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RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM, son of Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock (qv); b. 20 Aug 1767; adm. 12 Jan 1778; in school lists 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1784; MA 1787; DCL 1793; MP Surrey 19 Jan 1789-1807, Tavistock 1807 – Mar 1819, 1826-30; a Lord of the Admiralty 10 Feb 1806 – Apr 1807; m. 11 Jul 1789 Lady Charlotte Anne Villiers, dau. of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; murdered in his bedroom at 14 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London, 6 May 1840, by his Swiss valet François Benjamin Courvoisier.

SABINE, JOHN, son of General Joseph Sabine MP, Tewin Hall, Herts., Governor of Gibraltar, and his second wife Margaretta, youngest dau. of Charles Newsham, Chadshunt, Warwicks.; b. 13 Jul 1712; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1727; in school list 1729; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 19 Jan 1730/1, matr. 1731; adm. Middle Temple 9 Mar 1727/8; Grand Tour (Italy) 1737; 2nd Lieut., 23rd Foot 24 Jun 1712 [wrong date : check]; 1st Lieut., 28 Mar 1731; Capt., 28 Dec 1738; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 22 Apr 1742; [not in Army List 1759]; MP Bossiney Dec 1741 – Mar 1742; m. 1st, 6 May 1742 Susannah Osborne, Essex; m. 2nd, Ann, sister of Herbert Leighton (qv); d. 14 Jul 1776.

SACKVILLE, CHARLES, 6th EARL OF DORSET AND 1ST EARL OF MIDDLESEX, eldest son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset, and Hon. Frances Cranfield, dau. of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex; b. 24 Jan 1642/3; adm. 28 Oct 1657 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; styled Lord Buckhurst to 1675; MP East Grinstead 28 Mar 1661 – 4 Apr 1675; led a dissipated life around town; served as volunteer in naval battle against the Dutch 3 Jun 1665; envoy to Louis XIV of France 1669; a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles II 23 Dec 1669 – 6 Feb 1685; Lord Lieut., Sussex 15 Jul 1670 – 28 Feb 1688, also Lord Lieut., Dorset 1670 –85; inherited in 1674 the estates of his maternal uncle, Lionel, 3rd Earl of Middlesex; created Earl of Middlesex 4 Apr 1675; succ. father as 6th Earl of Dorset 27 Aug 1677; bearer of Queen’s Sceptre with Dove at coronation of James II; Lord Chamberlain of the Household 14 Feb 1689 – Apr 1697; Privy Councillor 14 Feb 1689; Lord Lieut., Sussex (again) from 17 Apr 1689, also Lord Lieut., Somerset 24 Jun 1690 – 3 Feb 1691; KG 24 Feb 1691/2; one of Lord Justices of the Realm during William III’s absences overseas; FRS 11 Jan 1698/9; a courtier and wit; author, To all you Ladies now at Land, 1665, and other occasional poems; m. 1st, Jun 1674 Mary, widow of Charles Berkeley, Earl of Falmouth, and dau. of Col. Hervey Bagot, Pipe Hall, Warwicks.; m. 2nd, 7 Mar 1685 Lady Mary Compton, dau. of James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton; m. 3rd, 27 Oct 1704 Mrs Anne Roche; d. 29 Jan 1705/6. DNB.

SACKVILLE, CHARLES, 2ND DUKE OF DORSET, eldest son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv); b. 6 Feb 1710/1; adm. May 1720; took part of Cassius in play Julius Caesar, acted by the boys “at the Theatre over against the Opera House” Jan 1727/8 (Life and Correspondence of Mrs Delany, 1st series, i, 158); styled Earl of Middlesex 1720-65; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Nov 1728; MA 1730; Grand Tour (Italy) 1731-3, 1736-8; member, Society of Dilettanti 1736; MP East Grinstead 1734-41, Sussex 14 Jan 1742-7, Old Sarum 17 Dec 1747-54, East Grinstead 1761 – 10 Oct 1765; a Lord of the Treasury 23 Dec 1743 – Jun 1747; Master of the Horse to Frederick, Prince of Wales 6 Oct 1747-51; succ. father as 2nd Duke of Dorset 10 Oct 1765; Lord Lieut., Kent, from 17 Dec 1765; Privy Councillor 10 Feb 1766; an extravagant man of fashion who spent large sums of money on the management of operas; played cricket for Kent in 1734 and 1735, and an enthusiastic supporter of the game; writer of verse, and author of A Treatise concerning the Militia, 1752; m. 30 Oct 1744 Hon. Grace Boyle, Mistress of the Robes to Augusta, Princess of Wales, dau. of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon (I); d. 5 Jan 1769. DNB.

SACKVILLE, HON. EDWARD, brother of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex (qv); b. 2 Apr 1644; adm. 28 Oct 1657 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; Ensign, Yeomen of the Guard, from 12 Aug 1668; Capt. in the Army; MP East Grinstead from 21 Apr 1675; d. unm. 10 Oct 1678.

