PEERAGE
Last updated 07/04/2010
Date
Rank
Order
Name
Born
Died
Age
SAATCHI
4 Oct 1996
B[L]
1
Maurice Saatchi
21 Jun 1946
Created Baron Saatchi for life 4 Oct 1996
SACKS
1 Sep 2009
B[L]
1
Jonathan Henry Sacks
8 Mar 1948
Created Baron Sacks for life 1 Sep 2009
Chief Rabbi of the UK and the Commonwealth 1991-
SACKVILLE
11 Feb 1782
V
1
Lord George Germain (Sackville until 1770)
26 Jan 1716
26 Aug 1785
69
Created Baron Bolebrooke and
Viscount Sackville 11 Feb 1782
MP for Dover 1741-1761, Hythe 1761-1768
and East Grinstead 1768-1782.
Chief Secretary for Ireland 1751-1755.
PC [I] 1751
PC 1758
President of the
Board of Trade 1775-1779. Secretary of
State for the Colonies 1779-1782
26 Aug 1785
2
Charles Sackville-Germain,Duke of Dorset
27 Aug 1767
29 Jul 1843
75
to
Peerages extinct on his death
29 Jul 1843
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2 Oct 1876
B
1
Mortimer Sackville-West
22 Sep 1820
1 Oct 1888
68
Created Baron Sackville 2 Oct 1876
1 Oct 1888
2
Lionel Sackville Sackville-West
19 Jul 1827
3 Sep 1908
81
For further information on this peer, see the
note at the foot of this page.
3 Sep 1908
3
Lionel Edward Sackville-West
15 May 1867
28 Jan 1928
60
For further information on this peer's wife, see the
note at the foot of this page.
28 Jan 1928
4
Charles John Sackville-West
10 Aug 1870
9 May 1962
91
9 May 1962
5
Edward Charles Sackville-West
13 Nov 1901
4 Jul 1965
63
4 Jul 1965
6
Lionel Bertrand Sackville-West
30 May 1913
27 Mar 2004
90
27 Mar 2004
7
Robert Bertrand Sackville-West
10 Jul 1958
SAINSBURY
3 May 1962
B[L]
1
Alan John Sainsbury
13 Aug 1902
21 Oct 1998
96
to
Created Baron Sainsbury 3 May 1962
21 Oct 1998
Peerage extinct on his death
SAINSBURY OF PRESTON CANDOVER
31 Jul 1989
B[L]
1
John Davan Sainsbury
2 Nov 1927
Created Baron Sainsbury of Preston
Candover 31 Jul 1989
KG 1992
SAINSBURY OF TURVILLE
3 Oct 1997
B[L]
1
David John Sainsbury
24 Oct 1940
Created Baron Sainsbury of Turville
3 Oct 1997
ST.ALBANS
27 Jan 1621
V
1
Francis Bacon
22 Jan 1561
9 Apr 1626
65
to
Created Baron Verulam 11 Jul 1618
9 Apr 1626
and Viscount Saint Albans 27 Jan 1621
MP for Melcombe Regis 1584-1586, Taunton
1586-1587, Liverpool 1588-1589, Middlesex
1592-1593, Ipswich 1597-1598, 1601,1604-
1611 and Cambridge 1614. Solicitor General
1607-1613. Attorney General 1613-1617.
Lord Chancellor 1618-1621.
Peerages extinct on his death
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23 Aug 1628
E
1
Richard Bourke,Earl of Clanricarde
c 1572
12 Nov 1635
Created Baron of Somerhill and
Viscount Tunbridge 3 Apr 1624 and
Baron of Imanney,Viscount Galway and
Earl of St.Albans 23 Aug 1628
12 Nov 1635
2
Ulick Bourke,Earl of Clanricarde
Dec 1604
Jul 1657
52
to
Peerage extinct on his death
Jul 1657
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27 Apr 1660
E
1
Henry Jermyn,Baron Jermyn
2 Jan 1684
to
Created Earl of St.Albans 27 Apr 1660
2 Jan 1684
KG 1672
Peerage extinct on his death
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10 Jan 1684
D
1
Charles Beauclerk
8 May 1670
10 May 1726
56
Created Baron Hedington and Earl of
Burford 27 Dec 1676,and Duke of
St. Albans 10 Jan 1684
illegitimate son of Charles II. Lord
Lieutenant Berkshire 1714-1726. KG 1718
10 May 1726
2
Charles Beauclerk
6 Apr 1696
27 Jul 1751
55
MP for Bodmin 1718-1722 and Windsor
1722-1726. Lord Lieutenant Berkshire
1727-1751.
