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'''Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset''' (6 February 1711 - 5 January 1769), was an [[English poetry|English poet]] and politician.<ref name=dnb5088>Barker, 88.</ref> |
'''Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset''' (6 February 1711 - 5 January 1769), was an [[English poetry|English poet]] and politician.<ref name=dnb5088>Barker, 88.</ref> |
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+ | Sackville was born on 6 February 1711, and baptised at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields on the 25th of the same month, the eldest son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st duke of Dorset, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant-general Walter Philip Colyear.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
| + | He was educated at [[Westminster School]] and at [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he matriculated on 27 November 1728, and earned an [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|M.A.]] on 15 September 1730.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
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Sackville had a long and bitter quarrel with his father, whom he actually opposed in his own boroughs, and became an intimate friend of Frederick, prince of Wales. At the general election in April 1734 he unsuccessfully contested Kent, but was returned for East Grinstead, which he continued to represent until his appointment as high steward of the honor of Otford on 26 May 1741.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
Sackville had a long and bitter quarrel with his father, whom he actually opposed in his own boroughs, and became an intimate friend of Frederick, prince of Wales. At the general election in April 1734 he unsuccessfully contested Kent, but was returned for East Grinstead, which he continued to represent until his appointment as high steward of the honor of Otford on 26 May 1741.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
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| − | On 30 October 1744, he married Grace Boyle, the only daughter and heiress of Richard, 2nd viscount Shannon, by his 2nd wife, Grace, daughter of John Senhouse of Netherhall, Cumberland. She is described by Horace Walpole as "very short, very plain, and very yellow: a vain girl, full of Greek and Latin, and music, and painting; but neither mischievous nor political" (Walpole, ''Reign of George II'', i. 76). She succeeded Lady Archibald Hamilton as mistress of the robes to Augusta, princess of Wales, in July 1745, and became the object of the prince's most devoted attention. She died on 10 May 1763, and was buried at Walton-on-Thames on the 17th.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
+ | On 30 October 1744, he married Grace Boyle, the only daughter and heiress of Richard, 2nd viscount Shannon, by his 2nd wife, Grace, daughter of John Senhouse of Netherhall, Cumberland. She is described by [[Horace Walpole]] as "very short, very plain, and very yellow: a vain girl, full of Greek and Latin, and music, and painting; but neither mischievous nor political" (Walpole, ''Reign of George II'', i. 76). She succeeded Lady Archibald Hamilton as mistress of the robes to Augusta, princess of Wales, in July 1745, and became the object of the prince's most devoted attention. She died on 10 May 1763, and was buried at Walton-on-Thames on the 17th.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
| − | Sackville sat for Sussex from January 1742 to June 1747, and was |
+ | Sackville sat for Sussex from January 1742 to June 1747, and was a lord of the treasury in Henry Pelham's administration from 23 December 1743 to June 1747, when he was appointed master of the horse to Frederick, prince of Wales. He was returned for Old Sarum at a by-election in December 1747, and continued to represent that borough until the dissolution of parliament in April 1754. He was without a seat in the House of Commons during the whole of the next parliament. At the general election in March 1761 he was again elected for East Grinstead.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
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+ | He succeeded his father as duke of Dorset on 9 October 1765, and took his seat in the House of Lords on 17 December. On 10 February 1766 he was admitted a member of the privy council, and sworn in as lord-lieutenant of Kent.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
| − | Dorset was a dissolute and extravagant man of fashion. One of his chief passions was the direction of operas, in which he not only wasted immense sums of money, but "stood lawsuits in Westminster Hall with some of those poor devils for their salaries.' (Walpole, ''Reign of George II'', 1847, i. 97; see also Walpole's Letters, 1857–9, i. 88, 140, 239–40, 244, et seq.). According to Lord Shelburne, Dorset's appearance towards the close of his life was "always that of a proud, disgusted, melancholy, solitary man," while his conduct savoured strongly of madness. He spoke little or not at all in the House of Peers, but he wrote a number of detached verses and ''A Treatise concerning the Militia in Four Sections'', London, 1752, 8vo.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
+ | Dorset was a dissolute and extravagant man of fashion. One of his chief passions was the direction of operas, in which he not only wasted immense sums of money, but "stood lawsuits in Westminster Hall with some of those poor devils for their salaries.' (Walpole, ''Reign of George II'', 1847, i. 97; see also Walpole's ''Letters'', 1857–9, i. 88, 140, 239–40, 244, et seq.). According to Lord Shelburne, Dorset's appearance towards the close of his life was "always that of a proud, disgusted, melancholy, solitary man," while his conduct savoured strongly of madness. He spoke little or not at all in the House of Peers, but he wrote a number of detached verses and ''A Treatise concerning the Militia in Four Sections'', London, 1752, 8vo.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
