Charles Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr

Charles Richard Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr

Buckhurst Park, Sussex

passed to his brother through whom the title descended.

Early life

Sackville-West was the second son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr, and Lady Elizabeth Sackville, daughter of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. He was notably brother of:

George West, Viscount Cantelupe (whom he outlived)
Reginald Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr (who outlived and inherited the key estates)
Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford
Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville, and
Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville.

He was educated at Harrow.

Career and death

Sackville-West served in the

First Anglo-Sikh War. In 1850 he became known by the courtesy title

Lord West after the untimely death of his elder brother, Lord Cantelupe who was likewise unmarried.

Promoted to major in 1852

major-general

. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1869.

In 1871 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).[4]

Lord Delaware^{[n 1]} died in April 1873, aged 57, by drowning himself in the Cam.^[5]^[6]^{[n 2]} He was unmarried and was succeeded in the earldom by his next-youngest brother, Reginald, Lord Buckhurst.

References and footnotes

Citations

^ "No. 21312". The London Gazette. 23 April 1852. p. 1146.
^ "No. 21674". The London Gazette. 9 March 1855. p. 1005.
^ "No. 21754". The London Gazette. 31 July 1855. p. 2913.
^ "No. 23739". The London Gazette. 20 May 1871. p. 2473.
^ General Register Office, certificate and freely indexed: Vol. 3b page 288, June quarter deaths in Cambridge Reg. Dist. under surnames Delawarr and Delaware.
^ "milfordonsea.org". www.milfordonsea.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

Footnotes

^ A longstanding variant spelling used for instance in his death records
^ Theresa wife of Frederick Richard West, grandson of the 2nd Earl De La Warr (thus Frederick was (first) cousin to the subject's father), erected a memorial to the 6th Earl De La Warr (1815-1873); his death was otherwise not memorialized as he killed himself. The adjacent source says speculation remains on the relationship between the unmarried earl and this lady.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl De La Warr

Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by George John Sackville-West	Earl De La Warr 1869–1873	Succeeded by Reginald Windsor Sackville

[1] "No. 21312". The London Gazette. 23 April 1852. p. 1146.

[2] "No. 21674". The London Gazette. 9 March 1855. p. 1005.

[3] "No. 21754". The London Gazette. 31 July 1855. p. 2913.

[4] "No. 23739". The London Gazette. 20 May 1871. p. 2473.

[6] General Register Office, certificate and freely indexed: Vol. 3b page 288, June quarter deaths in Cambridge Reg. Dist. under surnames Delawarr and Delaware.

[7] "milfordonsea.org". www.milfordonsea.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[5] A longstanding variant spelling used for instance in his death records

[8] Theresa wife of Frederick Richard West, grandson of the 2nd Earl De La Warr (thus Frederick was (first) cousin to the subject's father), erected a memorial to the 6th Earl De La Warr (1815-1873); his death was otherwise not memorialized as he killed himself. The adjacent source says speculation remains on the relationship between the unmarried earl and this lady.

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