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Sackville

American  
[sak-vil] / ˈsæk vɪl /

noun

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


Sackville British  
/ ˈsækvɪl /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The former Drag Race UK queen had spent weeks rehearsing and creating costumes for the performance at the city's Sackville Gardens in August.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2025

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

The Sackville family assembled the country’s greatest collection of royal furniture from the Stuart period.

From Washington Post Oct. 21, 2021

I. to Sir Robert Sackville, the noble descendants of that personage still bear an estoile, or star, as their crest.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

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