Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset
Sir Robert Peel, Bt | |
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Preceded by | The Earl of Albemarle |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Albemarle |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 August 1767 |
Died | 29 July 1843 | (aged 75)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Tory |
Parent(s) | George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville Diana Sambrooke |
Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset
Background
Born Charles Sackville, he was the eldest son of Lord George Sackville. His father changed the family surname to Germain in 1770 and was created Viscount Sackville in 1782. Dorset re-incorporated the former surname as a double-barrelled one later in life.
Career
Germain succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1785, inheriting
Death and memorial
Dorset died unmarried and childless in 1843 and his titles, a viscountcy and dukedom, became extinct. His memorial is in St Peter's Church, Lowick, Northamptonshire – a black lettering-etched white marble chest-tomb by Richard Westmacott, large draped mantle, coronet on cushion with a human-size angel seated alongside, its only coloured feature is its shield.
Estates
Charles had succeeded in 1785 to the vast bulk of the parish of Lowick, including the grand 13th-century-core
Charles was also dealing with five Northamptonshire manors by recovery in 1788 and 1791. He or his predecessor in the dukedom had in addition bought more modest nearby Pyels (a.k.a. Vaux) manor, Woodford, Northamptonshire between 1800 and 1843.
On his death in 1843, all the estates passed to his niece Mrs. Caroline Harriet Stopford Sackville (née Sackville) (died 1908) and had descended by 1930 into the hands of Nigel Victor Stopford Sackville, the only surviving son of her second son.[5]
References
- ^ "No. 17772". The London Gazette. 11 December 1821. p. 2405.
- ^ "No. 19226". The London Gazette. 2 January 1835. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 18216". The London Gazette. 31 January 1826. p. 212.
- ^ 'Parishes: Lowick', A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1930), pp. 231–243. British History Online (The University of Portsmouth and others) http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/northants/vol3/pp231-243 Accessed 17 September 2017.
- ^ 'Parishes: Woodford', in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1930), pp. 255–262. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/northants/vol3/pp255-262 [accessed 17 September 2017].
- Cokayne et al., The Complete Peerage