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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.