Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant-General The Honourable |
Sir James Dormer | |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1834 |
Death Date: | 3 May 1893 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army |
Rank: | Lieutenant-General |
Commands: | Madras Army |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General The Honourable Sir James Charlemagne Dormer (26 January 1834 – 3 May 1893) was a British Army officer.
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.[1] 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 Council of the Governor of Fort St George in 1891.[1] 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 Mansfield Clarke as commander-in-chief of the Madras Army.[2] [3] His eldest son Roland succeeded his uncle as Baron Dormer.[1]
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