Lieutenant-General The Honourable Sir James Dormer | |
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![]() "Madras" – Caricature by his daughter Mary Catherine Rees under the pseudonym "Bint" published in
Vanity Fair in 1891 | |
Born | 26 January 1834 |
Died | 3 May 1893 |
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Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands held | Madras Army |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General The Honourable Sir James Charlemagne Dormer KCB (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]
Lieutenant-General The Honourable Sir James Dormer | |
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![]() "Madras" – Caricature by his daughter Mary Catherine Rees under the pseudonym "Bint" published in
Vanity Fair in 1891 | |
Born | 26 January 1834 |
Died | 3 May 1893 |
Allegiance |
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Service/ |
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Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands held | Madras Army |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General The Honourable Sir James Charlemagne Dormer KCB (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]