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

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politician.

Background

Sackville-West was the 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, ...

and Catherina Lyell, daughter of Henry Lyell, a naturalized British subject (born Henrik Leijel of the Swedish noble family Leijel, nr. 1531). He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1795 at the age of three.

Political career

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

Lord Derby Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869), known as Lord Stanley from 1834 to 1851, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served three times as Prime Minister of the United K ...

between 1858 and 1859. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1841.

Family

Lord De La Warr married Lady Elizabeth Sackville, 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

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 ...

, on 21 June 1813. They had ten children, nine of whom lived into maturity: *

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), Member of Parliament for

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and

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, 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). * Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West (1818–1897), married

Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford (16 October 1819 – 14 January 1891) was an English politician and agriculturalist. Life Known as Hastings, the 9th Duke was born in Curzon Street, London, the son of Major-General Lord ...

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), married firstly,

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. She married secondly,

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-West (1830–1905), married Georgina Dodwell and had issue, including Lionel Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville. * Lady Arabella Diana Sackville-West (1835–1869), married Sir Alexander Bannerman, 9th Baronet.

References

"The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing,..." by Edmund Lodge, 1892, p. 179

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:De La Warr, George Sackville-West, 5th Earl Of 1791 births 1869 deaths 5

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