Sackville George Sackville Germain First Viscount 1716-1785
Served with distinction at Fontenoy, 1745; major-general, 1755;
lieutenant-general of the ordnance, 1757; second in command of St. Malo
expedition, 1758; dismissed from the service for gross incompetence at
Minden, 1760; secretary of state for colonies, 1775-1782. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era)
Succeeds Dartmouth as secretary of state, 148; his character, 149; his
hostility to Carleton, 163, 170; criticizes Carleton's action, 164;<
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generally distrusted, 170; his plan of campaign, 171; created peer as
Viscount Sackville, 192. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Colonial secretary, 107; errors made by,
112; his disapproval of Carleton's methods, 113; ignorant of conditions
in Canada, 125; characterized, 132, 165; Haldimand's despatches to,
132-143, 153; Haldimand reproved by, 155-156; letters of Haldimand to,
164-166, 170, 176, 178, 294; Hamilton a correspondent of, 167; his
instructions in matter of Vermont, 199, 216; Haldimand's low opinion of
people of Vermont, 199-201; Haldimand reports progress of Vermont
negotiations to, 206, 208; his letter to Haldimand, 275. =Bib.=: Dict.
Nat. Biog.