SACKVILLE, THOMAS, EARL OF DORSET

SACKVILLE, THOMAS, EARL OF DORSET
   poet and statesman, born at Buckhurst; bred for the bar; entered Parliament in 1558; wrote with Thomas Norton a tragedy called "Gorboduc," contributed to a collection of British legends called the "Mirror of Magistrates" two pieces in noble verse (1536-1608).

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