Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll 1893-1955

In 1890 [her father] Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr [aged 20] and [her mother] Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr [aged 72] and [her grandmother] Constance Mary Elizabeth Baillie-Cochrane Countess De La Warr [aged 44].

On 26th February 1893 Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll was born to Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr [aged 23] and Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr.

On 5th January 1896 [her grandfather] Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr [aged 78] died. His son [her father] Gilbert [aged 26] succeeded 8th Earl De La Warr, 8th Viscount Cantalupe, 14th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex. [her mother] Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr by marriage Countess De La Warr.

In 1902 [her father] Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr [aged 32] and [her mother] Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr were divorced.

In August 1903 [her mother] Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr died.

1915. William Orpen [aged 36]. Portrait of Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll [aged 21].

On 16th December 1915 [her father] Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr [aged 46] died. His son [her brother] Herbrand [aged 15] succeeded 9th Earl De La Warr, 9th Viscount Cantalupe, 15th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.

On 22nd September 1923 Josslyn Victor Hay 22nd Earl of Erroll [aged 22] and Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr and Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr. He the son of Victor Hay 21st Earl of Erroll [aged 46].

On 5th January 1926 [her daughter] Diana Hay 23rd Countess of Erroll was born to [her husband] Josslyn Victor Hay 22nd Earl of Erroll [aged 24] and Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll [aged 32]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

On 20th February 1928 [her father-in-law] Victor Hay 21st Earl of Erroll [aged 51] died. His son [her husband] Josslyn [aged 26] succeeded 22nd Earl Erroll. Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll [aged 34] by marriage Countess Erroll.

In 1930 Josslyn Victor Hay 22nd Earl of Erroll [aged 28] and Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll [aged 36] were divorced.

On 24th January 1941 [her former husband] Josslyn Victor Hay 22nd Earl of Erroll [aged 39] was murdered. He was found shot dead in his Buick at a crossroads on the Nairobi-Ngong road. He had dined that evening with Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet [aged 57] and his wife, Erroll's alledged lover, Diana Caldwell Baroness Delamere [aged 28]. After dinner Erroll and Diana had gone dancing, Erroll's body was discovered half an hour after he had dropped her off. Broughton was subsequently tried, and aquitted, for the murder. His daughter Diana [aged 15] succeeded 23rd Countess Erroll.

On 5th November 1955 Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll [aged 62] died.