Baron Buckhurst

Baron Buckhurst is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.

Baron Buckhurst (1st Creation)

In 1567 Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 31) was created 1st Baron Buckhurst. Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 32) by marriage Baroness Buckhurst.

On 19 Apr 1608 Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 72) died suddenly at the council table, having apparently suffered a stroke. His funeral was held at Westminster Abbey [Map]. He was buried in the Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Dorset, 2nd Baron Buckhurst. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 27 Feb 1609 Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 48) died at Dorset House. He was buried at Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset (age 19) succeeded 3rd Earl Dorset, 3rd Baron Buckhurst and inherited Knole House, Sevenoaks. Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 19) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 28 Mar 1624 Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset (age 35) died at Dorset House. He was buried in the Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His brother Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset (age 33) succeeded 4th Earl Dorset, 4th Baron Buckhurst. Mary Curzon Countess Dorset (age 34) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 17 Jul 1652 Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset (age 61) died. His son Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Dorset, 5th Baron Buckhurst. Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset (age 30) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 27 Aug 1677 Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset (age 54) died. His son Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex (age 34) succeeded 6th Earl Dorset, 6th Baron Buckhurst. Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset (age 32) by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 05 Jan 1769 Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset (age 57) died. His nephew John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 23) succeeded 3rd Duke Dorset, 9th Earl Dorset, 4th Earl Middlesex, 9th Baron Buckhurst, 4th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.

On 19 Jul 1799 John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 54) died. His son George Frederick Sackville 4th Duke Dorset (age 5) succeeded 4th Duke Dorset, 10th Earl Dorset, 5th Earl Middlesex, 10th Baron Buckhurst, 5th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.

Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex (2nd Creation)

On 27 Apr 1864 Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr (age 68) was created 1st Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex by Queen (age 44) with a special remainder to her second surviving son, Reginald (age 47) and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to her third, fourth and fifth surviving sons, by her said husband (age 72), 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.

Note. This 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 with Knole Park and the other Sackville estates, by his younger brother, Hon Mortimer Sackville-West (age 43). 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.

On 09 Jan 1870 Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr (age 74) died. Her son Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr (age 52) succeeded 2nd Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.

On 05 Jan 1896 Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr (age 78) died. His son Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr (age 26) succeeded 8th Earl De La Warr, 8th Viscount Cantalupe, 14th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex. Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr by marriage Countess De La Warr.

On 16 Dec 1915 Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr (age 46) died. His son Herbrand Sackville 9th Earl De La Warr (age 15) succeeded 9th Earl De La Warr, 9th Viscount Cantalupe, 15th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.

On 28 Jan 1976 Herbrand Sackville 9th Earl De La Warr (age 75) died. His son William Sackville 10th Earl De La Warr (age 54) succeeded 10th Earl De La Warr, 10th Viscount Cantalupe, 16th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.

On 09 Feb 1988 William Sackville 10th Earl De La Warr (age 66) died. His son William Sackville 11th Earl De La Warr (age 39) succeeded 11th Earl De La Warr, 11th Viscount Cantalupe, 17th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.