John Frederick Sackville, third duke of Dorset

(1745-1799)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dorset, John Frederick Sackville, Duke of, 1745-1799 NRA: Sackville, John Frederick (1745-1799) 3rd Duke of Dorset, diplomat DNB: Sackville, John Frederick, third duke of Dorset (1745–1799), cricketer and courtier LBT ID: DuDorse3 VIAF ID: 40300076 LOC ID: nr97004904	B/BAP: 1745-03-25 DIED: 1799-07-19
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The son of Lord John Philip Sackville (1713-1765); educated at Westminster, he was briefly an MP before succeeding his uncle in the dukedom in 1769, and was ambassador to France (1783-39). Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, was among his mistresses.