DORSET 425 Court as his Council. (*) He w., before 2 Mar. 16 12, Mary, da. and h. of Sir George Curzon, of Croxall, co. Derby, by Mary, da. and h. of Sir Walter Leveson, of Lilleshall, Salop. She was governess to the children of Charles I. She, who was bap. at Trentham, co. Stafford, 1 1 Dec. 1586, d. 16 May 1645, aged 59. C") On 3 Sep. 1645 her funeral took place with great pomp in Westm. Abbey at the public expense, she being afterwards bur. in the Dorset Chapel at Withyam. He d. at Dorset House afsd., 18 July 1652, aged about 62, and was bur. at Withyam. Admon. 19 May 1653, and 13 Apr. 1661, vacated 13 Nov. 1662. (■=) VIII. 1652. 5. Richard (Sackville), Earl of Dorset, isz.^ s. and h., b. at Dorset House afsd., 16 Sep., and bap. 9 Oct. 1622, at St. Bride's, Fleet Str., being styled Lord Buckhurst, 1624-52. M.P. for East Grinstead 1640-44, being one of the 59 who voted against the attainder of Lord Strafford; joint Lord Lieut, of Midx., 1660-70; Sewer at the Coronation, 23 Apr. 1661 ; F.R.S. 3 May 1665; Joint Lord Lieut, (with his eldest son) of Sussex, 1670-77. () He w., in 16-57, C) Frances, sister and h. of Lionel, 3rd Earl, and da. of Lionel (Cranfield), 1st Earl OF Middlesex, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. of James Brett. He d'. at Knole, 27 Aug., and was bur. 7 Sep. 1677, at Withyam afsd., aged 54. M.L His widow m. (lie. 28 June 1679, from Fac. off.), as his 2nd wife, the Right Hon. Henry Powle, of Williamstrip, co. Gloucester, sometime Master of the Rolls, who d. 21 Nov. 1692. She d. in London 20, and was bur. on her birthday, 26 Apr. 1687, at Withyam. Admon. 13 May 1687, to her said husband. IX. 1677. 6. Charles (Sackville), Earl of Dorset, Earl of Middlesex, Baron Buckhurst, and Baron Cranfield, s. and h., b. 24 Jan. 1637/8, being j/>'/fc/ Lord Buckhurst till 1675; M.P. for East Grinstead 1661-75; Gent, of the Bedchamber, 1669-85; Envoy to Louis XIV of France, 1669; Joint Lord Lieut, (with his father) of Sussex, 1670-77, and sole 1 677-1 687/8, when, being a Whig, he was (») These Peers were the Duke of Richmond, the Marquess of Hertford, the Marquess of Ormond [I.], the Earl of Southampton, the Earl of Dorset, and Lord Seymour; their intention was, however, frustrated by the army. (b) Coffin plate at Withyam. V.G. {f) According to Clarendon " his person [was] beautiful and 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 age, which he was not stubborn enough to contemn or resist ... he had a very sharp and discerning spirit, and was a man of an obliging nature, much honour, and great generosity, and of most entire fidelity to the crown." It was probably he, and not his brother Richard, who was Venetia Stanley's lover. See preceding page, note " a." G.E.C. and V.G. C^) In the House of Lords in Charles II's reign he voted and protested with Shaftesbury and the "country party." V.G. (') Among the Sackville Papers at the Record Office is a bill for the fees paid at this marriage, dated 26 Jan. 1640. V.G. 54
