Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst (11 August 1795 – 9 January 1870), was a British peeress.

Early life

The Countess De La Warr was born Lady Elizabeth Sackville on 11 August 1795. She was the youngest daughter of

John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, KG (25 March 174519 July 1799) was the only son of Lord John Philip Sackville, second son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. His mother was the former Lady Frances Leveson-Gower. He succeede ...

, and his wife, the former

Arabella Diana Cope Arabella Diana Cope (1769 – 1 August 1829) was a British noblewoman. She was Duchess of Dorset by her first marriage to John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, and subsequently Countess of Whitworth by her second marriage to Charles Whitworth, 1st E ...

. Her only brother George became the 4th

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and her sister, Lady Mary Sackville, married twice, first to

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and secondly to

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. When her sister died she inherited her estate at

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. Her father served as a Member of Parliament for Kent, a Privy Councillor and

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from 1783 to 1789 before serving as

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from 1789 to 1799. Her paternal grandparents were

Lord John Philip Sackville Lord John Philip Sackville (22 June 1713 – 3 December 1765) was the second son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. He was a keen cricketer who was closely connected with the sport in Kent. He was member of parliament (MP) for Tamworth ...

(second son of 1st Duke of Dorset) and the former Lady Frances Leveson-Gower. Her mother was the eldest daughter and coheiress of

Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet (c. 1743 – 14 June 1781) was a British aristocrat. He was the eldest son of Jonathan Cope, the eldest son of Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet. His father was baptised on 27 October 1717 at Sarsden, Oxfordshire, and ...

and Catherine Bisshopp (the sister of

Cecil Bisshopp, 12th Baron Zouche Cecil Bisshopp, 12th Baron Zouche, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (29 December 1752 – 11 November 1828) was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency), New Shoreham who afterw ...

Personal life

On 21 June 1813 she married

George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl de la Warr, PC (26 October 1791 – 23 February 1869), styled Viscount Cantelupe until 1795, was a British courtier and Tory politician. Background Sackville-West was the son of John West, 4th Earl De ...

, the only son of

John West, 4th Earl De La Warr 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 (née Wynyard), Countess De La Warr, ...

, the former Catherine Lyell. Lord De La Warr served as

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under

Sir Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–183 ...

between 1841 and 1846 and under

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between 1858 and 1859, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1841. Together, they had ten children, nine of whom lived to maturity, including: *

George West, Viscount Cantelupe George John Frederick West, Viscount Cantelupe (26 April 1814 – 25 June 1850), was a British politician. Styled Viscount Cantelupe from birth, he was the eldest son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr, by Lady Elizabeth Sackville, d ...

(1814–1850), who died unmarried. *

Charles Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr Major general (United Kingdom), Major-General Charles Richard Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr (13 November 1815 – 23 April 1873) was a British Army officer. He was a peer for the last years of his life, succeeding his father in 1869. De L ...

(1815–1873) *

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 187 ...

(1817–1896) * Elizabeth Sackville-West, Duchess of Bedford (1818–1897), who married

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and had issue. *

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 Barones ...

(1820–1888) * son(1822–1823) * Lady Mary Catherine (1824–1900), who married first,

James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, (born James Brownlow William Cecil, 17 April 1791 – 12 April 1868), styled Viscount Cranborne from birth until 1823, was a British Conservative politician. He held office unde ...

and had issue, and secondly to

Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (21 July 182621 April 1893; known as Lord Stanley from 1851 to 1869) was a British statesman. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs twice, from 1866 to 1868 and from 1874 to 1878, and also ...

. *

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 Sac ...

(1827–1908) * William Sackville (1830–1905) * Lady Arabella Diana (1835–1869), who married Sir Alexander Bannerman, 9th Baronet. Lady De La Warr died on 9 January 1870. She was buried at St Michael and All Angels Churchyard in

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Peerage

On 27 April 1864, Lady De La Warr was created Baroness Buckhurst, of Buckhurst in the County of Sussex, by

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with a special remainder to her second surviving son, Reginald and the heirs male of his body. Failing him, to her third and fourth son and their heirs male with a remainder that if any of the heirs inherited the barony and the earldom of De La Warr, then the barony should pass to a younger brother or younger son of the heirs male. The

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was worded to prevent the barony and earldom being held by the same person. However, when Reginald inherited the barony in 1870 and subsequently the earldom in 1873, his brother, Mortimer, tried to make a claim to the barony, but the

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deemed the remainders invalid. Mortimer was instead created

Baron Sackville Baron Sackville, of Knole in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1876 for the Honourable Mortimer Sackville-West, with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his younger brothers the Hon. ...

as a consolation.

References

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External links

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Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst (11 August 1795 – 9 January 1870), was a British peeress. Early life The Countess De La Warr was born Lady Elizabeth Sackville on 11 August 1795. She was the youngest ...

Hereditary peeresses created by Queen Victoria