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DORSET. 151 who intended in Oct. 1647 to reside with the King at Hampton Court as his Council. (») He m-, before 2 March 1612, Mary, da, and h. of Sir George Curzon, of Croxall, co. Derby, by Mary, da. and h. of Sir Walter Levkson, of Lillesliall, co. Stafford. She was Governess to the younger children of King Charles I. Her funeral, 3 Sep. 1615, was at the public expense. He d. at Dorset House afsd. 17 July 1652. Adinon. 19 May 1653, and 13 April 1661, vacated 13 Nov. 1662.(>>) VIII. 1652. 5. Richard (Sackville), Earl op Dorset, &c, s. and h., 6. 16 Sep. 1622, at Dorset House, afsd., and bap. 9 Oct. at St. Bride's, Fleet street, being styled Lord Buckhuust, 162-1-52. M.P. for East Grinstead 1610-16, being one of the 59 who voted against the attainder of Lord Strafford; Joint Lord Lieut, of Midx., 1G60; Sewer at the Corouation, 23 April 1661 ; F.R.S., 1665 ; Joint Lord Lieut, (with his eldest son) of Sussex, 1670. He m., before 1638, Frances, sister and h. of Lionel, 3d Earl, da. of Lionel (Cranfeild), 1st Earl of Middlesex, by his 2d wife Anne, da. of James Brett. He d. 27 Aug. 1677, at Kuole, and was bur. at Withyain afsd. His widow m. (lie. 2S June 1679, from Fac. off.) as his 2d wife, the Rt. Hon. Henry PoWLE, of Williamstrip, co. Glouc, sometime Master of the Rolls, who d. 21 Nov. 1692. She d. about 16S7. Admon. 13 May 1687, to her said husband. IX. 1G77. 6. Charles (Sackville), Earl of Dorset, Earl or Middlesex, Baron - Buckhurst, and Baron Chankield, s and h., 1 21 Jany. 1637/8, being styled Lord Buckhurst till 1677; M.P. for East Grinstead, 1660 ; Gent, of the Bedchamber, 1668; Envoy to Louis XIV. of France, 1669; Joint Lord Lieut, (with his father) of Sussex, 1670. Having inherited the estates of his maternal uncle, Lionel (CranQeld), Earl of Middlesex (who d s.p. 26 Oct. 1671), he was, 4 April 1675, cr. BARON CRA.NFIELD of Craufield, co. Midx., and EARL OF MIDDLESEX. He about 2 years afterwards sue. his father as Earl of Dorset, &e. Lord Lieut, of Sussex, 1677-16S7/8, when he was dismissed by James II,( C ) but was re-appointed in 16S9. Bearer of the Queen's sceptre with the dove, 25 April 1685, at the Coronation of James II. He accompanied the Princess Anne in her flight from her father; was P.C. to William III, whose accession he vigourously supported, in whose household he was Lord Chamberlain, 16S9 to 1697. He was el. K.G., 2 and inst. 24 Feb. 1691/2, and was one of the Lords Justices of the Realm, during the lung's absence therefrom in 1695, 1696, 1697 and 1698( d ) j F.S.A., 1699 Se. He hi. firstly, June 1674, Mary, widow of Charles (Berkeley), Earl of Falmouth (who was killed in fight, 3 June 1665), da. of Col. Hervey Lane, of Pipe Hall, co. Warwick, by his first wife, Dorothy, da. of Sir Henry Arden of Pipe Hall afsd. She d. about 1679 ; Admon. 10 May 1679(e). He m. secondly, 7 March 1685, Mary, dn. of James (Co.nuton), 3d Eaul of Northampton, by his 2d wife, Mary, da. of Baptist (Noel), Viscount Campden. She, who was one of the Ladies of the Bed- chamber to Queen Mary, d. 6 Aug. 1691. He m. thirdly, 27 Oct. 1704, Anne, " Mrs. Roche," said to have been "a woman of very obscure counections."( r ) He d. 29 Jany. 1705/6 at Bath, and was buv. 17 Feb. at Withyam afsd(e). Will pr. May 1707. His widow d. Aug. 1706. Will pr. Aug. 1706. ( a ) These Peers were the Duke of Richmond, the Marquess of Hertford, the Marquess of Ormond [I.], the Earl of Southampton, the Earl of Dorset, aud Lord Seymour ; their iutentiou was, however, frustrated by the army. ( b ) According to Clarendon " his person [was] beautiful aud graceful and vigorous ; his wit pleasant, sparkling, and sublime, and his other parts of learning of that lustre that he could not miscarry ; the vices he had were of the nge, which he was not stubborn enough to contemn or resist." (°) See a list of the Lord Lieuts. so dismissed, vol. i, p. 28, note, "a," sub "Abingdon." ( d ) See a list of these Lords Justices, p. 115, note "a," sub " Devonshire." (°) Do Grammout says of her that she " was the only one, who was really possessed of virtue and beauty among these Maids of Honour," while Dryden is extremely severe both on her whom he calls " a teeming widow, but a barren wife," as, also, on her husband. (') Wraxall's Memoirs, vol. iii, p. 136. (6) His character has been more written about than that of most people : Walpolo says that " Ho was the finest gentleman In the voluptuous court of Charlos II, aud iu