IST DUKE OF DORSET LIONEL CRANFIELD S...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V08,
Page 434
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
IST DUKE OF DORSET LIONEL CRANFIELD SACKVILLE (1688-1765)
, the only son of the 6th earl, was born on the 18th of January 1688
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He succeeded his father as 7th earl of Dorset in January 1706, and was created duke of Dorset in 1720
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He was lord steward of the royal household from 1725 to 1730, and lord- lieutenant of Ireland from 173o to 1737; he was again lord steward from 1737 to 1745, and was lord president of the council from 1745 to 1751
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In 1750 he was appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland for the second See also: - TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
, and after a stormy viceroyalty he was dismissed from See also: - OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
in 1755
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The duke, who was several times one of the lords justices of Great Britain and held many other positions of trust, died on the loth of October 1765
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He left three sons: Charles, the 2nd duke; John See also: - PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
(d
.
1765); and George, who took the additional name of Germain in 1770, and in 1782 was created Viscount Sackville (q.v.)
.
End of Article: IST DUKE OF DORSET LIONEL CRANFIELD SACKVILLE (1688-1765)
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