Sackville

American

[sak-vil] / ˈsæk vɪl /

noun

Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.

Sackville British

/ ˈsækvɪl /

noun

Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset. 1536–1608, English poet, dramatist, and statesman. He collaborated with Thomas Norton on the early blank-verse tragedy Gorboduc (1561)

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Falling from office after the British surrender at Yorktown, he had a soft landing in the House of Lords as 1st Viscount Sackville.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

A real-life inspiration, Lady Idina Sackville, scandalized 1920s high society in the U.K. and its colony in Kenya.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

Home to the Sackville family since the 18th Century, it is not generally open to the public.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2024

The river was higher than the March 2021 event at places including North Richmond, Wisemans Ferry, Sackville and Lower Portland.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2022

The first English comedy was written in 1540, by Udall; and the first tragedy in 1561, by Sackville and Norton.

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