CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
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1456 KNOLE bought by Archbishop BOURCHIER
1486 Death of Bourchier. Succeeded by Cardinal MORTON
1500 Death of Morton. Succeeded by HENRY DEAN
1502 Death of Dean. Succeeded by WAREHAM
1532 Death of Wareham. Succeeded by CRANMER
1539 KNOLE given by Cranmer to HENRY VIII
1546 Death of Henry VIII. Succeeded by EDWARD VI
1550 KNOLE granted by Edward VI to JOHN DUDLEY, Earl of Warwick
1552 KNOLE resold by Warwick to EDWARD VI
1553 Death of Edward VI. Succeeded by QUEEN MARY
KNOLE granted by the Queen to REGINALD POLE
1558 Death of Mary. Succeeded by QUEEN ELIZABETH
1586 KNOLE granted to THOMAS SACKVILLE by Elizabeth
Thos. Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, 1st EARL of DORSET 1536–1608
1554 Married CECILIE BAKER
1557 1563 Member of Parliament
1563 Travelling abroad
1566 Death of his father, Sir RICHARD
1567 Created Lord BUCKHURST
1568 Ambassador to France
1569 Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex
1571 Ambassador to France
1586 Execution of MARY Queen of SCOTS
1586 Given KNOLE by QUEEN ELIZABETH
1587 Ambassador to the Low Countries
1589 Ambassador to the Low Countries
1589 Knight of the Garter
1591 Chancellor of Oxford
1598 Ambassador to the Low Countries
1599 Lord High Treasurer
1601 Lord High Steward
1603 Death of Queen Elizabeth. Succeeded by JAMES I
1603 Lord Treasurer for life
1604 Created Earl of DORSET
1608 Death at the Council Table
viiiRobert Sackville, 2nd EARL of DORSET, 1561–1609
1579 Married MARGARET HOWARD, dau. of Duke of NORFOLK
1585 1608 Member of Parliament
1592 Married ANNE SPENCER
1608 Succeeded his father, THOMAS
1609 Death
Richard Sackville, 3rd EARL of DORSET, 1589–1624
1609 Married Lady ANNE CLIFFORD, daughter of GEORGE, Earl of CUMBERLAND
1609 Succeeded his father, ROBERT
1624 Death
Edward Sackville, 4th EARL of DORSET, 1591–1652
1605 At Christ Church, Oxford
1612 Married MARY, daughter of Sir GEORGE CURZON
1614 His duel with Lord BRUCE
1614 Member of Parliament
1616 Knight of the Bath
1621 Ambassador to LOUIS XIII
1623 1624 Travels in Italy
1623 Again Ambassador to LOUIS XIII
1624 Succeeded his brother, RICHARD
1624 Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex and Middlesex
1625 Knight of the Garter
1625 Death of James I. Succeeded by CHARLES I
1628 Lord Chamberlain
1630 Lady DORSET appointed Governess to the King’s children
1631 1634 Commissioner for Planting Virginia
1638 Granted the East Coast of America
1642 Outbreak of civil war. Ld. DORSET joins the KING at York
1644 Lord Privy Seal
1649 Execution of CHARLES I
1652 Death
ixRichard Sackville, 5th EARL of DORSET, 1622–1677
Before 1638 Married Lady FRANCES CRANFIELD, daughter of LIONEL Earl of MIDDLESEX
1662 Succeeded his father, EDWARD
1660 1670 Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex and Sussex
1677 Death
Charles Sackville, 6th EARL of DORSET and EARL of MIDDLESEX, 1638–1706
1660 Member of Parliament
1660 Restoration of CHARLES II
1665 Naval battle against the Dutch
1667 Living with NELL GWYNN
1668 Ambassador to France
1674 Death of his mother; he succeeds to the Cranfield estates
1675 Created Earl of MIDDLESEX
1677 Succeeded his father, RICHARD, as Earl of DORSET
1678 Married MARY, Countess of FALMOUTH
1685 Married Lady MARY COMPTON, daughter of JAMES Earl of NORTHAMPTON
1685 Death of Charles II. Succeeded by JAMES II
1688 Accession of WILLIAM of ORANGE
1689 1697 Lord Chamberlain
1691 Knight of the Garter
1701 His poems published with SEDLEY’S
1702 Death of William III. Succeeded by QUEEN ANNE
1704 Married ANNE ROCHE
1706 Death
Lionel Sackville, 7th EARL and 1st DUKE of DORSET, 1688–1765
1706 Succeeded his father, CHARLES, as Earl of DORSET and MIDDLESEX
1709 Married ELIZABETH COLYEAR
x1708 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, intermittently till 1728
1714 Knight of the Garter
1714 Death of Queen Anne. Succeeded by GEORGE I
1720 Created Duke of DORSET
1725 Lord Steward
1727 Death of George I. Succeeded by GEORGE II
1730 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland till 1737
1746 Lord-Lieutenant of Kent
1750 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland till 1755
1760 Death of George II. Succeeded by GEORGE III
1765 Death
Charles Sackville, 2nd DUKE of DORSET, 1711–1769
Before 1734 On the Grand Tour
1734 Member of Parliament intermittently till 1754. Lord of the Treasury and Master of the Horse
1744 Married GRACE BOYLE
1765 Succeeded his father, LIONEL, as Duke of DORSET
1769 Death
John Frederick Sackville, 3rd DUKE of DORSET, 1745–1799
1769 Succeeded his uncle, CHARLES
1783 1789 Ambassador to LOUIS XVI
1788 Knight of the Garter
1769 1797 Lord-Lieutenant of Kent
1789 1799 Lord Steward
1790 Married ARABELLA DIANA, daughter of Sir JOHN COPE, of Bramshill
1799 Death
George John Frederick Sackville, 4th DUKE of DORSET, 1794–1815
1799 Succeeded his father, JOHN FREDERICK
1815 Death
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