William Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr
William Herbrand Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr | |
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Spouse(s) | Anne Rachel Devas |
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Full name
William Herbrand Sackville | |
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Noble family | De La Warr |
Father | Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr |
Mother | Diana Helena Leigh |
Born | 16 October 1921 |
Died |
9 February 1988 (aged 66) London, England |
William Herbrand Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr (16 October 1921 – 9 February 1988) was a British peer. He inherited the earldom on 28 January 1976 on the death of his father Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr.[1]
Earl De La Warr was educated at Eton College, and fought in World War II, attaining the rank of Captain in the Parachute Regiment of the British Army.[1] After the war, he married Anne Rachel Devas on 18 May 1946, and had three children:[1]
- William Herbrand Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr, born 10 April 1948
- Hon. Thomas Geoffrey Sackville, born 26 October 1950
- Lady Arabella Avice Diana Sackville, born 20 June 1958
In the autumn of 1987, the earl offered to sell Ashdown Forest, the real-life setting of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, to the East Sussex County Council at a below-market price of £1.2 million for the 6,500 acre property.[2][3] As young children, the future earl and Christopher Robin Milne had played together there.[4][5] Milne himself joined conservationists to prevent the forest from being sold piecemeal to private owners, and to oppose an application by BP to drill for oil there.[3][6] The sale to the county council was concluded after the earl's death, making the forest public land.[3]
On 9 February 1988, at age 66, Earl De La Warr died after falling under a train at the St. James's Park station of the London Underground.[2][7] An inquest ruled the death to be a suicide, with a jury finding that the earl had been "anxious and upset over hurricane damage to his estate."[8]
References
- 1 2 3 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 1 (107th ed.). p. 1074. ISBN 978-0971196629. Cited in Lundy, Darryl Roger (ed.). "William Herbrand Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
- 1 2 "Earl dies in fall under train". The Herald (Glasgow). 11 February 1988. p. 7 – via Google News Archive.
- 1 2 3 United Press International (26 November 1988). Written at London. "Pooh's forest saved". Chicago Sun-Times (USA). UPI. Retrieved 28 April 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Aalto, Kathryn (2015). The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood. Timber Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-1604695991.
- ↑ William, Earl De La Warr. "Welcome to Buckhurst Estate". Buckhurst Park. Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Associated Press (16 May 1988). Written at London. "Oil Yields to Honey in Pooh Bear's Home". Boston Globe (USA). AP. Retrieved 28 April 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Passings: William Herbrand Sackville, British Lord". Los Angeles Times. 11 February 1988.
- ↑ "Anxious Earl dived under train". The Herald (Glasgow). 17 March 1988. p. 3 – via Google News Archive.
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville |
Earl De La Warr 1976–1988 |
Succeeded by William Herbrand Sackville |