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Sackville

• References:
  • SACKVILLE in [Burkes Peerage]

Edward Sackvillle,
mar Margaret Wakehurst,
had issue:

Humphrey Sackville,
mar Katherine Browne [descendant of Edward I],
had issue:

Richard Sackville, born est c.1450,
of Buckhurst, Sussex,
mar Isabel Dyggs,
had issue:

1. Mildred Sackville,
   mar Sir William Fitzwilliam, Knt. and had issue.

   
   

2. Mary Sackville.
   She mar John Roberts [son of Walter Roberts].
   Roberts family was of Glassenbury, near Cranbrook, Kent.
   They had issue:

   
   

   1. Jane Roberts,
      or Joan.
      She mar Sir William Fitzwilliam and had issue.

   
   

3. John Sackville.
   Ancestor of Sackville, Earls of Dorset and Dukes of Dorset.

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• Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1731-1737 and 1751-1755.
• Named after him in central Dublin are:
  • Sackville St. This is the main street of Dublin. It is now O'Connell St.
  • Sackville Lane. This is now O'Rahilly Parade.
  • Sackville Place. The name Sackville survives.
  • Dorset St. In Dublin this is pronounced "Dor-sett Street".