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	\| name =Sir James Dormer		\| name =Sir James Dormer
	\| image =James Charlemagne Dormer, Vanity Fair, 1891-01-24.jpg		\| image =James Charlemagne Dormer, Vanity Fair, 1891-01-24.jpg
	\| caption ="Madras". Caricature by "~~BINT~~" published in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine 1868-1914)\|Vanity Fair]] in 1891		\| caption ="Madras". Caricature by his daughter Mary Catherine Rees under the pseudonym "Bint" published in [[Vanity Fair (British magazine 1868-1914)\|Vanity Fair]] in 1891
	\| birth_date =26 January 1834		\| birth_date =26 January 1834
	\| death_date =3 May 1893		\| death_date =3 May 1893
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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Dormer was the younger son of Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th [[Baron Dormer]]. He became Chief of Staff of army of occupation in [[Egypt]] in 1882, Deputy Adjutant-General for auxiliary forces in 1885 and General Officer Commanding commanding [[Dublin]] District in 1886.<ref name=bio>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/dormer1615.htm Cracroft's Peerage]</ref> He went to command the [[British Troops in Egypt]] in 1888 and become Commander-in-Chief of the [[Madras Army]] and a Member of the [[Madras Legislative Council\|Council of the Governor of Fort St George]] in 1891.<ref name=bio/> He died after being mauled by a tiger while ~~commanding~~ the Madras Army.<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41788/41788-h/41788-h.htm General Gatacre]</ref> His eldest son [[Roland Dormer, 13th Baron Dormer\|Roland]] succeeded his uncle as [[Baron Dormer]].<ref name=bio/>		Dormer was the younger son of Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th [[Baron Dormer]]. He became Chief of Staff of army of occupation in [[Egypt]] in 1882, Deputy Adjutant-General for auxiliary forces in 1885 and General Officer Commanding commanding [[Dublin]] District in 1886.<ref name=bio>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/dormer1615.htm Cracroft's Peerage]</ref> He went to command the [[British Troops in Egypt]] in 1888 and become Commander-in-Chief of the [[Madras Army]] and a Member of the [[Madras Legislative Council\|Council of the Governor of Fort St George]] in 1891.<ref name=bio/> He died from injuries on 3rd May after being mauled by a tiger while on a hunt on 25 April 1893 in the Nilgiris. He was succeeded by General [[Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet\|Mansfield Clarke]] as commander-in-chief of the Madras Army.<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41788/41788-h/41788-h.htm General Gatacre]</ref><ref>{{cite book \|author=Burgess, James \|url=https://archive.org/details/chronologyofmode00burguoft/page/427/mode/1up \|title=The chronology of Modern India, for four hundred years from the close of the fifteenth century, A.D. 1494-1894 \|publisher=John Grant \|year=1913 \|place=Edinburgh \|page=427}}</ref> His eldest son [[Roland Dormer, 13th Baron Dormer\|Roland]] succeeded his uncle as [[Baron Dormer]].<ref name=bio/>

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	[[Lieutenant General]] The Honourable '''Sir James Charlemagne Dormer''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCB}} (26 January 1834 – 3 May 1893) was a [[British Army]] officer.		[[Lieutenant General]] The Honourable '''Sir James Charlemagne Dormer''' {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|KCB}} (26 January 1834 – 3 May 1893) was a [[British Army]] officer.

	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Dormer was the younger son of Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th [[Baron Dormer]]. He became Chief of Staff of army of occupation in [[Egypt]] in 1882, Deputy Adjutant-General for auxiliary forces in 1885 and General Officer Commanding commanding [[Dublin]] District in 1886.<ref name=bio>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk~~/online/content~~/dormer1615.htm Cracroft's Peerage]</ref> He went to command the [[British Troops in Egypt]] in 1888 and become Commander-in-Chief of the [[Madras Army]] and a Member of the [[Madras Legislative Council\|Council of the Governor of Fort St George]] in 1891.<ref name=bio/> He died after being mauled by a tiger while commanding the Madras Army.<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41788/41788-h/41788-h.htm General Gatacre]</ref> His eldest son [[Roland Dormer, 13th Baron Dormer\|Roland]] succeeded his uncle as [[Baron Dormer]].<ref name=bio/>		Dormer was the younger son of Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th [[Baron Dormer]]. He became Chief of Staff of army of occupation in [[Egypt]] in 1882, Deputy Adjutant-General for auxiliary forces in 1885 and General Officer Commanding commanding [[Dublin]] District in 1886.<ref name=bio>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/dormer1615.htm Cracroft's Peerage]</ref> He went to command the [[British Troops in Egypt]] in 1888 and become Commander-in-Chief of the [[Madras Army]] and a Member of the [[Madras Legislative Council\|Council of the Governor of Fort St George]] in 1891.<ref name=bio/> He died after being mauled by a tiger while commanding the Madras Army.<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41788/41788-h/41788-h.htm General Gatacre]</ref> His eldest son [[Roland Dormer, 13th Baron Dormer\|Roland]] succeeded his uncle as [[Baron Dormer]].<ref name=bio/>

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	* {{cite book\|title=[[The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal]]: being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England. The Anne of Exeter volume\|pages=276~~\|id=~~\|publisher=Genealogical Pub. Co.\|year=1994\|isbn=0806314362}}		* {{cite book\|title=[[The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal]]: being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England. The Anne of Exeter volume\|pages=276\|publisher=Genealogical Pub. Co.\|year=1994\|isbn=0806314362}}

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[[Lieutenant General]] The Honourable '''Sir James Charlemagne Dormer''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (26 January 1834 – 3 May 1893) was a [[British Army]] officer.

==Military career==
Dormer was the younger son of Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th [[Baron Dormer]]. He became Chief of Staff of army of occupation in [[Egypt]] in 1882, Deputy Adjutant-General for auxiliary forces in 1885 and General Officer Commanding commanding [[Dublin]] District in 1886.<ref name=bio>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/dormer1615.htm Cracroft's Peerage]</ref> He went to command the [[British Troops in Egypt]] in 1888 and become Commander-in-Chief of the [[Madras Army]] and a Member of the [[Madras Legislative Council|Council of the Governor of Fort St George]] in 1891.<ref name=bio/> He died after being mauled by a tiger while commanding the Madras Army.<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41788/41788-h/41788-h.htm General Gatacre]</ref> His eldest son [[Roland Dormer, 13th Baron Dormer|Roland]] succeeded his uncle as [[Baron Dormer]].<ref name=bio/>

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book|title=[[The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal]]: being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England. The Anne of Exeter volume|pages=276|id=|publisher=Genealogical Pub. Co.|year=1994|isbn=0806314362}}

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