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. | |