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Viscount Sackville

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Viscount Sackville, of Drayton in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1782 for George Germain. He was made Baron Bolebrooke in the County of Sussex at the same time. Born Lord George Sackville, he was the third son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. He died in 1785 and was succeeded in the title by his son Charles. In 1815, Charles succeeded his cousin George as the 5th Duke of Dorset. All of Charles' titles became extinct on his death in 1843.

1778 portrait of George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville by George Romney

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  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
  • "No. 12268". The London Gazette. 5 February 1782. p. 1.

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