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 150 DORSET. where the Earl of Leicester was in command ; el. K.G. 22 April aud inst. 18 Dec. 15S9 ; Joint Commissioner of the Great Seal, Nov. 3591 to May 1592 ; Chancellor of the Univ. of Oxford, 1591, having been incorporated as HA. from Cambridge 17 Dec. 1591 ; Lord High Treasurer, 1599 till his death ; Lord High Steward for the trial of the Earl of Essex, &c, 19 Feb. 1601. By James I, soon after his accession, he was in 1604 raised to an Earldom as above mentioned. He m. in 1555 Cicely da. of Sir John Baker, of Siainghurst, co. Kent, sometime Speaker of the House of Commons, by Elizabeth da. of Thomas Dinley. He d. suddenly at the council table at Whitehall 19 April 1 60S, said, sometimes, to be then aged SI and was bur. the 26 May in Westm. Abbey. Will dated 11 Aug. 1607, pr. Jan. 1609. Hia widow (to whom he had been married above half a century) d. 1 Oct. 1615, and was bur. in Buckhurst Chapel. M.I. Her will pr. Feb. 1616. V. 1608. 2. Robert (Sackville), Earl of Dorset, &c, s. and h. Matric at Oxford (Hart Hall) 17 Dee. 1576, and then aged 15 ; M.P. for Lewes, 15SS ; for Sussex, 1592-1608 ; sti/lcd Lord Buckhurst 1601-08 ; Joint Lord Lieut, of Sussex, 160S. He BI. firstly (lie. from Bp. of London 4 Feb. 1579, SO), Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas (HowAUnl, 4th Duke ok Norfolk, by his 2d wife Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas (Audlei), Baron Audley of Walden. She 4. 1 Sep. 1591. He m. secondly (lie. from Bp. of London 11 March 1591/2), Anne, widow of Henry (Comiton), 1st Lord Comptox, relict, formerly, of William (Stanley), Lord Moxteagle, 5th da. of Sir John Spencer of Althorpe, eo. Northampton, by Katharine, da. of Sir Thomas Kitson. He d. at Dorset House, Salisbury Court, Loudon, 27 Feb. 1608/9 aged 48, aud was bur. at Withyam afsd. M.I. Will dat. 10 Feb. 160S/9, pr. March 1609. Inq. poal- mortem 5 Sep. 1609. His widow d. 22 Sep. 1618. AVill pr. 1618. VI. 1G09. 5. Richard (Sackville), Earl op Dorset, &c, s. and h., by 1st wife, 4. 2S March 15S9 at Charter House, London ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 26 July 1605, being then aged 16 ; styled Loud Buckhurst, 1608-09 ; Joint Lord Lieut, of Sussex, 1612. He m. 25 Feb. 1608/9 (2 days before his father's death), at her mother's house in Austin Friars, London, Anne (de jure), auo jure Baroness Clifford, only da. and h. of George (Clifford), 3d Earl of Cumberland, by Margaret, da. of Francis (Russell), 2d Earl of Bedford. He d. s.p.m.s., on Easter Day, 28 March 1624, being his birthday of 35, and was bur. 7 April at Withyam. Will pr. 1624. Fun. certify) His widow (who was 4. 30 Jauy. 1589/90 at Skiptou Castle and bap. 22 Feb. at Skipton) m. (as his 2d wife), 3 June 1630, at Chenies, Bucks, Philip (Herbert), Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery (by whom she had no issue), who d. 23 Jany. 1650. She d. at Brougham Castle, West- morland, 22 March 1675/6 in her 87th year, and was bur. 14 April at St. Lawrence, Appleby. M.I. Will dat. 1 May 1674, pr. 3 April 1076(>') [Thomas Sackville, dyhd Lord Buckhurst, s. aud h. ap., b. at Knole House, in Sevenoaks, Kent, and bnp. there 24 Feb. 1619/20. He d. there v.p. in his infancy.] VII. 1624 Edward (Sackville), Earl of Dorset, and Baron Buckhurst, br. of the whole blood and h. male, 4. 1590 ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 26 July 1C05 (the same day as his elder br.) being then aged 15. In Aug. 1613, he slew in a due) ( c ) Edward (Bruce), Lord Bruce of Kinloss [S.] M.P. for Sussex, 1614 and 1621-22 ; K.B., 3 Nov. 1616, at the creation of the Prince of Wales; Joint Lord Lieut, of Midi., 1620-22 and 1628-42 ; Joint Lord Lieut, of Sussex, 1624-42 ; el. K.G. 15 May and inst. 13 Dec. 1625 ; Bearer of the third sword at the Coronation, 2 Feb. 1626 ; P.C., 1626 ; Chamberlaiu to the Queen Consort, 162S ; High Steward of the honour of Grafton, 1629 ; Chamberlain of the Household, 1644-46, being one of the Peers in attendance on the King at Oxford aud one of those ( a ) He was, according to Clarendon, " a man of reckless expenditure. He settled an annuity of £'500 on the well-known Venetia Stanley (by whom he had several children), who afterwards m. Sir Keuelm Digby. ('') See fuller account of this celebrated woman, vol. i, pp. 292-293, sub " Clifford " Barony, a: 1299, which Barony became vested in her issue by the Earl of Dorset. ( c ) Sec a lmg aud interesting account of this duel in " Collins," vol. ii, pp. 151-157.