Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
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| Born | 6 February 1711 England |
| Died | 5 January 1769 (aged 57) London, England |
| Parent(s) | Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset Elizabeth Colyear |
Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
Early life
Sackville was the eldest son of
Politics
Sackville 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
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
Opera
After a second
Cricket
Like other members of his family, particularly his brother and his nephew, Sackville had an interest in
References
- ^ "SACKVILLE, Charles, Earl of Middlesex (1711-69)". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ McCann, p.15.
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. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
External links
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Charles Sackville at the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA)
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