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Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688 - 1765)

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Birthplace: Northamptonshire, England
Death: June 12, 1765 (77)
Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
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Son of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and Mary Sackville
Husband of Elizabeth, Duchess of Dorset
Father of Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex, 2nd Duke of Dorset; John Philip Sackville; George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville; Elizabeth Sackville and Caroline Sackville
Brother of Mary Sackville
Half brother of Ann Lee Turner

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About Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset

Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, 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. Styled Lord Buckhurst from birth, 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 1st Earl of Portmore), in January 1709. Their sons were:

   * Charles, Earl of Middlesex (later 2nd Duke of Dorset)
   * Lord John Sackville (father of the 3rd Duke of Dorset)
   * Lord George Sackville (later Lord George Germain and 1st Viscount Sackville)

Dorset served twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, from 1731 to 1737 and again from 1751 to 1755. In 1739, at the foundation of the Foundling Hospital, he was one of that charity's original governors.

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Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset's Timeline

1688
January 18, 1688
Northamptonshire, England
1711
1711
1713
June 22, 1713
Dorset, Kent, England
1716
January 26, 1716
1765
June 12, 1765
Age 77
Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
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