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 1873, was a British clergyman and landowner.

Background

Sackville was the third son of

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 ...

, and Lady Elizabeth Sackville, Baroness Buckhurst in her own right, daughter and heiress 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 ...

. He was the brother of

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 ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford VA (''née'' Sackville-West; 23 September 1818 – 22 April 1897) was the daughter of the 5th Earl De La Warr and his wife Lady Elizabeth Sackville. Early life She was baptised as Elizabeth West on 18 Oct ...

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 ...

, and

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 ...

. Born Reginald West, he assumed in 1843 by Royal licence the additional surname of Sackville,Mosley, Charles (ed.) ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition.'' (volume 1) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 1076. and (by royal licence) on 24 April 1871 the surname of Sackville only.

Public life

Sackville succeeded his mother as

Baron Buckhurst The title Baron Buckhurst has been created twice; once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in 1567 for Thomas Sackville, MP for East Grinstead and Aylesbury. He was later created Earl ...

in 1870 according to a special remainder in the

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(the intention was that the barony of Buckhurst should always be separate from the earldom of De La Warr). Three years later he succeeded in the earldom after his elder brother Charles died by suicide. His younger brother Mortimer then claimed the barony of Buckhurst. However, Mortimer's claim was rejected by the

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. Lord De La Warr was an active member of the

Family

Lord De La Warr married Constance Mary Elizabeth Baillie-Cochrane, daughter of

Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington Alexander Dundas Ross Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington (24 November 1816 – 15 February 1890), better known as Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, was a British Conservative politician perhaps best known for his association with Young Englan ...

, in 1867. They had several children, including Lady Edeline Sackville, wife of

Lord Strickland Gerald Paul Joseph Cajetan Carmel Antony Martin Strickland, 6th Count della Catena, 1st Baron Strickland, (24 May 1861 – 22 August 1940), usually known between 1897 and January 1928 as Sir Gerald Strickland, was a Maltese and British politic ...

. Lord De La Warr died in January 1896, aged 78, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only surviving son, Gilbert. The Countess De la Warr married as her second husband Reverend Paul Williams Wyatt in 1902. She died in July 1929, aged 83. De La Warr, played a significant role in the development of Bexhill-on-Sea, contributing to its transformation from a small rural village into a growing seaside resort alongside his successor, the 8th Earl.

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Younger sons of barons