KG 1741
27 Jul 1751
3
George Beauclerk
25 Jun 1730
1 Feb 1786
55
Lord Lieutenant Berkshire 1751-1761
and 1771-1786
1 Feb 1786
4
George Beauclerk
5 Dec 1758
15 Feb 1787
28
15 Feb 1787
5
Aubrey Beauclerk,2nd Baron Vere of Hanworth
3 Jun 1740
9 Feb 1802
61
MP for Thetford 1761-1768 and
Aldborough 1768-1774
9 Feb 1802
6
Aubrey Beauclerk
21 Aug 1765
12 Aug 1815
49
MP for Hull 1790-1796
12 Aug 1815
7
Aubrey Beauclerk
7 Apr 1815
19 Feb 1816
-
19 Feb 1816
8
William Beauclerk
18 Dec 1766
17 Jul 1825
58
17 Jul 1825
9
William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk
24 Mar 1801
26 May 1849
48
26 May 1849
10
William Amelius Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk
15 Apr 1840
10 May 1898
58
PC 1869.
Lord Lieutenant Nottingham
1880-1898
10 May 1898
11
Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere
Beauclerk
26 Mar 1870
19 Sep 1934
64
19 Sep 1934
12
Osborne de Vere Beauclerk
16 Oct 1874
2 Mar 1964
89
For further information on this peer, see the note
at the foot of this page
2 Mar 1964
13
Charles Frederick Aubrey de Vere
Beauclerk
16 Aug 1915
8 Oct 1988
73
For further information on this peer, see the note
at the foot of this page
8 Oct 1988
14
Murray de Vere Beauclerk
19 Jan 1939
ST.ALDWYN
22 Feb 1915
E
1
Sir Michael Edward Hicks-Beach,9th baronet
23 Oct 1837
30 Apr 1916
78
Created Viscount St.Aldwyn 6 Jan 1906
and Viscount Quenington and Earl
St.Aldwyn 22 Feb 1915
MP for Gloucestershire East 1864-1885
and Bristol West 1885-1906. Chief
Secretary for Ireland 1874-1878. Secretary
of State for Colonies 1878-1880.Chancellor
of the Exchequer 1885-1886. Chief Secretary
for Ireland 1886-1887. President of the
Board of Trade 1888-1892. Chancellor of the
Exchequer 1895-1902. PC 1874
PC [I] 1874
30 Apr 1916
2
Michael John Hicks-Beach
9 Oct 1912
29 Jan 1992
79
PC 1959
29 Jan 1992
3
Michael Henry Hicks Beach
7 Feb 1950
ST.AMAND
29 Dec 1299
B
1
Almaric de St.Amand
29 Jul 1310
to
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
29 Jul 1310
St.Amand 29 Dec 1299
Peerage extinct on his death
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8 Jan 1313
B
1
John de St.Amand
Jan 1330
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
St.Amand 8 Jan 1313
Jan 1330
2
Amauri de St.Amand
c 1314
11 Sep 1381
11 Sep 1381
3
Amauri de St.Amand
c 1341
13 Jun 1402
to
On his death the peerage fell into abeyance
13 Jun 1402
15 Dec 1416
4
Gerard Braybrooke
15 Apr 1422
to
He became sole heir in 1416. On his death
15 Apr 1422
the peerage again fell into abeyance
1428
5
Elizabeth Braybrooke
2 Dec 1491
She became sole heir in 1428. She
married William Beauchamp who was
summoned to Parliament as Lord St.
Amand 2 Jan 1469
2 Dec 1491
6
Richard Beauchamp
Jul 1508
to
Peerage extinct on his death
Jul 1508
ST.ANDREWS
12 Oct 1934
E
1
H.R.H. George Edward Alexander Edmund
20 Dec 1902
25 Aug 1942
39
Created Baron Downpatrick,Earl of
St.Andrews and Duke of Kent
12 Oct 1934
See "Kent"
ST.ASAPH
14 May 1730
V
1
John Ashburnham,Baron Ashburnham
13 Mar 1687
10 Mar 1736
48
Created Viscount St.Asaph and Earl of
Ashburnham 14 May 1730
See "Ashburnham"
ST.AUDRIES
22 Jun 1911
B
1
Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood,4th baronet
26 Sep 1853
4 Jun 1917
63
Created Baron St.Audries 22 Jan 1911
MP for Somerset West 1892-1911.
