Sackville, Lionel Cranfield, 1688-1765

SACKVILLE, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST DUKE OF DORSET, only son of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex (qv), and his second wife; b. 18 Jan 1688; adm.; spoke Prior’s epilogue to Dryden’s play Cleomenes, acted by the boys in 1695 (Williams, Memoirs of Francis Atterbury, 1864, i, 14); succ. father as 7th Earl of Dorset and 2nd Earl of Middlesex 29 Jan 1705/6; Grand Tour (Italy) 1706-7; a Lord of the Bedchamber 18 Sep 1714 – Jul 1717; KG 9 Dec 1714; Privy Councillor 16 Nov 1714; created Duke of Dorset 17 Jun 1720; Lord Steward of the Household 30 May 1725 – Jun 1730; Lord Lieut., Ireland 19 Jun 1730 – Mar 1737; Lord Steward of the Household Feb 1737 – Jan 1745; Lord President of the Council 3 Jan 1745 – Jun 1751; Lord Lieut., Ireland 6 Dec 1750 – Feb 1755; Master of the Horse 29 Mar 1755 – Jul 1757; acted on seven occasions as one of the Lord Justices in the absence abroad of the King; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports; Lord Lieut., Kent, from 8 Jul 1746; DCL Oxford 15 Sep 1730/1; Busby Trustee 14 Mar 1720/1; m. Jan 1709 Elizabeth, Maid of Honour to Queen Anne, and subsequently Mistress of the Robes to Queen Caroline as Princess of Wales and Queen, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Walter Philip Colyear; d. 10 Oct 1765. DNB.

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