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Thomas Sackville 1st earl of Dorset

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of Dorset 1536-1608, English statesman and poet. A barrister of the Inner Temple, Sackville entered Parliament in 1558, gained favor with Elizabeth I, and was created Baron Buckhurst in 1567. He was sent on several diplomatic missions to France and served as a commissioner of state trials. In 1586 he told Mary Queen of Scots of her sentence of death. Elizabeth was angered at his conduct in a mission (1587) to the Low Countries, but he soon regained her favor and rose rapidly in rank. He was made lord treasurer (1599) and lord high steward (1601). After the... Read more
Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset Sackville
Encyclopedia Britannica

(born 1536, Buckhurst, Sussex, Eng.—died April 19, 1608, London) English politician and poet. A London barrister, he entered Parliament in 1558. He was a member of the Privy Council (1585) and conveyed the death sentence to Mary, Queen of Scots , in 1586. He later served on diplomatic missions ...

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Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of
The Oxford Companion to British History

Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of ( c. 1536–1608). Thomas Sackville was the son of Sir Richard Sackville, under-treasurer at the Exchequer 1559–66, a wealthy lawyer and administrator, who was Anne Boleyn's first cousin. A member of the Inner Temple, Sackville was ...

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