Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
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| Full name | Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset | |
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6 February 1711 England |
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| Died | 5 January 1769 (aged 57) London, England |
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| Batting style | unknown hand | |
| Bowling style | underarm | |
| Role | occasional player and patron | |
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| Years | Team | |
| 1734 | Kent | |
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Source: Timothy J McCann, 17 July 2009
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Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset PC (6 February 1711 – 5 January 1769), styled as the Earl of Middlesex from 1720 until 1765, was a British nobleman, politician, opera impresario and cricketer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1711 to 1720 and Earl of Middlesex from 1720 to 1765.
Sackville was the eldest son of Lionel Sackville, 7th Earl of Dorset, created Duke of Dorset in 1720. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, receiving a MA in 1730. He then embarked on a grand tour to Italy, which lasted from 1731 to 1733.
He was bitterly opposed, politically, to his father, and ventured to oppose his candidates in the boroughs he controlled. He became an ally of Frederick, Prince of Wales. In the 1734 election, he was defeated at Kent, but was returned as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead. He was appointed Captain of Walmer Castle in September. He continued to sit for East Grinstead until 26 May 1741, when he accepted the office of High Steward of the Honour of Otford.
He was returned for Sussex in a by-election in 1742, and for Old Sarum at the 1747 election. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1743 until 1747, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Sussex on 20 October 1745. He was appointed Master of the Horse to the Prince of Wales in 1747, and served until Frederick's death in 1751. Middlesex married Hon. Grace Boyle, daughter and heir of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, on 30 October 1744, but they had no children.
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