Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset

The Duke of Dorset

Personal information
Full name	Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
Born	6 February 1711 England
Died	5 January 1769 London, England
Batting style	unknown hand
Bowling style	underarm
Role	occasional player and patron
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1734	Kent
Career statistics
Source: Timothy J McCann, 17 July 2009

Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset PC (born 6 February 1711; died 5 January 1769 in London) was a British nobleman, politician, and cricketer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1711 to 1720 and Earl of Middlesex from 1720 to 1765.

Early life

Sackville was the eldest son of Lionel Sackville, 7th Earl of Dorset, created Duke of Dorset in 1720. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, receiving a MA in 1730.

Politics

He was bitterly opposed, politically, to his father, and ventured to oppose his candidates in the boroughs he controlled. He became an ally of Frederick, Prince of Wales. In the 1734 election, he was defeated at Kent, but was returned as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead. He was appointed Captain of Walmer Castle in September. He continued to sit for East Grinstead until 26 May 1741, when he accepted the office of High Steward of the Honour of Otford.

He was returned for Sussex in a by-election in 1742, and for Old Sarum at the 1747 election. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1743 until 1747, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Sussex on 20 October 1745. He was appointed Master of the Horse to the Prince of Wales in 1747, and served until Frederick's death in 1751. Middlesex married Hon. Grace Boyle, daughter and heir of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, on 30 October 1744, but they had no children.

During the 1754 election, he unsuccessfully contested Westminster, and held no seat until the next election. He returned to the House of Commons as Member for East Grinstead from 1761 until 1765.

In that year, he succeeded his father as Duke of Dorset, and also as Lord Lieutenant of Kent, and was made a Privy Councillor in 1766. However, he did not long enjoy the ducal honours. Upon his death in 1769 in London, he was succeeded by his nephew, John Sackville.

Cricket

Like other members of his family, particularly his brother and his nephew, Sackville had an interest in cricket but did not achieve their level of involvement, probably because of his political activity. He is known to have played for Kent during the 1734 English cricket season in the match against Sussex which is the earliest known game at Sevenoaks Vine.^[1] His brother Lord John Sackville played alongside him for Kent, who won the game; and Sir William Gage played for Sussex.^[2]

References

1. ^ McCann, p.15.
2. ^ From Lads to Lord's. Retrieved on 17 July 2009.

External links

•  "Sackville, Charles (1711-1769)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 
• From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787

Bibliography

• Timothy J McCann, Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century, Sussex Record Society, 2004
• Doyle, James William Edmund (1885). The Official Baronage of England. London: Longmans, Green. p. 630. http://books.google.com/books?id=B-kIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA630. Retrieved 2008-10-12. 
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by The Viscount Shannon The Viscount Palmerston	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead with Edward Conyers 1734–1741 Sir Whistler Webster 1741–1742 1734–1742	Succeeded by Sir Whistler Webster John Butler
Preceded by Henry Pelham James Butler	Member of Parliament for Sussex with Henry Pelham 1742–1747	Succeeded by Henry Pelham John Butler
Preceded by Thomas Pitt Sir William Irby, Bt	Member of Parliament for Old Sarum with The Viscount Doneraile 1747–1754 Paul Jodrell 1751 Simon Fanshawe 1751–1754 1747–1754	Succeeded by Viscount Pulteney Thomas Pitt
Preceded by Sir Whistler Webster Joseph Yorke	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead with Lord George Sackville 1761 Sir Thomas Hales, Bt 1761–1762 John Irwin 1762–1765 1761–1765	Succeeded by John Irwin Sir Charles Farnaby, Bt
Court offices
Vacant Title last held by The Earl of Cholmondeley	Master of the Horse to Frederick, Prince of Wales 1747–1751	Death of the Prince of Wales
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Dorset	Lord Lieutenant of Kent 1765–1769	Succeeded by The Duke of Dorset
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Lionel Sackville	Duke of Dorset 1765–1769	Succeeded by John Sackville

Persondata
Name	Dorset, Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke Of
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	6 February 1711
Place of birth	England
Date of death	5 January 1769
Place of death	London