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Encyclopedia > Duke of Dorset

The title Earl of Dorset has been created at least four times in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1411 for Thomas Beaufort, who was later created Duke of Exeter. The peerages became extinct on his death.


It was next created in 1441 for Edmund Beaufort who was later created first Marquess of Dorset (1442) then Duke of Somerset (1446). These titles were forfeited by the second duke in 1464.


The last creation was in 1604 for Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst. In 1720 the seventh earl was created Duke of Dorset in the Peerage of Great Britain. On the death of the fifth duke in 1843 the peerages became extinct.

Contents
1 Earls of Dorset, first creation (1070)
2 Earls of Dorset, second creation (1411)
3 Earls of Dorset, third creation (1441)
4 Earls of Dorset, fourth creation (1604)
5 Dukes of Dorset (1720)

Earls of Dorset, first creation (1070)

  • Osmund, Count of Seez (d. 1099) (extinct on his death)

Earls of Dorset, second creation (1411)

Earls of Dorset, third creation (1441)

Earls of Dorset, fourth creation (1604)

Dukes of Dorset (1720)


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John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (913 words)
Back in England, Dorset became one of the first members of the Marylebone Cricket Club; his public life continued in the post of Steward of the Royal Household — in which capacity his his main role was to keep an eye on the dissolute Prince of Wales, the future George IV.
Dorset commissioned a painting of her from Thomas Gainsborough, which is reckoned to be one of Gainsborough's later masterpieces.
The 3rd Duke of Dorset was also known for his affair with the Countess of Derby, born Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of the 5th Duke of Hamilton and the beauty Elizabeth Gunning.
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