Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Sackville, Lionel Cranfield, Duke of Dorset
Sackville, Lionel Cranfield, Duke of Dorset, created D.C.L. 15 Sep., 1730 (s. Charles, 6th Earl of Dorset, k.g.), 7th earl, K.G. 1714, privy councillor 1714, constable of Dover Castle, and lord warden of the Cinque Ports 1714-7, created Duke of Dorset 7 June, 1720, lord steward of the Household 1725-30, 1738-45, lord president of the Council 1745-51, lord-lieutenant of Ireland 1750-5, major-general in the army 1755, master of the horse 1755-60, died 10 Oct., 1765.