Lord John Sackville
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The Lord John Philip Sackville (22 June 1713 – 3 December 1765 in Tour du Pain, Lake Geneva, Switzerland) was the second son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset.
He was a keen cricketer who was closely connected with the sport in Kent. Records are sparse, and only a few exist, but it is known that in the 1744 English cricket season Lord John challenged an "England" side to play against his "Kent" side, and Kent won the game with one wicket to spare, largely thanks to Sackville himself taking a memorable catch to dismiss Richard Newland. The match details were preserved.
His son, John Frederick, later 3rd Duke of Dorset, was a member of the Hambledon Club and a leading supporter of cricket in the latter half of the eighteenth century. His son-in-law, the 8th Earl of Thanet, was an early member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
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