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Hon. John Damer (25 June 1744 – 15 August 1776) was a British Whig politician.
Family
John was the first of three sons of Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester by the Lady Caroline Sackville daughter of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset and of Elizabeth Colyear his wife daughter of Lieutenant-General Walter Philip Colyear brother to David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore. His younger brothers were the Hon. Lionel Damer and the George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester.
Education
Damer was educated at Eton (1755–61) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1762).
Marriage
He married Anne Seymour-Conway, daughter of Field Marshal Rt. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway and Lady Caroline Campbell, on 14 June 1767. She separated from him seven years later.
Political career
Damer was the Member of Parliament for Gatton 1768–1774.
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.