Charles Sackville, sixth duke of Dorset

(1643-1706)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638?-1706 NRA: Sackville Charles (? 1638-1706) 6th Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain DNB: Sackville, Charles, sixth earl of Dorset and first earl of Middlesex (1643-1706), poet and politician LBT ID: LdDorse6 VIAF ID: 37350210 LOC ID: n83206510	B/BAP: 1643-01-24 DIED: 1706-02-17
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English poet and patron of John Dryden; a rakish associate of Sir Charles Sedley in his youth, he was lord chamberlain to William III (1689-97) and acted as regent in his absence.
REFERENCES TO Charles Sackville, sixth duke of Dorset: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, “Sketches of the Living Poets. No. 2.—Lord Byron” in The Examiner (29 July 1821) 472-74 Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Poets Verse 2: p. 242a p. 242a