Biography of John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset 1745-1799
Paternal Family Tree: Sackville
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Sheppard 1617
In 1744 [his father] John Sackville (age 30) and [his mother] Frances Leveson-Gower (age 23) were married. She had given birth to their child before the marriage. She the daughter of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 49) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. He the son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 55) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 55). They were half third cousins.
On 24 Mar 1745 John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset was born to John Sackville (age 31) and Frances Leveson-Gower (age 24).
On 03 Dec 1765 [his father] John Sackville (age 52) died at Geneva.
On 05 Jan 1769 [his uncle] Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset (age 57) died. His nephew John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 23) succeeded 3rd Duke Dorset, 9th Earl Dorset, 4th Earl Middlesex, 9th Baron Buckhurst, 4th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 23 Mar 1769 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 33) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were divorced when he discovered she was pregnant by her lover John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) whom she subsequently married. Plans to marry his mistress Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 34), if they existed, were undermined by the the discovery he discovered she was having an affair with John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 23).
Around 1779 Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby (age 25) had a very public affair with John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 33). She moved out of the family home expecting a divorce. Her husband Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (age 26) announced he did not intend to divorce his wife and withdrew her access to their children. The countess was socially ostracised for the remainder of her life. She died on 14 Mar 1797. Six weeks later he married again.
In 1788 [his mother] Frances Leveson-Gower (age 67) died.
In 1788 John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 42) was appointed 609th Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 49).
Before 02 Aug 1788 Joshua Reynolds (age 65). Portrait of John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 43).
In 1790 John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 44) and Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Dorset, 9th Countess Dorset. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Charles Cope 2nd Baronet and Catherine Bisshopp Countess Liverpool (age 45).
On 30 Jul 1792 [his daughter] Mary Sackville Countess Plymouth Amherst was born to John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 47) and [his wife] Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset (age 23).
On 15 Nov 1793 [his son] George Frederick Sackville 4th Duke Dorset was born to John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 48) and [his wife] Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset (age 24).
On 11 Aug 1795 [his daughter] Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr was born to John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 50) and [his wife] Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset (age 26).
On 19 Jul 1799 John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 54) died. His son [his son] George Frederick Sackville 4th Duke Dorset (age 5) succeeded 4th Duke Dorset, 10th Earl Dorset, 5th Earl Middlesex, 10th Baron Buckhurst, 5th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 07 Apr 1801 Charles Whitworth 1st Earl Whitworth (age 48) and [his former wife] Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset (age 32) were married. She the daughter of Charles Cope 2nd Baronet and Catherine Bisshopp Countess Liverpool (age 56).
In 1825 [his former wife] Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset (age 56) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Curzon 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Curzon Countess Dorset 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cranfield
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Brett
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Brett Countess Middlesex
GrandFather: Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Noel Countess Northampton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden
Father: John Sackville 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Colyear
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Colyear
GrandMother: Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset
John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Doyley Baroness Gower
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bevil Grenville
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Granville 1st Earl Bath
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Wyche
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Wyche
GrandFather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Lindsey and Holderness
Mother: Frances Leveson-Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn of West Dean
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Coxe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coxe
GrandMother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Read
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheppard