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Baron Buckhurst is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
Baron Buckhurst 1st Creation 1567
Baron Buckhurst is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1567. Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset created.
19th April 1608. Son Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset succeeded.
27th February 1609. Son Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset succeeded.
28th March 1624. Brother Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset succeeded.
17th July 1652. Son Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset succeeded.
27th August 1677. Son Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex succeeded.
29th January 1706. Son Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset succeeded.
10th October 1765. Son Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset succeeded.
5th January 1769. Nephew John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset succeeded.
19th July 1799. Son George Frederick Sackville 4th Duke Dorset succeeded.
14th February 1815. First Cousin Once Removed Charles Sackville 5th Duke Dorset succeeded.
29th July 1843. Charles Sackville 5th Duke Dorset extinct.
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 19th April 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 (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Dorset, 2nd Baron Buckhurst. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 27th February 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 (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 28th March 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 (age 33) succeeded 4th Earl Dorset, 4th Baron Buckhurst. Mary Curzon Countess Dorset (age 34) by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 17th July 1652 Edward Sackville 4th Earl Dorset (age 61) died. His son Richard (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Dorset, 5th Baron Buckhurst. Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset (age 30) by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 27th August 1677 Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset (age 54) died. His son Charles (age 34) succeeded 6th Earl Dorset, 6th Baron Buckhurst. Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset (age 32) by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 29th January 1706 Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex (age 63) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son Lionel (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Dorset, 2nd Earl Middlesex, 7th Baron Buckhurst, 2nd Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 10th October 1765 Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 77) died at Knole House, Sevenoaks. His son Charles (age 54) succeeded 2nd Duke Dorset, 8th Earl Dorset, 3rd Earl Middlesex, 8th Baron Buckhurst, 3rd Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 5th January 1769 Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset (age 57) died. His nephew John (age 23) succeeded 3rd Duke Dorset, 9th Earl Dorset, 4th Earl Middlesex, 9th Baron Buckhurst, 4th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 19th July 1799 John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 54) died. His son George (age 5) succeeded 4th Duke Dorset, 10th Earl Dorset, 5th Earl Middlesex, 10th Baron Buckhurst, 5th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 14th February 1815 George Frederick Sackville 4th Duke Dorset (age 21) died. His first cousin once removed Charles (age 47) succeeded 5th Duke Dorset, 11th Earl Dorset, 6th Earl Middlesex, 11th Baron Buckhurst, 6th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 29th July 1843 Charles Sackville 5th Duke Dorset (age 75) died unmarried. He was buried in St Peter's Church, Lowick [Map]. Duke Dorset, Earl Dorset, Earl Middlesex, Viscount Sackville of Drayton in Sussex, Baron Buckhurst, Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex and Baron Bolebrooke in Sussex extinct.
Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex 2nd Creation 1864
Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Created Baronesses of England, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
27th April 1864. Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr created.
9th January 1870. Son Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr succeeded.
5th January 1896. Son Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr succeeded.
16th December 1915. Son Herbrand Sackville 9th Earl De La Warr succeeded.
28th January 1976. Son William Sackville 10th Earl De La Warr succeeded.
9th February 1988. Son William Sackville 11th Earl De La Warr succeeded.
On 27th April 1864 Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr (age 68) was created 1st Baroness 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.
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On 9th January 1870 Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr (age 74) died. Her son Reginald (age 52) succeeded 2nd Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.
On 5th January 1896 Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr (age 78) died. His son Gilbert (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 16th December 1915 Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr (age 46) died. His son Herbrand (age 15) succeeded 9th Earl De La Warr, 9th Viscount Cantalupe, 15th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.
On 28th January 1976 Herbrand Sackville 9th Earl De La Warr (age 75) died. His son William (age 54) succeeded 10th Earl De La Warr, 10th Viscount Cantalupe, 16th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.
On 9th February 1988 William Sackville 10th Earl De La Warr (age 66) died. His son William (age 39) succeeded 11th Earl De La Warr, 11th Viscount Cantalupe, 17th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.