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From Sir James, Dorney Court has passed from father to son in direct succession in the Palmer family down to the present day. His younger son was created Earl of Castlemaine but his older son inherited Dorney (Sir Philip Palmer, 1615–1683). Sir Philip's fourth but, at his death, oldest surviving son was Charles Palmer of Dorney (1651–1714). [2]
Sir Henry married into the Palmers of Dorney court via Phoebe Palmer, the marriage was known as a 'marriage of cousins'. A fine portrait of Sir Henry Palmer¹ hangs in Buckland Abbey and a portrait of hus son Sir Henry hangs prominently at Dorney Court near Windsor.
The first pineapple in the UK was grown in Dorney Court, [5] leading to a pub in the village being named The Pineapple. It is Grade II listed for its age, dating half to the 17th century and half to the 18th century. [6] In 1961, a cornfield in Dorney was the scene of a nationally reported abduction.
Well educated, he moved to court and by 1609 had become a servant of the Earl of Montgomery. Under his patronage he was elected a Member of Parliament for Queenborough in 1621. In 1622, he was appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber to King James I and in 1629 a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to his son King Charles I, to whom he donated the ...
Garrard was a younger son of Sir William Garrard or Garret, Haberdasher (1518-1571), of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, who bought the manor of Dorney in 1542, and became Lord Mayor of London in 1555. [2] His mother was Isabel, daughter of Julian Nethermill, of Coventry, [3] and his paternal grandfather was John Gerrard, alias Garret, of ...
Barbara Palmer née Villiers, Lady Castlemaine by Sir Peter Lely.. Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine, PC (3 September 1634 – 21 July 1705) was an English courtier, diplomat, and briefly a member of parliament, sitting in the House of Commons of England for part of 1660.
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Dorney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Dorney (born 1947), British footballer; Esmond Dorney (1906–1991), Australian architect; Jack Dorney (born 1990), British footballer; John Dorney, British writer and actor; Keith Dorney (born 1957), American football player; Kiernan Dorney (1912–2007), Australian surgeon