Creation:let. pat. 2 Oct 1876

Family name:Sackville-West

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent a Fess dancetty Sable (West);  2nd and 3rd, quarterly Or and Gules a Bend Vair (Sackville)

Crests:

1st:  out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Griffin's Head Azure beaked and eared Gold;  2nd:  out of a Coronet composed of Fleur-de-lis Or an Estoile Argent

Supporters:

On either side a Griffin Azure beaked and eared Or ducally gorged Gold therefrom pendent an Escutcheon that on the dexter charged with the Arms of West and that on the sinister with the Arms of Sackville

Motto:

Jour De Ma Vie (The day of my life)

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A.Lady Elizabeth Sackville, suo jure Baroness Buckhurst

sister and cohrss. of George John Frederick [Sackville], 4th Duke of Dorset, and 2nd dau. of John Frederick [Sackville], 3rd Duke of Dorset, by his wife Arabella Diana Cope, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Bt., of Brewerne, co. Oxford

born11 Aug 1795

mar.21 Jun 1813 George John [West later Sackville-West], 5th Earl De La Warr

children

1.Lt Hon George John Frederick West later Sackville-West, styled Viscount Cantelupe, Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Helston 1837-40 and for Lewes 1840-41 (b. 26 Apr 1814; dvp. 25 Jun 1850)

2.Hon Charles Richard West later Sackville-West, later 6th Earl De La Warr

3.Hon Reginald Windsor West later Sackville-West later Sackville, later 2nd Baron Buckhurst later 7th Earl De La Warr

4.Hon Mortimer West later Sackville-West, later 1st Baron Sackville

5.Hon Lionel West later Sackville-West, later 2nd Baron Sackville

6.Lt Col Hon William Edward West later Sackville-West (b. 27 Oct 1830; d. 30 Sep 1905), mar. 7 Aug 1860 Georgina Dodwell (d. 23 Feb 1883). yst. dau. of George Dodwell, of Kelvinsfort, co. Sligo, and had issue:

1a.Lionel Edward Sackville-West, later 3rd Baron Sackville

2b.Charles John Sackville-West, later 4th Baron Sackville

3b.Lt Cdr Bertrand George Sackville-West RNVR, Inspector of Ottoman Public Debt Office 1895-1921 (b. 20 Nov 1872; d. 23 Aug 1959), mar. 28 Jul 1908 Eva Adela Mabel Inigo Jones (d. 28 Feb 1936), dau. of Maj Gen Inigo Richmond Jones CB CVO, of Kelston Park, co. Somerset, and had issue:

1c.Lionel Bertrand Sackville-West, later 6th Baron Sackville

2c.Capt Hugh Rosslyn Inigo Sackville-West MC (b. 1 Feb 1919; d. 19...), mar. 29 Jun 1957 Bridget Eleanor Ailsie Cunliffe (b. 2 Oct 1927), 1st dau. of Capt Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe CBE RN, by his first wife Barbara Eleanor Cooper, dau. of Col Henry Cooper, of Pakenham Lodge, co. Suffolk, and had issue:

1d.Robert Bertrand Sackville-West, later 7th Baron Sackville

2d.William Lionel Cunliffe Sackville-West (b. 9 Jan 1967), mar. 1993 Annika Lennartsson, dau. of Kurt Lennartsson, of Vässteras, Sweden, by his wife Birgitta Dellastrand, of Köping, Sweden

1d.Mary Cecilie Sackville-West (b. 10 Sep 1960)

2d.Elizabeth Anne Sackville-West (b. 8 Jul 1962)

3d.Jane Eleanor Sackville-West (b. 16 Apr 1964)

1c.Cecilie Alice Maud Sackville-West (b. 15 May 1909; dvp. 29 May 1909)

2c.Elizabeth Margaret Sackville-West (b. 4 Mar 1911), mar. 8 Jul 1943 Thomas Bradwell Barlow (b. 7 Mar 1900; d. 1988), 2nd son of Sir John Emmott Barlow, 1st Bt., of Bradwell Hall, co. Chester, by his wife Hon Anna Maria Heywood Denman, sister of Thomas [Denman], 3rd Baron Denman, and only dau. of Richard Denman, and has issue

1b.Mary Elizabeth Sackville-West (d. 13 Sep 1944), mar. 12 Apr 1898 John Tracey, of Ford, Bicknoller, co. Somerset (d. 13 Seo 1947)

2b.Cecilie Victoria Sackville-West CBE (dsp. 10 Mar 1955), mar. 5 Jan 1901 as his second wife Col Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, 5th Bt. MP, of Acton Park, Wrexham, co. Denbigh

1.Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West VA, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria 1880-83;  Extra Lady of the Bedchamber 1883 (b. 23 Sep 1818; d. 22 Apr 1897), mar. 18 Jan 1844 Francis Charles Hastings [Russell], 9th Duke of Bedford, and had issue

2.Lady Mary Catherine Sackville-West (b. 23 Jul 1824; d. 6 Dec 1900), mar. (1) 29 Apr 1847 as his second wife James Brownlow William [Cecil later Gascoyne-Cecil], 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, and (2) 5 Jul 1870 Edward Henry [Smith-Stanley later Stanley], 15th Earl of Derby, and had issue by her first husband

