Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akabhabhatidzwa muSt Benet's muLondon, aiva mwanakomana waRobert Dormer, 1st Earl weCarnarvon naLady Anna Sophia Herbert, mwanasikana waPhilip Herbert, 4th Earl wePembroke. Dormer akadzidziswa paYunivhesiti yeOxford, kwaakapedza kudzidza Master of Arts muna 1648. Muna 1643, parufu rwababa vake muHondo Yokutanga yeNewbury
akatsiva zita rababa vake ndokuva Mutungamiriri weNhaka Avenor uye Muchengeti weHawks yaMambo. Amai vake vakanga vafa mwedzi mishomanana yakanga yapfuura.