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, 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, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments).
SABINE, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 7) Apr 1729; left 1733.
SABINE, JOSEPH, brother of John Sabine (qv); bapt. Tewin, Herts. 23 Sep 1721 (IGI); in school list 1731; left 1737; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Mar 1738, aged 16, scholar 28 Apr 1738, readm. as fellow commoner 22 Oct 1739, matr. 1738; 2nd Lieut., 23rd Foot 17 Jul 1739; Capt., 22 Apr 1742; killed at battle of Fontenoy 30 Apr 1745.
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.
Silversmiths. Established in Bristol by Abraham Solomon Blanckensee in 1826, moved to Birmingham shortly afterwards. entered business with Saul Samuel as Blanckensee, Samuel & Co. The partnership dissolved in 1858. Converted in 1887 to S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd.