Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl of

Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl of

▪ English noble
born 1643
died 1706

      typical courtier of the reign of British king Charles II, a munificent patron to many men of letters, and a friend of John Dryden (Dryden, John). Dorset was himself a poet whose satires in heroic couplets anticipated and influenced the style of Alexander Pope.

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