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Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke Of Dorset (January 18, 1688 - October 10, 1765) was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lionel was the son of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and Mary Compton Sackville. He married Elizabeth Colyear, the daughter of General Walter Colyear, in January of 1709. Their sons included Charles, John Philip, and George (1716-1785). Lord Sackville served twice as the King's representative (Lord Lieutenant) in Ireland, from 1731 to 1737 and again from 1751 to 1755.
GeorgeSackville, 1st Viscount Sackville (January 26, 1716 – August 26, 1785), also known previously first as Lord GeorgeSackville and then Lord George Germain, was a British soldier and politician who was Secretary of State for America in Lord North's cabinet during the American Revolution.
Lord GeorgeSackville, the third son of LionelCranfieldSackville, 1stDuke Of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
In 1758 he was given a fourth regiment and joined the Duke of Marlborough as a Lieutenant General.