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
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politician.
Background
Sackville-West was the son of
John West, 4th Earl 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
Lord Chamberlain of the Household under
Sir Robert Peel between 1841 and 1846 and under
Lord Derby 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 and
Arabella Diana Cope, on 21 June 1813. They had ten children, nine of whom lived into maturity:
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George West, Viscount Cantelupe (1814–1850),
Member of Parliament for
Helston and
Lewes
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, died unmarried.
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Charles Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr (1815–1873).
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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).
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Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West (1818–1897), married
Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford and had issue.
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Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville (1820–1888).
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son(1822–1823)
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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
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.
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Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville (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
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George Sackville-West, 05 Earl De La Warr
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