DORSET 423 the States, where the Earl of Leicester was in command; Joint I^ord Lieut, of Sussex 1 587-1 608; nom. K.G. 22 Apr. and inst. 18 Dec. 1589; Joint Commissioner of the Great Seal, Nov. 1591 to May 1592; Chancellor of the Univ. of Oxford, 1591 till his death, having been incorporated as M.A. from Cambridge 17 Dec. 1591; Lord High Treasurer, May 1599 till his death;(*) Lord High Steward for the trial of the Earl of Essex, 19 Feb. 1601; Joint Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal 10 Dec. 1 601, By James I he was rr., 13 Mar. 1603/4, EARL OF DORSET.C") He ?«., in 1555, Cicely, da. of Sir John Baker, of Sissing- hurst, Kent, sometime Speaker of the House of Commons, by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Dinley. He d. suddenly, at the council table at White- hall, "of dropsy on the brain," 19 Apr., and was bur. 26 May 1608, from Westm. Abbey, at Withyam, and said to be then aged 81. Will dat. 11 Aug. 1607, pr. 31 Jan. 1608/9. His widow (to whom he had been married above half a century) d. i Oct. 161 5, and was bur. in Buckhurst Chapel, at Withyam, aged 80. M.I. Will pr. Feb. 161 6. V. 1608. 2. Robert (Sackville), Earl of Dorset, (^c, s. and h., b. 1561; matric. at Oxford (Hart Hall) 17 Dec. 1576, then aged 15, B.A. and M.A. 3 June 1579; M.P. for Sussex 1584-86, for Lewes 1588-89, for Sussex again 1592-93, 1597-98, 1601, and 1604-08; styled Lord Buckhurst 1604-08; Joint Lord Lieut, of Sussex, 1608-09. He m., istly (lie. from Bp. of London 4 Feb. 1579/80), Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas (Howard), 4th Duke of Norfolk, by his 2nd wife, Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas (Audley), Baron Audley of Walden. She d. 19 Aug. 1591, and was bur. at Withyam. He m., 2ndly, 4 Dec. 1592, at Yarnton, Oxon (lie. from Bp. of London 1 1 Mar. 1 59 1/2), Anne,^) widow of Henry (Compton), ist Lord Compton, and, before that, of William (Stanley), Lord Monteagle, 5th da. of Sir John Spencer, of Althorp, Northants, by Katherine, da. of Sir Thomas KiTSON. He d. 27 Feb. i6o8/9,() at Dorset House, Salisbury Court, London, aged 48, and was bur. at Withyam afsd.() W^ill dat. 10 Feb. 1608/9, pt"- Mar. 1609. Inq. p. m. 5 Sep. 1609. His widow d. 22 Sep. 16 1 8. Will pr. 161 8. Inq. p.m. 16 Jan. 161 8/9. (*) For this and other Great Offices of State see vol. ii. Appendix D. (••j See Creations, 1483-1646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K.P. Records, where, however, the creation of the Earldom of Dorset (as also that of Northampton) is given as in the text, but again appears under 13 Mar. 1604/5. See also ante., p. 206, note "e," as to titles of Earldoms from counties or places not connected with the grantees. V.G. (■=) He was on bad terms with her, and they were separated in J 608. ^) Not 28 Sep. 1609 as in Diet. Nat. Biog. V.G. (°) He is described in Milles' Catalogue of Honour as a man of singular learning and many sciences and languages, Greek and Latin being as familiar to him as his own natural tongue. By his will he left money for the endowment of a hospital or college for poor men and women, which is called Sackville College, East Grinstcad. V.G.
