Xenia Sackville, Lady Buckhurst (née Countess Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky; born 1980) is a British jewellery designer.

Biography

Lady Buckhurst was born Countess Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky in 1980 in

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to Count Nikolai Tolstoy and Georgia Brown. Her father is a former prospective parliamentary candidate for the

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, Vice President of the

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, and nominal head of the

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. She was educated at

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, an all-girls boarding school in

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, and at

Downe House School Downe House School is a selective independent girls' day and boarding school in Cold Ash, a village near Newbury, Berkshire, for girls aged 11–18. The ''Good Schools Guide'' described Downe House as an "Archetypal traditional girls' full ...

, an all-girls boarding school in

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. After graduating, she spent a

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working with children in

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. She then earned a degree from

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. In September 2009, Lady Buckhurst became engaged to

William Sackville, Lord Buckhurst William Herbrand Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst (born 13 June 1979), is the son and heir of William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr. He was styled Lord Buckhurst on 9 February 1988, upon his father's succession to the earldom. Buckhurst is a go ...

, the heir of

William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr William Herbrand Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr ( ; born 10 April 1948) is a British businessman, nobleman, and peer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1976 until 9 February 1988, when he inherited upon the death of his father William Sackville ...

and a godson of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. They married on 5 February 2010 in a

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ceremony at the Dormition Cathedral in London. She gave birth to their first child, William Lionel Robert Sackville, on 24 January 2014. She gave birth to a second child, Victoria Elizabeth Anne Sackville, on 6 June 2016. She works as a jewellery designer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sackville, Xenia Living people 1980 births Alumni of King's College London Buckhurst British jewellery designers English Eastern Orthodox Christians English people of Russian descent English socialites Countesses of the Russian Empire Members of the Russian Orthodox Church People educated at Downe House School People educated at Headington School Xenia Xenia Women jewellers