PC 1904
4 Jun 1917
2
Alexander Peregrine Fuller-Acland-Hood
24 Dec 1893
16 Oct 1971
77
to
Peerage extinct on his death
16 Oct 1971
ST.BRIDES
8 Feb 1977
B[L]
1
John Morrice Cairns James
30 Apr 1916
26 Nov 1989
73
to
Created Baron St.Brides 8 Feb 1977
26 Nov 1989
PC 1968
Peerage extinct on his death
ST.COLME
7 Mar 1611
B[S]
1
Henry Stewart
12 Jul 1612
Created Lord St.Colme 7 Mar 1611
12 Jul 1612
2
James Stewart
c 1620
to
Peerage extinct on his death
c 1620
ST.CYRES
3 Jul 1885
V
1
Stafford Henry Northcote
27 Oct 1818
12 Jan 1887
68
Created Viscount St.Cyres and Earl of
Iddesleigh 3 Jul 1885
See "Iddesleigh"
SAINT DAVIDS
17 Jun 1918
V
1
Sir John Wynford Philipps,13th baronet
30 May 1860
28 Mar 1938
77
Created Baron St.Davids 6 Jul 1908
and Viscount St.Davids 17 Jun 1918
MP for Lanarkshire Mid 1888-1894 and
Pembrokeshire 1898-1908.
PC 1914
Lord Lieutenant Pembroke 1911-1932
28 Mar 1938
2
Jestyn Reginald Austen Plantagenet Philipps
19 Feb 1917
10 Jun 1991
74
10 Jun 1991
3
Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps
20 Jan 1939
26 Apr 2009
70
26 Apr 2009
4
Rhodri Colwyn Philipps,4th Viscount St.Davids
16 Sep 1966
SAINT GEORGE
18 Apr 1715
B[I]
1
Sir George Saint-George,2nd baronet
c 1658
18 Aug 1735
to
Created Baron Saint George
18 Aug 1735
18 Apr 1715
PC [I] 1715
Peerage extinct on his death
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19 Apr 1763
B[I]
1
St.George Saint-George
c 1715
2 Jan 1775
to
Created Baron Saint George
2 Jan 1775
19 Apr 1763
Peerage extinct on his death
ST. GERMANS
30 Jan 1784
B
1
Edward Eliot (Craggs-Eliot from 1789)
8 Jul 1727
17 Feb 1804
76
Created Baron Eliot of St.Germans
30 Jan 1784
MP for St.Germans 1748-1768, Liskeard
1768-1774, St.Germans 1774-1775 and
Cornwall 1775-1784
17 Feb 1804
2
John Eliot
30 Sep 1761
17 Nov 1823
62
28 Nov 1815
E
1
Created Earl of St.Germans
28 Nov 1815
MP for Liskeard 1784-1804
17 Nov 1823
2
William Eliot
1 Apr 1767
19 Jan 1845
77
MP for St.Germans 1791-1802 and Liskeard
1802-1823
19 Jan 1845
3
Edward Granville Eliot
29 Aug 1798
7 Oct 1877
79
MP for Liskeard 1824-1832 and Cornwall
East 1837-1845. Chief Secretary for Ireland
1841-1845. Postmaster General 1845-1846.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1853-1855.
PC 1841. PC [I] 1841
7 Oct 1877
4
William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot
14 Dec 1829
19 Mar 1881
51
MP for Devonport 1866-1868
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron Eliot 14 Sep 1870
19 Mar 1881
5
Henry Cornwallis Eliot
11 Feb 1835
24 Sep 1911
76
For information of the death of his son and heir,
Lord Eliot,see the note at the foot of this page
24 Sep 1911
6
John Granville Cornwallis Eliot
11 Jun 1890
31 Mar 1922
31
31 Mar 1922
7
Granville John Eliot
22 Sep 1867
20 Nov 1942
75
20 Nov 1942
8
Montague Charles Eliot
13 May 1870
19 Sep 1960
90
19 Sep 1960
9
Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot
26 Jan 1914
11 Mar 1988
74
For further information on this peer, see the note
at the foot of this page
11 Mar 1988
10
Peregrine Nicholas Eliot
2 Jan 1941
ST.HELENS
26 Jan 1791
B[I]
1
Alleyne Fitzherbert
1 Mar 1753
19 Feb 1839
85
31 Jul 1801
B
1
Created Baron St.Helens [I] 26 Jan 1791
to
and Baron St.Helens [UK] 31 Jul 1801
19 Feb 1839
Chief Secretary for Ireland 1787-1789.
