Lionel Cranfield (1625 - 1674)

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Lionel Cranfield was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Lionel succeeded his brother James as 3rd Earl of Middlesex. He was Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles II and married Lady Rachel Fane, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland. His titles became extinct at his death but Charles Sackville, eldest son of his sister Frances, was created Baron Cranfield and Earl of Middlesex. Lionel's gravestone in the south ambulatory of Westminster Cathedral reads: "Under this stone lyeth ye body of Lyonel Earle of Middlesex Baron Cranfeild of Cranfeild in the county of Bedford One of the Gent. of His Majestys Bedchamber. He was second sonn to Lyonel Earle of Middlesex Lord High Treasurer of England the last of that honorable family. He dyed ye 26th day of Octr. in the yeare of Our Lord 1674".

Sources

• Wikipedia:Lionel_Cranfield,_1st_Earl_of_Middlesex

• http://thepeerage.com/p3026.htm#i30258

• http://westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/lionel-cranfield,-earl-of-middlesex

• Harris, Brice. Charles Sackville, Sixth Earl of Dorset (The University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1940) Page 10