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Earls, marquesses and dukes of Dorset - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Earls, marquesses and dukes of Dorset - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | Dorset and his brother Richard Grey were among the supporters of their half-brother, the young king Edward V.; thus they incurred the enmity of Richard duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III., and Richard Grey having been arrested, was beheaded at Pontefract in June 1483, while his elder brother, the marquess, saved his life by flight. |
 | | Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke Of Dorset (1711-1769), an associate of Frederick, prince of Wales, was a member of parliament for many years and a lord of the treasury under Henry Pelham; he died on the 5th of January 1769, when his nephew, John Frederick (1745-1799), became the 3rd duke. |
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