Paternal Family Tree: Sackville
In January 1709 [his father] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 20] and [his mother] Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Dorset. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex and [his grandmother] Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex.
On 26th January 1716 George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville was born to Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 28] and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset [aged 27]. His godfather King George I [aged 55] attended his baptism.
On 11th December 1718 John Germain 1st Baronet [aged 68] died. Baronet Germain of Westminster extinct. His wife survived him until 1769 when she left his and her etates to George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 2] who adopted the surname Germain.
In 1720 [his father] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 31] was created 1st Duke Dorset. [his mother] Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset [aged 31] by marriage Duchess Dorset.
On 6th December 1726 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Thynne 2nd Viscount Weymouth [aged 16] and [his sister] Elizabeth Sackville Viscountess Weymouth [aged 15] were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess Weymouth. She the daughter of [his father] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 38] and [his mother] Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset [aged 37]. They were fifth cousins.
On 19th June 1729 [his sister] Elizabeth Sackville Viscountess Weymouth [aged 18] died.
On 11th May 1745 the allied army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland [aged 24] was defeated by a French army at the Battle of Fontenoy.
George Cholmondeley [aged 20], George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle [aged 21], Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 20] and John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave [aged 27] fought.
Henry Ponsonby [aged 60], James Dillon and Robert Douglas were killed.
George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 29] led the charge of the Duke of Cumberland's infantry leading his regiment so deep into the French lines that when he was wounded and captured he was taken to the tent of Louis XV.
Louis 6th Duke of Gramont [aged 55] was killed. His son Antoine [aged 23] succeeded 7th Duke Gramont.
On 3rd September 1754 George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 38] and Diana Sambrooke were married. He the son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 66] and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset [aged 65].
On 8th July 1756 [his daughter] Diana Sackville was born to George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 40] and [his wife] Diana Sambrooke.
On 1st August 1759 William Middleton 5th Baronet [aged 21] was severely injured at the Battle of Minden.
George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 43] was ordered several times to advance the British cavalry to complete the victory but refused to do so since Sackville was estranged from Lord Granby [aged 38], the force commander, and withheld permission for Granby to "gain glory" through an attack. For this action, he was cashiered and sent home. Sackville refused to accept responsibility for refusing to obey orders. Back in England, he demanded a court martial, and made it a large enough issue that he obtained his demand in 1760. The court found him guilty, and imposed one of the strangest and strongest verdicts ever rendered against a general officer. The court's verdict not only upheld his discharge, but ruled that he was "...unfit to serve His Majesty in any military Capacity whatever", then ordered that their verdict be read to and entered in the orderly book of every regiment in the army. The king had his name struck from the Privy Council rolls.
On 10th October 1765 [his father] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 77] died at Knole House, Sevenoaks. His son [his brother] Charles [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Duke Dorset, 8th Earl Dorset, 3rd Earl Middlesex, 8th Baron Buckhurst, 3rd Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 27th August 1767 [his son] Charles Sackville 5th Duke Dorset was born to George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 51] and [his wife] Diana Sambrooke.
On 12th June 1768 [his mother] Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset [aged 79] died.
On 5th January 1769 [his brother] Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset [aged 57] died. His nephew John [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Duke Dorset, 9th Earl Dorset, 4th Earl Middlesex, 9th Baron Buckhurst, 4th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 7th December 1770 [his son] George Sackville was born to George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 54] and [his wife] Diana Sambrooke.
On 15th January 1778 [his wife] Diana Sambrooke died.
In February 1782 George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 66] was created 1st Viscount Sackville of Drayton in Sussex and 1st Baron Bolebrooke in Sussex.
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On 26th August 1785 George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 69] died. His son Charles [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Viscount Sackville of Drayton in Sussex and 2nd Baron Bolebrooke in Sussex.
Before 2nd August 1788 Thomas Gainsborough [aged 61]. Portrait of George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Sackville was born to George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville and Diana Sambrooke. She married before 21st June 1821 Henry Arthur Herbert and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Curzon
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Curzon 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Babington 
11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Curzon Countess Dorset 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cranfield 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Brett
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brett Countess Middlesex
father: Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Hastings Baroness Compton 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Beaumont 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Beaumont 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Armstrong
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Noel 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden 20 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Harrington 
19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden 21 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Noel Countess Northampton 22 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Wotton 1st Baron Wotton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden
George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Colyear
Grandfather: Walter Colyear
mother: Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset