John Richard West, 4th Earl De La Warr (28 July 1758 – 28 July 1795), styled The Honourable John West between 1761 and 1783, was a British aristocrat and courtier.

Early life

West was the second son of Mary (

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Wynyard), Countess De La Warr, and

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John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr (9 May 1729 – 22 November 1777) was a British peer, politician and army officer. Early life Born The Honourable John West, he was the son of John West, 7th Baron De La Warr and his first wife, the former Lady Ch ...

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. His elder brother was William West, 3rd Earl De La Warr, a Lt.-Col. in the

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and his younger brother was Frederick West (who married twice and had issue by both wives). He also had two sisters, Lady Georgiana West (the wife of Edward Pery Buckley and mother of

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, MP for

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), and Lady Matilda West (the wife of Gen.

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, Commander-in-Chief, Scotland). His paternal grandparents were

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(only son of

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) and the former Lady Charlotte McCarthy (only daughter of

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and Lady Elizabeth Spencer, second daughter of

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. His maternal grandparents were Lieutenant-General John Wynyard and the former Catherine Allestrec.

Career

He was educated at

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''.

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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 1076. He served in the 2nd Foot Guards with the rank of lieutenant.thepeerage.com John Richard West, 4th Earl De La Warr
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to the Queen Consort, a post he held until 1783, when he also succeeded his elder brother

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in the earldom. In 1789 he was made a

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, which he remained until his death six years later.

Personal life

On 22 April 1783, Lord De La Warr was married to Catherine Lyell (b. c. 1756; d. 27 May 1826), daughter of Henry Lyell, of Bourn,

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, a Swedish nobleman who had emigrated to England, and the former Catharine Allestrie (only child of George Allestrie of Alvaston, Devon). Together, they had one son and one daughter: * Lady Catherine Georgiana West (1788–1824), who married Lt.-Col. Joseph D'Arcy, who served as '' aide-de-camp'' to the

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, in 1817. * George John West, 5th Earl De La Warr (1791–1869), who married Lady Elizabeth Sackville, daughter of

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, in 1813. He died in July 1795, aged 37, and was succeeded in the title by his only son,

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. Lady De La Warr died on 27 May 1826 and was buried at Bourn in Cambridgeshire.

Descendants

Through his only son George (who in 1843 took by Royal Licence the name Sackville before that of West so his wife could inherit part of her father's estate), he was posthumously a grandfather of ten, nine of whom lived into maturity, including: George Sackville, Viscount Cantelupe (an MP for

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and

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who died unmarried),

Charles Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr Major-General Charles Richard Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr (13 November 1815 – 23 April 1873), styled Lord West following the untimely death of his elder brother thus between 1850 and 1869, was a British soldier officer, rising to Major- ...

Reginald Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr Reginald Windsor Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr (21 February 1817 – 5 January 1896), styled The Honourable Reginald West until 1843, as The Honourable Reginald Sackville between 1843 and 1870 and known as the Lord Buckhurst between 1870 and 1873 ...

, Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West (the wife of

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Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville (22 September 1820 – 1 October 1888), was a British peer and court official. Sackville-West was the fourth son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr, and Elizabeth Sackville, 1st Baroness B ...

, Lady Mary Catherine (wife of

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and, secondly,

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Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville, GCMG (19 July 1827 – 3 September 1908), was a British diplomat. Background Sackville-West was the fourth son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr, by Lady Elizabeth, daughter of John Sackv ...

, William Sackville-West (who married Georgina Dodwell and had issue, including

Lionel Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville (15 May 1867 – 28 January 1928), was a British peer. Sackville-West was the son of the Honourable William Edward Sackville-West, sixth son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr and Lady ...

), and Lady Arabella Diana Sackville-West (wife of

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References

External links

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