PC 1787
PC [I] 1787
Peerage extinct on his death
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30 Dec 1964
B
1
Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young
28 Oct 1912
27 Dec 1980
68
Created Baron St.Helens 30 Dec 1964
MP for Wandsworth Central 1955-1964
27 Dec 1980
2
Richard Francis Hughes-Young
4 Nov 1945
ST.HELIER
23 Feb 1905
B
1
Francis Henry Jeune
17 Mar 1843
9 Apr 1905
62
to
Created Baron St.Helier 23 Feb 1905
9 Apr 1905
Judge Advocate General 1892-1904.
PC 1892
Peerage extinct on his death
ST.JOHN
9 Mar 1539
B
1
William Paulet
c 1483
10 Mar 1572
Created Baron Saint John 9 Mar 1539,
Earl of Wiltshire 19 Jan 1550 and
Marquess of Winchester 11 Oct 1551
See "Winchester"
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4 Oct 1544
John Paulet
c 1510
4 Nov 1576
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron St. John 4 Oct 1544
He succeeded as Marquess of Winchester (qv)
in 1572
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5 May 1572
William Paulet
1533
24 Nov 1598
65
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron St. John 5 May 1572
He succeeded as Marquess of Winchester (qv)
in 1576
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10 Feb 1624
John Paulet
c 1598
5 Mar 1675
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron St. John 10 Feb 1624
He succeeded as Marquess of Winchester (qv)
in 1629
*************
2 Jul 1716
V
1
Sir Henry St.John,4th baronet
17 Oct 1652
8 Apr 1742
89
Created Baron St.John of Battersea
and Viscount St.John 2 Jul 1716
MP for Wootton Basset 1679-1695 and
1698-1700, and Wiltshire 1695-1698
8 Apr 1742
2
John St.John
3 May 1702
26 Nov 1748
46
MP for Wootton Basset 1727-1734
26 Nov 1748
3
Frederick St.John
5 May 1787
He succeeded to the Viscountcy of
Bolingbroke (qv) in 1751 with which title
this peerage then merged
ST.JOHN DE BASING
29 Dec 1299
B
1
John St.John
14 May 1329
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
St.John de Basing 29 Dec 1299
14 May 1329
2
Hugh St.John
1337
1337
3
Edmund St.John
1347
to
On his death the peerage fell into abeyance
1347
1361
4
Isabel
16 Oct 1393
She married Lucas de Poynings who was
summoned in her right. He died c 1385
16 Oct 1393
5
Thomas Poynings
13 Mar 1429
to
On his death the peerage again fell
13 Mar 1429
into abeyance
ST.JOHN OF BLETSO
13 Jan 1559
B
1
Oliver St.John
23 May 1582
Created Baron St.John of Bletso
13 Jan 1559
23 May 1582
2
John St.John
23 Oct 1596
23 Oct 1596
3
Oliver St.John
c 1540
Jun 1618
Jun 1618
4
Oliver St.John,Earl of Bolingbroke
c 1584
Jun 1646
14 May 1641
5
Oliver St.John
23 Oct 1642
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron St.John of Bletso
14 May 1641
On his death the peerage reverted to his
father (see above)
Jun 1646
6
Oliver St.John,Earl of Bolingbroke
18 Mar 1688
18 Mar 1688
7
Paulet St.John,Earl of Bolingbroke
5 Oct 1711
5 Oct 1711
8
Sir Paulet St.Andrew St.John,5th baronet
10 May 1714
10 May 1714
9
William St.John
11 Oct 1720
11 Oct 1720
10
Rowland St.John
4 Jul 1722
4 Jul 1722
11
John St.John
24 Jun 1757
24 Jun 1757
12
John St.John
15 Nov 1725
27 Apr 1767
41
27 Apr 1767
13
Henry Beauchamp St.John
2 Aug 1758
19 Dec 1805
47
19 Dec 1805
14
St.Andrew St.John
22 Aug 1759
15 Oct 1817
58
MP for Bedfordshire 1780-1784 and 1785-1806
PC 1806
15 Oct 1817
15
St.Andrew Beauchamp St.John
8 Nov 1811
27 Jan 1874
62
27 Jan 1874
16
St.Andrew St.John
5 Oct 1840
2 Nov 1887
47
2 Nov 1887
17
Beauchamp Mowbray St.John
5 Dec 1844
10 May 1912
67
Lord Lieutenant Bedford 1905-1912
10 May 1912
18
Henry Beauchamp Oliver St.John
24 Jun 1876
17 Oct 1920
44
17 Oct 1920
19
Moubray St.Andrew Thornton St.John
5 Nov 1877
28 Oct 1934
56
28 Oct 1934
20
John Moubray Russell St.John
3 Aug 1917
13 Apr 1976
58
13 Apr 1976
21
Andrew Beauchamp St.John
23 Aug 1918
11 Feb 1978
59
11 Feb 1978
22
Anthony Tudor St.John
16 May 1957
ST.JOHN OF FAWSLEY
19 Oct 1987
B[L]
1
Norman Antony Francis St.John-Stevas
18 May 1929
Created Baron St.John of Fawsley
19 Oct 1987
MP for Chelmsford 1964-1987. Minister of
State for the Arts 1973-1974. Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster 1979-1981.
