Sackville Stopford-Sackville
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Sackville George Stopford-Sackville
Background and education
Born Sackville Stopford, Stopford-Sackville was the eldest son of William Stopford-Sackville, son of Reverend the Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford, younger son of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown. His mother was Caroline Harriett, daughter and heiress of the Hon. George Sackville, younger son of George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville. He assumed in 1870 (alongside his father) by Royal licence the additional surname of Sackville. Through his mother he notably inherited Drayton House, Lowick, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
Political career
Stopford-Sackville was returned to Parliament for
Family
Stopford-Sackville married Edith Frances, daughter of William Rashleigh, in 1875. There were no children from the marriage. She died in December 1905. Sackville-Stopford survived her by over twenty years and died in October 1926, aged 86.
A reredos was installed in his memory in St Peter's Church, Lowick.