| − | He died at his house in St. James's Street, Piccadilly, on 5 January, 1769, aged 57, and was buried at Withyham, Sussex, on |
+ | He died at his house in St. James's Street, Piccadilly, on 5 January, 1769, aged 57, and was buried at Withyham, Sussex, on 11 January.<ref name=dnb5088/> |
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*''A Treatise Concerning the Militia; in four sections''. London: J. Millan, 1752.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3Acharles+sackville+1769&qt=advanced&dblist=638 Search results = au:Charles Sackville 1769], WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 6, 2016.</ref> |
*''A Treatise Concerning the Militia; in four sections''. London: J. Millan, 1752.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3Acharles+sackville+1769&qt=advanced&dblist=638 Search results = au:Charles Sackville 1769], WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 6, 2016.</ref> |
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*[http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/AuthorRecord.php?&method=GET&recordid=33550 Charles Sackville (1711-1769)] at [[English Poetry, 1579-1830]] |
*[http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/AuthorRecord.php?&method=GET&recordid=33550 Charles Sackville (1711-1769)] at [[English Poetry, 1579-1830]] |
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Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (1711-1769). Portrait by Rosalba Carreira (1675-1757), 1730. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (6 February 1711 - 5 January 1769), was an English poet and politician.[1]
Life
Sackville was born on 6 February 1711, and baptised at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields on the 25th of the same month, the eldest son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st duke of Dorset, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant-general Walter Philip Colyear.[1]
He was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated on 27 November 1728, and earned an M.A. on 15 September 1730.[1]
Dareer
Sackville had a long and bitter quarrel with his father, whom he actually opposed in his own boroughs, and became an intimate friend of Frederick, prince of Wales. At the general election in April 1734 he unsuccessfully contested Kent, but was returned for East Grinstead, which he continued to represent until his appointment as high steward of the honor of Otford on 26 May 1741.[1]
On 30 October 1744, he married Grace Boyle, the only daughter and heiress of Richard, 2nd viscount Shannon, by his 2nd wife, Grace, daughter of John Senhouse of Netherhall, Cumberland. She is described by Horace Walpole as "very short, very plain, and very yellow: a vain girl, full of Greek and Latin, and music, and painting; but neither mischievous nor political" (Walpole, Reign of George II, i. 76). She succeeded Lady Archibald Hamilton as mistress of the robes to Augusta, princess of Wales, in July 1745, and became the object of the prince's most devoted attention. She died on 10 May 1763, and was buried at Walton-on-Thames on the 17th.[1]
Sackville sat for Sussex from January 1742 to June 1747, and was a lord of the treasury in Henry Pelham's administration from 23 December 1743 to June 1747, when he was appointed master of the horse to Frederick, prince of Wales. He was returned for Old Sarum at a by-election in December 1747, and continued to represent that borough until the dissolution of parliament in April 1754. He was without a seat in the House of Commons during the whole of the next parliament. At the general election in March 1761 he was again elected for East Grinstead.[1]
He succeeded his father as duke of Dorset on 9 October 1765, and took his seat in the House of Lords on 17 December. On 10 February 1766 he was admitted a member of the privy council, and sworn in as lord-lieutenant of Kent.[1]
Dorset was a dissolute and extravagant man of fashion. One of his chief passions was the direction of operas, in which he not only wasted immense sums of money, but "stood lawsuits in Westminster Hall with some of those poor devils for their salaries.' (Walpole, Reign of George II, 1847, i. 97; see also Walpole's Letters, 1857–9, i. 88, 140, 239–40, 244, et seq.). According to Lord Shelburne, Dorset's appearance towards the close of his life was "always that of a proud, disgusted, melancholy, solitary man," while his conduct savoured strongly of madness. He spoke little or not at all in the House of Peers, but he wrote a number of detached verses and A Treatise concerning the Militia in Four Sections, London, 1752, 8vo.[1]
He died at his house in St. James's Street, Piccadilly, on 5 January, 1769, aged 57, and was buried at Withyham, Sussex, on 11 January.[1]
Recognition
His portrait, painted for the Dilettanti Society by George Knapton, was exhibited at South Kensington in 1868.[1]
Publications
Non-fiction
- A Treatise Concerning the Militia; in four sections. London: J. Millan, 1752.[2]
See also
References
Barker, George Russsell Hill (1897) "Sackville, Charles (1711-1769)" in Lee, Sidney Dictionary of National Biography 50 London: Smith, Elder, p. 88. Wikisource, Nov. 8, 2016.
Notes
External links
- Poems
- About
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain, the Dictionary of National Biography (edited by Leslie Stephen). London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900. Original article is at: Sackville, Charles (1711-1769)
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