Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset
Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset, formerly Elizabeth Colyear, was a British court official and noble, the wife of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset.
She was the daughter of Lieutenant-General Walter Colyear. In 1703, at the age of fourteen, Elizabeth came to court as a Maid of honour to Queen Anne, a position she inherited from her aunt Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester.
They were married in January 1709, but the marriage was not made public until the duchess became pregnant. The couple had five children in all:
- Charles, Earl of Middlesex
- Lord John Sackville
- Lord George Sackville
- Elizabeth, who married Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth
- Caroline, who married Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester.