Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset
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died April 19, 1608, London
English politician and poet.
A London barrister, he entered Parliament in 1558. He was a member of the Privy Council (1585) and conveyed the death sentence to
Mary, Queen of Scots,
in 1586. He later served on diplomatic missions to The Hague and served as lord high treasurer (1599–1608). He was also noted as the coauthor of
The Tragedie of Gorboduc (1561), the earliest English drama in blank verse, and for his "Induction," the most famous part of the verse collection
A Myrrour for Magistrates (1563).
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also called (1567–1604) Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst
born 1536, Buckhurst, Sussex, Eng.
died April 19, 1608, London
English statesman, poet, and dramatist, remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance in the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama: the
collection A Myrrour for Magistrates (1563) and the tragedy
Gorboduc (1561).
Sackville settled in London in 1553. In 1558 he became a barrister and entered Parliament. He began an extended visit to Italy c. 1563 and returned upon his father's death in 1566. The next year he was created baron of Buckhurst. He continued to serve the government, becoming a member of the Privy Council in 1585; he conveyed the death sentence to Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1586. He served on several diplomatic missions to The Hague and became chancellor of the University of Oxford (1591) and lord high treasurer (1599; conferred for life in 1603). He was created a knight and a baron in 1567 and earl of Dorset in 1604. His house in Kent, Knole, is one of the great buildings of the age.
Sackville's “Induction,” the most famous part of the Myrrour, describes the poet's visit to the infernal regions. Written with Thomas Norton, The Tragedie of Gorboduc is the earliest known English drama in blank verse.
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