Lionel Cranfield Sackville KG PC (1688 - 1765)

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Died 9 Oct 1765 at age 77 in Knole, Kent, England

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Lionel Sackville was a member of the aristocracy in England.

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Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset KG PC (18 January 1688 – 10 October 1765) was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was the son of the 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex, and the former Lady Mary Compton, younger daughter of the 3rd Earl of Northampton. He succeeded his father as 7th Earl of Dorset and 2nd Earl of Middlesex in 1706, and was created Duke of Dorset in 1720. He married Elizabeth Colyear, the daughter of Lieutenant-General Walter Colyear (brother of the David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore), in January 1709. She later became a Lady of the Bedchamber (1714–1737) and Mistress of the Robes (1723–1731) to Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II. He d. at Knole on 9 Oct 1765.

He died on the 10th of October 1765. ^[1]

Children:

1. Charles, Earl of Middlesex (later 2nd Duke of Dorset)
2. Lord John Sackville (father of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset)
3. Lord George Sackville (later Lord George Germain and 1st Viscount Sackville)
4. Elizabeth, who married Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth
5. Carolline, who married Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester.

Sources

1. ↑ Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 1715-1886, Volume IV: Sackville Lionel Cranfield, Duke of Dorset

• Wikipedia: Lionel Sackville 1st Duke of Dorset

• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 50 Sackville, Lionel Cranfield by George Fisher Russell Barker