Sackville George Stopford-Sackville DL, JP (19 March 1840 – 6 October 1926), known as Sackville Stopford until 1870, was a British

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politician.

Background and education

Born Sackville Stopford, Stopford-Sackville was the eldest son of William Stopford-Sackville, son of Reverend the Hon.

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, younger son of

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. His mother was Caroline Harriett, daughter and heiress of the Hon. George Sackville, younger son of

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. He assumed in 1870 (alongside his father) by Royal licence the additional surname of Sackville. Through his mother he notably inherited

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. He was educated at

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Political career

Stopford-Sackville was returned to Parliament for Northamptonshire North in 1867, a seat he held until 1880. He remained out of the

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for the next twenty years trying unsuccessfully to return to parliament in the 1894 Wisbech by-election. In 1900 he was re-elected for his previous constituency Northamptonshire North, and continued to represent it until 1906. He was also an

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of the

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County Council and served as a Deputy Lieutenant and

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of that county.

Family

Stopford-Sackville married Edith Frances, daughter of William Rashleigh, in 1875. There were no children from the marriage. She died in December 1905. Sackville-Stopford survived her by over twenty years and died in October 1926, aged 86. A

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was installed in his memory in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stopford-Sackville, Sackville 1840 births 1926 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1900–1906 Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Members of Northamptonshire County Council English justices of the peace Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire

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Family

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