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Family and Education
b. 16 Sept. 1622, 1st s. of Edward Sackville†, 4th earl of Dorset, and Mary (d. 1645), da. of Sir George Curzon, of Croxall, Derbys.CP. educ. privately (Joseph Rutter); ‘Edward Sackville’, Oxford DNB. I. Temple, 4 Aug. 1661.I. Temple database. m. 25 Jan. 1641,CKS, U269/A390/1; U269/E298/1. Frances (d. 20 Apr. 1687), da. of Lionel Cranfield†, 1st earl of Middlesex; 7s. (4 d.v.p.), 6da. (3 d.v.p.). styled. Lord Buckhurst, 1622-52. suc. fa. 18 July 1652, as 5th earl of Dorset. d. 27 Aug. 1677.CP; Add. 38141, f. 52.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 20 July 1641, 28 Feb., 14 May 1670;C181/5, f. 205v; C181/7, pp. 539, 541. Kent and Suss. 19 Dec. 1660, 22 Nov. 1670;C181/7, pp. 72, 561. Mdx. and Westminster 17 Oct. 1667-aft. Jan. 1673.C181/7, pp. 412, 632. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, Suss. 1642.Sawyer, ‘Procs. CPM Suss.’, Suss. Arch Coll. xxxi. 171. Commr. militia, Kent, Mdx., Suss. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 7, 638. Mdx. 5 Nov. 1660-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 66, 588. London 13 Nov. 1660-aft. Dec. 1672.C181/7, pp. 67, 630. Steward, duchy of Lancaster, Suss. 1660–d.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders, ed. R. Somerville, 217; Eg. 2551, ff. 38, 48. Jt. ld. lt. Mdx. 30 July 1660–6 July 1662;Rugg, Diurnal, 123; ‘Edward Sackville’, Oxford DNB. Suss. 1670–d.CP. J.p. Mdx. Aug. 1660–?d.;C181/7, p. 31. Kent, Suss. 1662–?d.;CP. liberties of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley, Yorks. 13 Dec. 1664–?C181/7, p. 297. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 13 Nov. 1660-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 67, 630. subsidy, London 1671.Add. 40132, f. 105.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 21 Feb. 1642;CJ ii. 446a. cttee. of safety, 27 Apr. 1660.LJ xi. 5b. Commr. trial of regicides, 1660.Eg. 2549, f. 102. Sewer, coronation of Charles II, 23 Apr. 1661.CP. Commr. receiving and presenting discoveries, 1662;Eg. 2979, f. 92. for highways, sewers and streets, 10 Apr. 1663-aft. July 1666.C181/7, pp. 198, 375.

Academic: FRS, 3 May 1665.CP.

Parlimentarian
SACKVILLE, Richard, Lord Buckhurst (1622-77), of Dorset House, London, and Knole, Kent.
: Lord Buckhurst (1622-77), of Dorset House, London 1622 – 77 and Kent., Knole.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, double portrait with his bro. Edward, Cornelius de Neve, c.1637;Knole, Kent. oil on canvas, R. Walker, c.1650;NT, Knole. stipple engraving, E. Bocquet, early nineteenth century;NPG. fun. monument, C.G. Cibber, Withyham church, Suss.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SACKVILLE, Richard, Lord Buckhurst (1622-77), of Dorset House, London, and Knole, Kent.

Will
5 Jan. 1674, pr. 1 Sept. 1677.PROB11/354/510.
Estates
income recorded as £2,656 (Mar. 1656-Mar. 1657), and £2,397 (Mar. 1658-Mar. 1659).Cent. Kent. Stud., U269/A4/3, pp. 31, 56.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
house in Bow Street, Covent Garden, by late 1630s.C.J. Phillips, Hist. Sackville Fam. (1930), i. 389.
Religion
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