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Sackville, Lionel Cranfield, 1688-1765
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1688-1765
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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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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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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.