Diana (Sambrooke) Germain (1731 - 1778)

Born 11 Apr 1731 in Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Wife of George (Sackville) Germain PC MP — married 3 Sep 1754 in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1778 at age 46 in Withyham, Sussex, England

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Biography

Diana (Sambrooke) Germain was born in Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England.

Diana was born into the Sambrooke/Vanacker Families. Jeremy Sambrooke (Diana's grandfather) was a knight and succeeded to the baronetcy of Nicholas Vanacker and John Vanacker 2nd Bt, his brothers-in-law, under the terms of a patent granted by King William III in 1700. The baronetcy was in Erith, Kent, a small riverside port until the 1850s. The baronecy became extinct on the 4th August 1754 on the death Jeremy Vanacker-Sambrooke ^[1]

Early Life

1731 Birth: Diana was born on the 11 April 1731 the daughter of John Sambrooke and his wife, Elizabeth Forester. She was baptised on 7 May 1731 in St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, Camden, Middlesex, England. The image of the sourced parish record states the date of birth of Diana. Her father John was the member of parliament for Wenlock, Shropshire.^[2]

1734 Death of Father: Her father John Sambrooke died on the 19 May 1734 in Bath, Somerset, England, when Diana was 3 years old.

1748 Marriage of Sister: Her sister Elizabeth Sambrooke married John Bateman on 2 July 1748. In December 1744, John at the age of 23 succeeded his father as second Viscount Bateman.

Marriage and Children

1754 Marriage: Diana married George (Sackville) Germain PC MP son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, Duke of Dorset and his wife, Elizabeth Colyear on 3 September 1754 in the Parish of St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England. She would have been 21 years old and her husband was 38. At the time of their marriage George was serving as Chief Secretary for Ireland, during his father's second term as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. ^[3]The notice in the Scots Magazine of the 5 August 1754 in Edinburgh, Scotland states the parent of Diana as the Lady Viscount Bateman, her elder sister. Her husbands father was the Duke of Dorset. ^[4]

Birth of Children: They had 3 daughters and 2 sons between 1756 and 1770:

• Diana Sackville was born on 8 July 1756 and baptised on 1 August 1756 in the Parish of St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex;^[5]
• Elizabeth (Sackville) Herbert was born in 1762, and baptised in the Parish of St James in Westminster, Middlesex on the 26 July 1762;
• Caroline was baptised on 18 July 1764 in Westminster, Middlesex, England;^[6]
• Charles (Sackville) Sackville-Germain was baptised on the 25 September 1767 in the Parish of St James Westminster, Middlesex;
• George Sackville on was born in 1770 in England.

1778 Death: Diana died on 15 January 1778 at the age of 46. She was buried in St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England on the 21 January 1778 ^[7]

Research Notes

• Her possible death location is a family home of her husband which is Stonelands Lodge and Buckhurst Park, Sussex. [2]

Sources

1. ↑ A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies By Sir John Bernard Burke [1]
2. ↑ Baptism: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P82/GEO1/001
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1624 #1184656 (accessed 3 November 2022)
   Diana Sambrooke baptism on 7 May 1731, daughter of Elizth Sambrooke & John Sambrooke, in St George, Bloomsbury, Camden, Middlesex, England.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935"
   City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: STG/PR/7/2
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61867 #90841474 (accessed 31 October 2022)
   Diana Sambrooke marriage to George Sackville on 3 Sep 1754 in St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England.
4. ↑ Marriage: "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
   citing Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 5 Aug 1754, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: QPCK-L4BY (accessed 1 November 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSW5-Q7BD-P Image number 00194
   Diana Sambrooke marriage to George Sackville Col Lord on 3 Sep 1754 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
5. ↑ Baptism: "Westminster Baptisms"
   Archive: City of Westminster Archives Centre; Page: 118
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 3 November 2022)
   Diana Sackville baptism on 1 Aug 1756 (born 8 Jul 1756), daughter of George & Diana, in St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, England.
6. ↑ Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   FamilySearch Record: NKTT-TRZ (accessed 1 November 2022)
   Caroline Sackville baptism on 18 Jul 1764, daughter of George Sackville & Diana, in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.
7. ↑ Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
   citing record ID 190771914, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   FamilySearch Record: QPR9-CLX1 (accessed 1 November 2022)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #190771914
   Diana Sambrooke Sackville burial (died on 15 Jan 1778) in Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England.

See also:

• Wikipedia contributors, "Erith," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erith&oldid=1120854299 (accessed November 16, 2022).

Acknowledgements

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