Earl Dorset

Earl Dorset is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.

Earl Dorset (1st Creation)

In 1070 Osmund 1st Earl Dorset was created 1st Earl Dorset.

On 03 Dec 1099 Osmund 1st Earl Dorset died. Earl Dorset extinct.

Earl Dorset (2nd Creation)

On 05 Jul 1411 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 34) was created 1st Earl Dorset. Margaret Neville Countess Dorest (age 27) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 31 Dec 1426 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 49) died at Greenwich, Kent [Map]. Some sources say 27 Dec 1426 and 01 Jan 1427. Duke Exeter and Earl Dorset extinct.

Earl Dorset (3rd Creation)

Chronicle of Gregory 1438. 1438. Ande the same yere the Erle of Mortayne (age 32) was made Erle of Dorsette, and he was sentte unto Anjoye and Mayne [Map].

In Aug 1441 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke Somerset (age 35) was created 1st Earl Dorset. Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 32) by marriage Countess Dorset. The date possibly 1441.

On 04 Nov 1461 Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset (age 25) was attainted. Duke Somerset, Marquess Dorset, Earl Dorset forfeit.

On 10 Mar 1463 Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset (age 27) was subject to a general pardon so his titles Duke Somerset, Marquess Dorset, Earl Dorset were restored.

On 15 May 1464 a Yorkist army commanded by John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 33) defeated a Lancastrian army commanded by Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset (age 28) at Hexham [Map] during the Battle of Hexham.

Those fighting for York included John Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire (age 36), John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 26) and Richard Welles 7th Baron Willoughby 7th Baron Welles (age 36).

Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset (age 28) was beheaded following the battle. The general pardon which he has previously received was annulled. Duke Somerset, Marquess Dorset, Earl Somerset and Earl Dorset forfeit for the second time. His son Edmund Beaufort 3rd Duke Somerset (age 25) was styled by supporters of the House of Lancaster as Duke of Somerset but had not right to do so.

Philip Wentworth (age 40) was executed at Middleham [Map].

Earl Dorset (4th Creation)

In 1604 Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 68) was created 1st Earl Dorset. Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 69) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 19 Apr 1608 Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 72) died suddenly at the council table, having apparently suffered a stroke. His funeral was held at Westminster Abbey [Map]. He was buried in the Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Dorset, 2nd Baron Buckhurst. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 27 Feb 1609 Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 48) died at Dorset House. He was buried at Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset (age 19) succeeded 3rd Earl Dorset, 3rd Baron Buckhurst and inherited Knole House, Sevenoaks. Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 19) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 28 Mar 1624 Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset (age 35) died at Dorset House. He was buried in the Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His brother Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset (age 33) succeeded 4th Earl Dorset, 4th Baron Buckhurst. Mary Curzon Countess Dorset (age 34) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 17 Jul 1652 Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset (age 61) died. His son Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Dorset, 5th Baron Buckhurst. Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset (age 30) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 27 Aug 1677 Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset (age 54) died. His son Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex (age 34) succeeded 6th Earl Dorset, 6th Baron Buckhurst. Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset (age 32) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 07 Mar 1685 Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex (age 42) and Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex (age 16) were married. She by marriage Countess Dorset, Countess Middlesex. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton and Mary Noel Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset and Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset (age 63).

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).