Earl of Dorchester
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The title Earl of Dorchester, in the County of Dorset, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1792, together with the title Viscount Milton, of Milton Abbey in the County of Dorset, for the 1st Baron Milton. He had already been created Baron Milton, of Shronehill in the County of Tipperary, in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1753 and Baron Milton, of Milton Abbey in the County of Dorset, in the Peerage of Great Britain, in 1762. All four titles became extinct on the death of the 2nd Earl in 1808.
The title Countess of Dorchester had previously been created in the Peerage of England in 1686, together with the title Baroness Darlington, as life peerages, for Catherine Sedley, a mistress of King James II. Both titles became extinct on her death in 1717, but her heirs were Earls of Portmore in the Peerage of Scotland.
[edit] Countess of Dorchester (1686–1717)
- Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657–1717)
[edit] Earls of Dorchester (1792–1808)
- Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester (1718–1798)
- George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester (1746–1808)