3.Lady Arabella Diana Sackville-West (d. 10 Feb 1869), mar. 25 Sep 1860 as his first wife Sir Alexander Bannerman, 9th Bt., and had issue

died9 Jan 1870

created27 Apr 1864 Baroness Buckhurst, of Buckhurst in the County of Sussex, for life, with remainder to Reginald Windsor Sackville-West, her second surviving son and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to her third, fourth and fifth surviving sons, by her said husband, in like manner respectively, and with a proviso that if any person taking under these letters patent "shall succeed to the Earldom of De La Warr, and there shall upon, or at any time after, the occurrence of such an event be any younger son or any heir male of the body of any such other son, then and so often as the same shall happen the succession to the Honours and dignities thereby created shall devolve upon the son of the said Elizabeth, Countess De la Warr, or the heir who would next be entitled to succeed to the said dignity of Baron Buckhurst, if the person so succeeding to the Earldom of De la Warr was dead without issue male

suc. bysecond surviving son (see Earldom of De La Warr)

noteThis complicated creation was not totally unique as three years previously in 1861 the Earldom of Cromartie was granted to Anne, Duchess of Sutherland, with a similar remainder. They are often referred to as "the two jumping peerages" as the intention of the draughtsman appears to have been to create a peerage that would "jump" from one person in his lifetime to another as certain circumstances arose. The descent of the Earldom of Cromartie has never been tested and that of the Barony of Buckhurst was frustrated within one generation. The Hon Reginald Sackville-West took his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Buckhurst following the death of his mother in 1870. Three years later he succeeded his elder brother as 7th Earl De La Warr and yet made no move to surrender the Barony of Buckhurst in accordance with the letters patent. The Barony of Buckhurst was claimed, together Knole Park and the other Sackville estates, by his younger brother, Hon Mortimer Sackville-West. His claim to the estates was successful but not his claim to the Barony of Buckhurst. As a consolation he was created Baron Sackville in 1876, with a special remainder, failing the heirs male of his body, to his two younger brothers in like manner, they being the only two people who might have inherited the Barony of Buckhurst had the letters patent of 1864 being adhered to.

1.Mortimer [West later Sackville-West], 1st Baron Sackville

born22 Sep 1820

mar. (1)14 Jan 1847 Fanny Charlotte Dickson (d. 19 Jan 1870), yst. dau. of Maj Gen William Dickson CB, of Beenham, co. Berkshire, by his wife Harriet Dallas, dau. of Lt Gen Sir Thomas Dallas GCB

mar. (2)12 Jun 1873 Elizabeth Faber (d. 23 Jun 1888), 2nd dau. of Charles Wilson Faber, of Northaw House, co. Hertford, by his wife Mary Beckett, sister of Edmund [Beckett], 1st Baron Grimthorpe, and 1st dau. of Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Bt.

dieds.p. 1 Oct 1888

created2 Oct 1876 Baron Sackville, of Knole in the County of Kent, with special remainder failing heirs male of his body to his two younger brothers, Lionel Sackville and William Edward respectively in like manner

suc. bybrother

noteCapt, 1st Grenadier Guards 1845-53; Gentleman Usher 1843-52; Groom of the Privy Chamber 1852; Groom in Waiting in Ordinary 1852-76; Lord in Waiting 1876-88

2.Lionel Sackville [West later Sackville-West], 2nd Baron Sackville, GCMG

born19 Jul 1827

dieds. p. legit. 3 Sep 1908

suc. bynephew

noteAttaché at Lisbon 1847 and at Naples 1849; Paid Attaché at Stuttgart 1852 and 1st Paid Attaché at Berlin 1853; Secretary of the Legation at Turin 1858-64 and at Madrid 1864-67; Secretary of Embassy at Berlin 1867 and at Paris 1868-72; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina 1872-78, to the King of Spain 1878-81 and at Washington 1881-88; KCMG 1885; GCMG 1888; on his death a suit was bought by his illegitimate son Henri Ernest Jean Baptiste Sackville-West under the Declaration of Legitimacy Act, claiming to be the eldest legitimate son of the 2nd Baron Sackville by his mistress Victoria Josefa Duran ye Ortega ("Pepita"), dau. of Pedro Duran, a butcher of Malaga, Spain, and his wife Catalina Ortega, but the petition was dismissed in 1910

