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[[Image:Knole from Morris's Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1880(.JPG|thumb|right|340px|Knole 1880, the seat of the Baron Sackville.]]
|name=Barony of Sackville
'''Baron Sackville''', of Knole in the County of Kent, is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1876 for the Honourable [[Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville|Mortimer Sackville-West]], with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his younger brothers the Hon. Lionel and the Hon. William Edward. Sackville-West was the fourth son of [[George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr]] and [[Elizabeth Sackville, 1st Baroness Buckhurst|Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst]], younger daughter and co-heir of [[John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset]]. On the death of the latter's cousin, [[Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset]], in 1845, the dukedom and its subsidiary titles became extinct and the Sackville estates passed through Elizabeth to the West family who assumed the additional surname of Sackville by Royal license. By arrangement, Mortimer Sackville-West succeeded to a substantial part of the estates, including [[Knole]] in [[Kent]], which is still the seat of the Barons Sackville.
|creation date=2 October 1876
|monarch=[[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]
|peerage=[[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
|first holder=[[Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville|Mortimer Sackville-West]]
|present holder=[[Robert Sackville-West, 7th Baron Sackville|Robert Sackville-West, 7th Baron]]
|remainder to=the 1st Baron's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten, with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his younger brothers.
|subsidiary titles=
|heir apparent=Hon. Arthur Sackville-West
|}}
[[Image:Arms of Baron Sackville.jpg|thumb|left|130px|Arms of Baron Sackville]]
[[Image:Knole from Morris's Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1880(.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Knole, the seat of Baron Sackville, in 1880.]]
'''Baron Sackville''', ''of Knole in the County of Kent'', is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1876 for the Honourable [[Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville|Mortimer Sackville-West]], with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his younger brothers the Hon. Lionel and the Hon. William Edward. Sackville-West was the fourth son of [[George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr]] and [[Elizabeth Sackville, 1st Baroness Buckhurst|Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst]], younger daughter and co-heir of [[John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset]]. On the death of the latter's cousin, [[Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset]], in 1845, the dukedom and its subsidiary titles became extinct and the Sackville estates passed through Elizabeth to the West family who assumed the additional surname of Sackville by Royal license. By arrangement, Mortimer Sackville-West succeeded to a substantial part of the estates, including [[Knole]] in [[Kent]], which is still the seat of the Barons Sackville.


He was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his brother Lionel, who became the second Baron. He had no legitimate male issue and, on his death, the title passed to his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the aforementioned William Edward. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He was a [[Major-General|major-general]] in the army. On his death the title passed to his son, the fifth Baron, and then to the latter's cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the eldest son of the Hon. Bertrand George Sackville-West, youngest brother of the fourth Baron. {{As of|2010}} the title is held by his nephew, the seventh Baron, who succeeded in 2004. He is the son of Hugh Rosslyn Inigo Sackville-West, younger brother of the sixth Baron.
He was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his brother Lionel, who became the second Baron. He had no legitimate male issue and, on his death, the title passed to his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the aforementioned William Edward. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He was a [[Major-General|major-general]] in the army. On his death the title passed to his son, the fifth Baron, and then to the latter's cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the eldest son of the Hon. Bertrand George Sackville-West, youngest brother of the fourth Baron. {{As of|2010}} the title is held by his nephew, the seventh Baron, who succeeded in 2004. He is the son of Hugh Rosslyn Inigo Sackville-West, younger brother of the sixth Baron.
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==Barons Sackville (1876)==
==Barons Sackville (1876)==
[[Image:Arms of Baron Sackville.jpg|right|120px]]
*[[Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville]] (1820–1888)
*[[Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville]] (1820–1888)
*[[Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville|Lionel Sackville Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville]] (1827–1908)
*[[Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville|Lionel Sackville Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville]] (1827–1908)

Revision as of 22:55, 7 August 2010

Barony of Sackville
Created byQueen Victoria
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
Arms of Baron Sackville
Knole, the seat of Baron Sackville, in 1880.

Baron Sackville, of Knole in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1876 for the Honourable Mortimer Sackville-West, with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his younger brothers the Hon. Lionel and the Hon. William Edward. Sackville-West was the fourth son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr and Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst, younger daughter and co-heir of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. On the death of the latter's cousin, Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset, in 1845, the dukedom and its subsidiary titles became extinct and the Sackville estates passed through Elizabeth to the West family who assumed the additional surname of Sackville by Royal license. By arrangement, Mortimer Sackville-West succeeded to a substantial part of the estates, including Knole in Kent, which is still the seat of the Barons Sackville.

He was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his brother Lionel, who became the second Baron. He had no legitimate male issue and, on his death, the title passed to his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the aforementioned William Edward. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He was a major-general in the army. On his death the title passed to his son, the fifth Baron, and then to the latter's cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the eldest son of the Hon. Bertrand George Sackville-West, youngest brother of the fourth Baron. As of 2010 the title is held by his nephew, the seventh Baron, who succeeded in 2004. He is the son of Hugh Rosslyn Inigo Sackville-West, younger brother of the sixth Baron.

The poet Vita Sackville-West was the daughter of the third Baron and his wife Victoria Sackville-West, daughter of the second Baron.

Barons Sackville (1876)

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