leave the Army in September. Finally, he was committed to a private lunatic asylum circa 1746, then sent abroad to exile on a very small allowance in Lausanne where Lord Shelburne met him in 1760, and commented on his dirty condition but lucid conversation. According to his descendant Robert Sackville-West, 7th Baron Sackville in his book Inheritance he became insane later in life, dying in Geneva, Switzerland, aged 52. However, his brother lived long enough to allow John Philip's son to inherit his title and become the next Duke of Dorset. References Bibliography F S Ashley-Cooper, At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742–1751, Cricket Magazine, 1900 G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935 Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862 Timothy J McCann, Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century, Sussex Record Society, 2004 H T Waghorn, Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773), Blackwood, 1899 External links SACKVILLE, Lord John Philip (1713–65 Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970. 1713 births 1765 deaths Cricket patrons English cricketers English cricketers of 1701 to 1786 Kent cricketers Younger sons of dukes Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 John 18th-century philanthropists 37th Regiment of Foot officers Coldstream Guards officers