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Authorised form of nameSackville; Richard (1622 - 1677); 5th Earl of Dorset; politician
Dates1622 - 1677
NationalityBritish
Place of birthDorset House, London, England, Europe
Date of birth16 September 1622
Place of deathKnole, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, Europe
Date of death27 August 1677
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Withyham, Sussex, England, Europe
ActivityCareer:
MP for East Grinstead (1640-1643); imprisoned by Parliament (1642) and fined £1500 (1644); Commissioner of the Militia for Middlesex (1660); joint Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex (1660-1670); joint Lord Lieutenant of Sussex (1670-1677); Member of the Commission for the Trial of the Regicides
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/05/1665
Age at election42
ProposerJames Compton
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1672-1673
RelationshipsParents: Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset, and Mary Curzon; succeeded his father as 5th Earl of Dorset (1652)
Married: Frances Cranfield (later married Henry Powle (FRS 1663)
Children: 13 overall, including Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (FRS 1699)
Additional relatives: Sir George Lane, Viscount Lanesborough (FRS 1662)
OtherInfoAs member of the Council of the Royal Society, he attended one meeting and was otherwise not particularly active in the day-to-day workings. At the Restoration, he chaired the committee in charge of receiving Charles II. Otherwise, he dispayed interest in poetry and literature and was reported by John Aubrey (FRS 1663) to have translated a work from French.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (Sackville, Edward); Aubrey; Hunter
Notes:
Sat Parliament as Baron Buckhurst from 1640-1643.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/70314248
CodeNA8387
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