Family and Education
b. 24 Jan. 1643, 1st s. Richard Sackville, 5th earl of Dorset, and Frances, da. of Lionel Cranfield, earl of Middlesex; bro. of Edward Sackville. HP Commons, 1660-90, iii. 377. educ. Westminster 1657-8; Barker, Recs. of Old Westminsters, ii. 811; B. Harris, Charles Sackville 6th earl of Dorset, 17. travelled abroad (France) 1658. C.J. Phillips, History of the Sackville Family, i. 436. m. (1) June 1674, Mary (d.1679), Verney ms mic. M636/33, W. Denton to Sir R. Verney, 18 Sept. 1679. da. of Hervey Bagot of Pipe Hall, Warws., wid. Charles Berkeley, earl of Falmouth, s.p.; (2) 7 Mar. 1685 (with £14,000), Mary (d.1691), da. James Compton, 3rd earl of Northampton, 1s. 1da. d.v.p.; (3) 27 Oct. 1704, Anne (d.1706), da. of (?) Roche of Westminster, s.p.; at least 1s. 3da. illegit. (most with Philippa Waldegrave). KG 24 Feb. 1692. d. 20 Jan. 1706; will 12 July 1705, pr. 14 May 1707. Kent HLC (CKS), U269/T84/13; TNA, PROB 11/494.
Offices Held

Gent. of the bedchamber 1669–85; Add. 36916, f. 142; Verney ms mic. M636/23, Sir R. to E. Verney, 30 Dec. 1669. PC 14 Feb. 1689 – d.; ld. chamberlain 1689 – 97; kpr., Greenwich Palace 1689–97 CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 21; CSP Dom. 1697, 68.; queen’s regency council 1690–4; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 51; UNL, PwA 1348; CSP Dom. 1693, p. 134. commr., visitation of hospitals 1691, CSP Dom. 1690–1, pp. 240, 473–4. appeals for prizes 1694, 1695, 1697; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204, CSP Dom. 1695, pp. 111–12; CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 510–11. ld. justice 1695–8. Horwitz, Parl. Pols. 153, 186, 258; CSP Dom. 1695, p. 330; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 368.

Col., militia ft., Mdx. 1660 – 62, Kent by 1666–?8; dep. lt. Kent 1661–?68; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 177. ld. lt. Suss. (jt.) 1670–77, Kent HLC (CKS), U269/C13/5. (sole) 1677 – Feb. 1688, Apr. 1689–d., CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 21; CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 390. Som. (jt.) June 1690- Feb. 1691; CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 39. custos rot., Suss. 1677 – Jan. 1688, Mar. 1689 – d.; steward, honour of Eagle 1677 – d.; high steward, Stratford-upon-Avon 1684 – d.

Capt., duke of Buckingham’s ft. June-Nov. 1672. Phillips, Sackville Family, i. 446.

Master, Grocers’ Co. 1691; Harris, Charles Sackville, 153; B. Heath, Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London, (1869), 310–13. FRS 1699.

Associated with: Copt Hall (Copped Hall), Essex;Phillips, Sackville Family, i. 448; VCH Essex, v. 122-23; P. Morant, Hist. and Antiqs. of County of Essex (1768), i. 47-48.; Knole, Kent and Westminster 1680–2.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller (studio of), 1694, National Trust, Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent and NPG 250 (copy); oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1694, National Trust, Sissinghurst Castle, Kent; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1697, NPG 3204.

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