Richard Sackville, 5th EARL of DORSET, 1622-1677
Before 1638 Married Lady FRANCES CRANFIELD, daughter of LIONEL Earl of MIDDLESEX
1552 Succeeded his father, EDWARD
1660 } Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex and Sussex
1670 }
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 } Lord Chamberlain
1697 }
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
