James Charlemagne Dormer

Dormer was the younger son of Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 11th Baron Dormer. He became Chief of Staff of the army of occupation in Egypt in 1882, Deputy Adjutant-General for auxiliary forces in 1885 and General Officer Commander commanding Dublin District in 1886.^[1] He went to command the British Troops in Egypt in 1888 and became 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. General Mansfield Clarke succeeded him as commander-in-chief of the Madras Army.^[2][3] His eldest son, Roland, succeeded his uncle as Baron Dormer.^[1]

• 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. Genealogical Pub. Co. 1994. p. 276. ISBN 0806314362.