# John Damer

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{{Short description|Anglo-Irish politician (1744–1776)}}
{{about||his cousin, the English landowner and politician|John Damer (1720–1783)}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [Hon.](/source/The_Honourable)
| name = John Damer
| honorific_suffix = [MP](/source/Member_of_parliament)
| image =Batoni, Pompeo - The Hon. John Damer.jpg
| caption=portrait by [Pompeo Batoni](/source/Pompeo_Batoni)
| image_size =
| order1 = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Gatton](/source/Gatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| term_start1 = 21 March 1768
| term_end1 = 7 October 1774
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth date text|25 June 1744}}
| birth_place = [Shronell](/source/Shronell), [County Tipperary](/source/County_Tipperary)
| death_date = {{death date and age text|15 August 1776|25 June 1744}}
| death_place = [Covent Garden](/source/Covent_Garden), London
| party = [Whig](/source/Whigs_(British_political_party))
| alma_mater = [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge)
| spouse = [Anne Seymour Conway](/source/Anne_Seymour_Damer) (m. 14 June 1767, d. 1828)
}}

'''John Damer''' (25 June 1744 – 15 August 1776) was an Anglo-Irish [Whig](/source/Whigs_(British_political_party)) politician.

==Family==
John was the first of three sons of [Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester](/source/Joseph_Damer%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dorchester) by the Lady Caroline Sackville.  His mother was the daughter of [Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset](/source/Lionel_Cranfield_Sackville%2C_1st_Duke_of_Dorset) and his wife Elizabeth Colyear.  His maternal grandmother was the daughter of Lieutenant-General Walter Philip Colyear, and the niece of [David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore](/source/David_Colyear%2C_1st_Earl_of_Portmore).<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.</ref> His younger brothers were the Hon. [Lionel Damer](/source/Lionel_Damer) and the [George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester](/source/George_Damer%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dorchester).

==Education==
Damer was educated at [Eton](/source/Eton_College) (1755–61) and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) (1762).<ref>{{acad|id=DMR762J|name=Damer, the Hon. John}}</ref>

==Marriage==

He married the future sculptor [Anne Seymour Conway](/source/Anne_Seymour_Damer), daughter of Field Marshal Rt. Hon. [Henry Seymour Conway](/source/Henry_Seymour_Conway) and Lady Caroline Campbell, on 14 June 1767; she separated from him seven years later.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/anne-seymour-damer |title= Anne Seymour Damer |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= London Remembers |publisher= |access-date= July 22, 2025 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O8865/mrs-freeman-as-isis-bust-damer-anne-seymour/ |title= Mrs Freeman as Isis |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= V&A Museum |publisher= |access-date= July 22, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

==Political career==
Damer was the [member of parliament](/source/member_of_parliament) for [Gatton](/source/Gatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) (1768–1774).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/damer-hon-john-1744-76#offices-held|title=Damer, Hon. John (1744-76)|website=historyofparliamentonline.org|accessdate=20 January 2023}}</ref>

==Death==
Damer got heavily into debt and his father refused to help him financially. He shot himself on 15 August 1776 at the Bedford Arms, [Covent Garden](/source/Covent_Garden).<ref>Thornbury, Walter. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol3/pp255-269 "Covent Garden: Part 2 of 3.", Old and New London: Volume 3. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1878, pp. 255-269. British History Online.] Accessed 25 January 2023.</ref><ref>Alison Yarrington, "Damer, Anne Seymour (1749–1828)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7084 Subscription site]</ref>

==Legacy==
Damer is mentioned in the lyrics of the traditional Irish song "[Limerick Rake](/source/Limerick_Rake)".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.irish-folk-songs.com/the-limerick-rake-lyrics-and-chords.html |title= The Limerick Rake, lyrics and chords |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Irish Folk Songs |publisher= |access-date= July 22, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

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| title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Gatton](/source/Gatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| years = 1768–1774
| with = [Joseph Martin](/source/Joseph_Martin_(1726-1776))
| before = [Thomas Brand](/source/Thomas_Brand_(senior))
| before2 = [Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Harvey](/source/Edward_Harvey_(British_Army_officer))
| after = [Sir William Mayne](/source/William_Mayne%2C_1st_Baron_Newhaven)
| after2 = [Robert Scott](/source/Robert_Scott_(died_1808))
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