_John Frederick Sackville, 3^{ rd}. Duke of Dorset K.G._
_From the portrait at Knole by Gainsborough._ ]
1456 KNOLE _bought by_ Archbishop BOURCHIER
1486 _Death of Bourchier. Succeeded by_ Cardinal MORTON
1500 _Death of Morton. Succeeded by_ HENRY DEAN
1502 _Death of Dean. Succeeded by_ WAREHAM
1532 _Death of Wareham. Succeeded by_ CRANMER
1539 KNOLE _given by Cranmer to_ HENRY VIII
1546 _Death of Henry VIII. Succeeded by_ EDWARD VI
1550 KNOLE _granted by Edward VI to_ JOHN DUDLEY, Earl of Warwick
1552 KNOLE _resold by Warwick to_ EDWARD VI
1553 _Death of Edward VI. Succeeded by_ QUEEN MARY
KNOLE _granted by the Queen to_ REGINALD POLE
1558 _Death of Mary. Succeeded by_ QUEEN ELIZABETH
1586 KNOLE _granted to_ THOMAS SACKVILLE _by Elizabeth_
Thos. Sackville, _Lord Buckhurst_, 1st EARL _of_ DORSET 1536–1608
1586 _Execution of_ MARY _Queen of_ SCOTS
1603 _Death of Queen Elizabeth. Succeeded by_ JAMES I
Robert Sackville, 2nd EARL _of_ DORSET, 1561–1609
1579 _Married_ MARGARET HOWARD, _dau. of_ Duke _of_ NORFOLK
Richard Sackville, 3rd EARL _of_ DORSET, 1589–1624
1609 _Married_ Lady ANNE CLIFFORD, _daughter of_ GEORGE, Earl of CUMBERLAND
Edward Sackville, 4th EARL _of_ DORSET, 1591–1652
1612 _Married_ MARY, _daughter of_ Sir GEORGE CURZON
1624 _Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex and Middlesex_
1625 _Death of James I. Succeeded by_ CHARLES I
1630 Lady DORSET _appointed Governess to the King’s children_
1631 _Commissioner for Planting Virginia_ 1634
1642 _Outbreak of civil war._ Ld. DORSET _joins the_ KING _at York_
Richard Sackville, 5th EARL _of_ DORSET, 1622–1677
Before _Married_ Lady FRANCES CRANFIELD, _daughter of_ LIONEL Earl _of_ 1638 MIDDLESEX
1660 _Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex and Sussex_ 1670
Charles Sackville, 6th EARL _of_ DORSET _and_ EARL _of_ MIDDLESEX, 1638–1706
1674 _Death of his mother; he succeeds to the Cranfield estates_
1677 _Succeeded his father_, RICHARD, _as_ Earl _of_ DORSET
1678 _Married_ MARY, Countess _of_ FALMOUTH
1685 _Married_ Lady MARY COMPTON, _daughter of_ JAMES Earl _of_ NORTHAMPTON
1685 _Death of Charles II. Succeeded by_ JAMES II
1702 _Death of William III. Succeeded by_ QUEEN ANNE
Lionel Sackville, 7th EARL _and_ 1st DUKE _of_ DORSET, 1688–1765
1706 _Succeeded his father_, CHARLES, _as_ Earl _of_ DORSET _and_ MIDDLESEX