3.Lionel Edward [Sackville-West], 3rd Baron Sackville

born15 May 1867

mar.17 Jun 1890 his cousin Josephine Victoria Sackville-West (b. 23 Sep 1862; d. 30 Jan 1936), illegit. dau. of Lionel Sackville [West later Sackville-West], 2nd Baron Sackville, by his mistress Victoria Josefa Duran ye Ortega ("Pepita"), dau. of Pedro Duran, a butcher of Malaga, Spain, and his wife Catalina Ortega

only child

1.Hon Victoria Mary Sackville-West CH, the author Vita Sackville-West (b. 9 Mar 1892; d. 2 Jun 1962), mar. 1 Oct 1913 Hon Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMG MP (b. 21 Nov 1886; d. 1 May 1968), 3rd son of Arthur [Nicolson], 1st Baron Carnock, by his wife Mary Catharine Hamilton, dau. of Capt Archibald Rowan Hamilton, of Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, and had issue

dieds.p.m. 28 Jan 1928

suc. bybrother

4.Charles John [Sackville-West], 4th Baron Sackville, KBE CB CMG

born10 Aug 1870

mar. (1)5 Jan 1897 Maud Cecilia Bell (d. 7 Dec 1920), 1st dau. of Capt Matthew John Bell, of Bourne Park, co. Kent, by his wife Kathleen Matilda Reilly, 2nd dau. of John Reilly, of St Bridget's, co.Dublin, by his wife Hon Augusta Sugden, 7th dau. of Edward Burtenshaw [Sugden], 1st Baron Saint Leonards

children by first wife

1.Hon Edward Charles Sackville-West, later 5th Baron Sackville

1.Hon Diana Joan Sackville-West (b. 10 Oct 1906; dsp. 23 Jun 1975), mar. (1) 3 Dec 1929 (div. 1944) as his first wife William Gaspard Guy [Romilly], 4th Baron Romilly, and (2) 13 Jan 1951 as his third wife Lt Col Sir Douglas Montgomery Bernard Hall, 2nd Bt. DSO, of Burton Park, co. Sussex

mar. (2)30 Jan 1924 Anne Bigelow (former wife of Stephen Sohier Bigelow, of Boston, USA;  d. 8 Jan 1961), dau. of William Meredith, of New York, USA

died8 May 1962

suc. byson by first wife

noteserved in India 1891, Boer War 1899-1900 and World War I; CMG 1915; British Representative, Supreme War Council at Versailles 1918-19; KBE 1919; Military Attaché, Paris 1920-24; CB 1921; Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey 1925-29

5.Edward Charles [Sackville-West], 5th Baron Sackville

born13 Nov 1901

died4 Jul 1965

suc. bycousin

6.Lionel Bertrand [Sackville-West], 6th Baron Sackville

born30 May 1913

mar. (1)9 Oct 1953 Jacobine Napier Hichens (widow of Capt John Hichens RA;  d. 1971), 2nd dau. of James Robert Menzies-Wilson, of Fotheringhay Lodge, Nassington, Peterborough

children by first wife

1.Hon Teresa Sackville-West (b. 29 Nov 1954), mar. 1979 (Alastair) Rupert Marlow, of Gladstone Street, London SE1, son of Capt C N Marlow RN, of Greenhill House, Upper Westwood, co. Wiltshire, and has issue

2.Hon Catherine Jacobine Sackville-West (b. 10 Mar 1956), mar. 1980 (div. 1983) Stuart Cooper Bennett, 1st son of H M Bennett, of Pasadena, California, USA

3.Hon Sophia Anne Sackville-West (b. 19 Jul 1957), mar. 1988 Guy R Elliott, of Sinclair Gardens, London W14, only son of Robert Elliott, of Little Ashley Farm, Bradford-on-Avon, co. Wiltshire

4.Hon Victoria Mary Sackville-West (b. 26 Apr 1959), mar. 1989 Jonathan G F Lang, of Richbourne Terrace, London SW8, 2nd son of John Lang, of Nairobi, Kenya, and has issue

5.Hon Sarah Elizabeth Sackville-West (b. 14 Sep 1960), mar. 1902 (Edward) Simon Rendall, 2nd son of Peter Godfrey Rendall, of Burford, co. Oxford, and has issue

mar. (2)23 Apr 1974 (div. 1983) Arlie Roebuck de Guingand (widow of Maj Hugh Dalzell Stewart;  former wife of Maj Gen Sir Francis Wilfred de Guingand KBE CB DSO;  d. 1991), dau. of Charles Woodhead, of Romany Rye, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

mar. (3)2 Dec 1983 Jean Imbert-Terry (b. c. 1923; widow of Maj Sir Edward Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry, 3rd Bt.; d. 8 Feb 2009), dau. of Arthur Stanley Garton, of Danesfield, Marlow, co. Buckingham

died27 Mar 2004

suc. bynephew

7.Robert Bertrand [Sackville-West], 7th Baron Sackville

born10 Jul 1958

mar. (1)1985 (div. 1992) Catherine Dorothea Bennett, 1st dau. of Geoffrey Bennett, of Smelthouses, co. York

mar. (2)1994 (Margot) Jane MacAndrew, dau. of Mark MacAndrew, of Holmwood House, Holmwood, co. Surrey

children by second wife

1.Hon Arthur Sackville-West (b. 25 Feb 2002)

1.Hon Freya Sackville-West (b. 6 Aug 1998)

2.Hon Edie Sackville-West (b. 5 May 2003)

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 Last updated 7 Apr 2009

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Title:

7th Baron Sackville, of Knole in the County of Kent

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 2 Oct 1876)

Address:

Knole House, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RP

Tel:  01732 455694

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