Dorchester. A subsidiary title of the Earl of Dorchester This disambiguation page...
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    Roscrea (category Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe)
    within the walls of the castle. During the 18th century Joseph Damer (created Baron Milton in 1762 and later created the Earl of Dorchester in 1792) owned...
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  • 1st Earl of Dorchester (b. 12 March 1718, d. 12 January 1798, m. 27 July 1742 to Lady Caroline Sackville, daughter of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset)...
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    building was constructed in 1751. It was named Dorchester House in 1792 after Damer became the Earl of Dorchester. In the early 19th century it became known...
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    Milton, the first Earl of Dorchester and owner of Milton Abbey, decided that the adjacent market town, Middleton, was disturbing his vision of rural peace....
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    George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies)
    1749, John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, examining individuals' political support for and on behalf of Frederick, Prince of Wales, considered Pitt "not...
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  • Allen, Irish-born early twentieth-century aviator George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester PC, PC (Ire) (1746–1808), British politician, styled Viscount Milton...
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    Massey Pigott Carleton, 2nd Baron Dorchester (1876–1963) Marquess of Dorchester Earl of Dorchester Viscount Dorchester "No. 12775". The London Gazette....
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    Dorchester (/ˈdɔːrtʃɛstər/ DOR-ches-tər) is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic...
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    1669 and named for the Earl of Dorset, a family friend of the Calverts (the founding family of the Maryland colony). Dorchester County comprises the Cambridge...
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