Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset

Edward Sackville, later 4th Earl of Dorset, c. 1614, by William Larkin.
Edward Sackville, miniature by John Hoskins, 1635

Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset KG (1591 – 17 July 1652) was an English courtier, soldier and politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622 and became Earl of Dorset in 1624. He fought a duel in his early life, and was later involved in colonisation in North America. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.


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