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 s. SACKVILLE OF DRAYTON. Viscountcy. 1. Loud George SACKViLLE-GERMAiN^/oraej'ty Sack- I 1 782 3d a. of Lionel Cranfield (Sackvilt.e), 1st Dukb of Dorset, by Elizabeth, da. of Lieut. Gen. Walter Philip Coltear, was b. in the Haymarket, 26 Jan., ami bap. 23 Feb. 1715/6, at St. Martin's in the fields, George I. being (in person) one of his sponsors : ed. at Westm. School and at Trin. Coll., Dublin ;(") M A., July 1734 ; Joint Hanger of the Koyal Parks, &c. [I.], 1731 ; Clerk of the Council [I.], 1*737-85 ; M.P. for Dover. 1741, 1747, and 1754-61 ; for Hythe, 1761, and for East Uiinstead, 1768-82. Having joined the army in 1737, he became Lieut. Col. 28th Foot, 1740 ; distinguished himself and was severely wounded at the battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, and was made a few days later Aide i[e Camp to the King, and Colonel, becoming finally, 1758, Lieut. General. He served, under the Dnke of Cumberland, against the rising in Scotland in 1745 as also in Germany, 1747-48 ; Chief Sec. to the Viceroy of Ireland, 1751-55, being, during part of that time, M P. [1.] for Portarlington, tho' retaining his seat in the House of Commons [G.B.] ; P.O. [I.], 1751 ; Col. of the 2d Dragoon Guards, 1757-59 ; Lieut. Gen. of the Ordnance, 1757-59 ; P.O., 1753-60 and 1765-85 ; was second in command in the expedition against St. Male, in June 1758, becoming, in Oct., Com. in Chief of the British forces in Germany under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, 1758-59, in which capacity his conduct at the battle of Minden, 1 Aug. 1759, displeased that Prince and he was dismissed the Service 10 Sep. following. At his own request he was tried by court martial, 3 Feb. to 5 April 1760, where he was found guilty of " disobedience of orders" at the said battle. George II. accordingly erased bis name from the books of the Privy Council, tho' it was restored rive years later by George III. By the death of bis father, 10 Oct. 1765, he »uc. to the estate of Stone- land lodge, co. Sussex. Joint Vice Treasurer [I.], 1765-66. By the death of Lady Elizabeth Germain, 10 Dec. 1769, he inherited the estate of Drayton in Northampton- shire and 1 20,000, in accordance with the wish of her husband, Sir John Germaiu, Bart., who had acquired it from his former wife.( b ) He then took the name of Ocrmain by act of Pail. 16 Feb. 1770. Pres. of the Board of Trade, 1775-79, and Sec. of State for the Colonies, 1779-82, being, on the resignation of the North Ministry (of which he was a firm supporter) <sr. 11 Feb. 17S2,( C ) BARON BOLEBROOKE, co. Sussex, and VISCOUNT^ 1 ) SACKVILLE OK DRAYTON, co. Northampton. He m. 3 Aug. 1754, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Diana, 2d da. and coheir of John Sambkookb (br. of Sir ( a ) His father being Viceroy of Ireland, 1731-37 as well as 1751-56, was the reason of his education, and of his various appointments in that Kingdom. ( b ) This was Mary, the divorced Duchess of Norfolk, da. and h. of Henry (Mor- daunt), Earl of Peterborough, whose heir, Earl Charles, after her death s.p. 17 Nov. 1705, tried in vain to obtain them. By her will, Drayton and other property, valued at £70,000, passed to her husband absolutely, who left it to the above-named Elizabeth, his second wife. There was no relationship between the Sackville family and that of Sir John Germain or of either of his wives. (°) A copy of the patent is in the AMU. MSS. (Brit. Mus.) 27,783. ( d ) He is said to have requested a Viscountcy in order that he might not be lower in rank than his former secretary, Lord Walsingham, or his lawyer, Lord Lough- borough, or than Lord Amherst, who bad been page to his father when Viceroy of Ireland. See " Wraxall," vol. ii, pp. 177—180, where there are many notices of him. B