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4th Earl of Dorset

Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset (see here), born 1590,
died 1652,
see images at [NPG],
and at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge,
had issue:

Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (see here), born 16th Sept 1622,
mar 1637 [apparently age 14-15],
died 1677, had issue:

1. Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (see here),
   born 24th Jan 1638 [using [NJ] format] [father apparently age 15],
   poet, patron of men of letters,
   notorious rake at Restoration court of Charles II,
   succ 1677,
   he was nearly killed by fellow rake Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, sometime 1680-83,
   died 1706,
   see images at [NPG],
   he is portrayed in the movie The Libertine (2005),
   had issue:
   1. Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, born 1688.