GERMAIN, GEORGE, 1ST VISCOUNT SACKVILLE, third son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv); b. 26 Jan 1715/6; adm. Apr 1723; in school list 1731; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. nob. 3 Aug 1731; BA 1733; MA 1734; MP (I) Portarlington 1733-61; called to Irish bar 1734; Clerk of the Privy Council (I) from 1737; entered army as Capt., The Carabiniers 11 Jul 1737; Lieut. -Col., 28th Foot 19 Jul 1740; distinguished himself at battle of Fontenoy May 1745, at which he was wounded and taken prisoner; Col. in the Army 1 Jun 1745; Col., 20th Foot, 9 Apr 1746 – Nov 1749, 12th Dragoons, 1 Nov 1749 – Jan 1750, Carabineers 10 Jan 1750 – Apr 1757; Maj. -Gen., 22 Feb 1755; Col., 2nd Dragoon Guards 5 Apr 1757 – 10 Sep 1759; Lieut. -Gen. of the Ordnance 22 Dec 1757- Sep 1759; Lieut. -Gen., 27 Jan 1758; second-in-command, St. Malo expedition 1758; Commander-in-Chief, British Forces serving with allied army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, 1758; disobeyed Prince Ferdinand’s orders to lead cavalry in pursuit of the French at the battle of Minden 1 Aug 1759, and dismissed the service 10 Sep 1759; a subsequent court-martial requested by him found him guilty of disobedience to orders and adjudged him “unfit to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatever”, 5 Apr 1760; MP Dover 1741-61, Hythe 1761-8, East Grinstead 1768 - 11 Feb 1782; Chief Secretary for Ireland Dec 1750 - Apr 1755; Privy Councillor (I) 19 Jan 1751, struck off list 5 May 1760; Privy Councillor (GB) 27 Jan 1758, struck off list 25 Apr 1760, restored 20 Dec 1765; Joint Vice-Treasurer for Ireland 1765-6; assumed surname of Germain in lieu of Sackville by Act of Parliament 16 Feb 1770, having inherited Drayton estate in Northamptonshire from Lady Elizabeth Germain; fought a duel with Capt. George Johnstone MP in Hyde Park Dec 1770; Chief Commissioner of Trade and Foreign Plantations 10 Nov 1775 - Nov 1779; Secretary of State for the Colonies 10 Nov 1775 – 10 Feb 1782; created Viscount Sackville 11 Feb 1782; DL Sussex 1762; m. 3 Sep 1754 Diana, second dau. of John Sambrooke, and niece of Sir Jeffreys Sambrooke, Bart.; d. 26 Aug 1785. DNB.

SACKVILLE, JOHN FREDERICK, 3RD DUKE OF DORSET, only son of Lord John Philip Sackville (qv); b. 24 Mar 1745; adm. (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; MP Kent 1768 – 5 Jan 1769; succ. uncle as 3rd Duke of Dorset 5 Jan 1769; Lord Lieut., Kent 27 Jan 1769 – 30 Jun 1797; Grand Tour (Italy) 1770-1; member, Society of Dilettanti 1776; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard 11 Feb 1782 – 3 Apr 1783; Privy Councillor 11 Feb 1782; Ambassador to Paris 26 Dec 1783 – 8 Aug 1789; KG 9 Apr 1788; Lord Steward of the Household 7 Oct 1789 – 20 Feb 1799; Col. West Kent Militia 13 Apr 1778, with rank of Col. in the Army 2 Jul 1779; a member of the Hambledon and White Conduit cricket clubs; member of committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall, 25 Feb 1774, and also of the committee which drew up the original rules of the Marylebone Club; played cricket for Kent 1777-83, and allowed public use of his Vyne Ground at Sevenoaks; m. 4 Jan 1790 Arabella Diana, dau. of Sir Charles Cope, Bart.; d. 19 Jul 1799. DNB.

SACKVILLE, LORD JOHN PHILIP, son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv); b. 22 Jun 1713; adm. Sep 1721; in school list 1729; MP Tamworth 1734-47; Lieut. of Dover Castle Jul 1734; Equerry to Queen Caroline Sep 1736 [but not listed by Sainty]; Capt., 37th Foot 2 Apr 1734; Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 1 May 1740; “removed from the service” Sep 1746; Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales Jan 1744/5-9 [but not listed by Sainty]; latterly a lunatic and sent to live abroad; m. 1 Jan 1743/4 Hon. Frances Leveson Gower, fifth dau. of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); d. 3 Dec 1765.

SALISBURY, WILLIAM, third son of John Salisbury, Rug, Merionethshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Salisbury, Llewenny; b.; at school 1597; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1599; inherited family estates at Rug, Merionethshire, and Bachumbrydd, Denbighshire, in 1607; MP Merioneth 1620-2; raised regiment for King at outbreak of Civil War; his regiment formed the infantry reserve at battle of Edgehill Oct 1642 and forced the parliamentary barricades at Brentford; Governor of Denbigh Castle 1643-6, successfully defending in Nov 1643, and surrendering it on 27 Oct 1646, by when it was the last royalist outpost in North Wales; pardoned by Parliament 8 Aug 1648; m. Dorothy, dau. of Owain Vaughan; d. c. 1659. DNB.

SALUSBURY-BRERETON, OWEN, son of Thomas Brereton MP (afterwards Brereton-Salusbury), Duke Street, Westminster, and his first wife Mary (a widow on marriage), dau. of Brig. -Gen. Henry Trelawny MP, Whitley, Devon; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1724/5; KS 1729; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1734, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1734, scholar 2 May 1735, matr. 1734; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Dec 1734; migrated to Middle Temple 9 Jun 1738, called to bar 24 Nov 1738; readm. to Lincoln’s Inn 27 Nov 1746, Bencher 28 Jun 1756, Treasurer 1776; assumed surname of Salusbury before that of Brereton on death of his father; of Shotwick Park, Cheshire; Lottery Commissioner 1738; Recorder of Liverpool from Sep 1742; Baron of the Exchequer, Chester, from 21 Oct 1749; MP Ilchester 14 Dec 1775-80; Constable of Flint Castle from 1775; FRS 17 Jun 1762; FSA 24 Mar 1763; a well-known antiquary, who contributed several papers to Archaeologia; m. 1 Dec 1755 Katherine, dau. of William Whitmore MP, Lower Slaughter, Gloucs., and Apley, Shropshire; d. 8 Sep 1798. DNB.