PC 1979
ST.JOHN DE LAGEHAM
21 Sep 1299
B
1
John St.John
Jun 1316
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
St.John de Lageham 21 Sep 1299
Jun 1316
2
John St.John
23 Apr 1323
23 Apr 1323
3
John St.John
1 Apr 1349
1 Apr 1349
4
Roger St.John
28 Mar 1353
28 Mar 1353
5
Piers St.John
1355
to
On his death the peerage became dormant
1355
ST.JOHN OF LYDIARD
7 Jul 1712
B
1
Henry St.John
10 Oct 1678
12 Dec 1751
73
Created Baron St.John and Viscount
Bolingbroke 7 Jul 1712
See "Bolingbroke"
ST.JUST
20 Jun 1935
B
1
Edward Charles Grenfell
29 May 1870
26 Nov 1941
71
Created Baron St.Just 20 Jun 1935
MP for London 1922-1935
26 Nov 1941
2
Peter George Grenfell
22 Jul 1922
14 Oct 1984
62
to
Peerage extinct on his death
14 Oct 1984
ST.LAWRENCE
3 Sep 1767
V[I]
1
Thomas St.Lawrence,Baron Howth
10 May 1730
29 Sep 1801
71
Created Viscount St.Lawrence and
Earl of Howth 3 Sep 1767
See "Howth"
ST.LEONARDS
1 Mar 1852
B
1
Edward Burtenshaw Sugden
12 Feb 1781
29 Jan 1875
93
Created Baron St.Leonards 1 Mar 1852
MP for Weymouth 1826-1831, St.Mawes
1831-1832 and Ripon 1837-1841. Solicitor
General 1829-1830. Lord Chancellor [I]
1835 and 1841-1846. Lord Chancellor 1852
PC 1834. PC [I] 1835
For information about the St. Leonards Will Case
of 1875-76, see the note at the foot of this page
29 Jan 1875
2
Edward Burtenshaw Sugden
12 Aug 1847
18 Mar 1908
60
18 Mar 1908
3
Frank Edward Sugden
11 Nov 1890
18 Jul 1972
81
18 Jul 1972
4
John Gerard Sugden
3 Feb 1950
1 Jun 1985
35
to
Peerage extinct on his death
1 Jun 1985
ST.LEVAN
4 Jul 1887
B
1
Sir John St.Aubyn,2nd baronet
23 Oct 1829
14 May 1908
78
Created Baron St.Levan 4 Jul 1887
MP for Cornwall West 1858-1885 and
St.Ives 1885-1887
14 May 1908
2
John Townshend St.Aubyn
23 Sep 1857
10 Nov 1940
83
10 Nov 1940
3
Francis Cecil St.Aubyn
18 Apr 1895
10 Jul 1978
83
10 Jul 1978
4
John Francis Arthur St.Aubyn
23 Feb 1919
ST.LIZ
2 Feb 1664
B
1
Basil Feilding,Earl of Denbigh
c 1608
28 Nov 1675
Created Baron St.Liz 2 Feb 1664
See "Denbigh"
ST.MAUR
29 Jul 1313
B
1
Nicholas St.Maur
8 Nov 1316
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
St.Maur 29 Jul 1313
8 Nov 1316
2
Thomas St.Maur
8 Aug 1361
8 Aug 1361
3
Nicholas Seymour
Jan 1362
Jan 1362
4
Richard Seymour
15 May 1401
15 May 1401
5
Richard Seymour
Jan 1409
Jan 1409
6
Alice Seymour
She married William Zouche,Lord Zouche (qv)
who assumed the peerage in her right.
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20 Nov 1317
B
1
William de Saint Maur
after 1317
to
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
after 1317
Saint Maur 20 Nov 1317
Peerage extinct on his death
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19 Jun 1863
E
1
Edward Adolphus Seymour,Duke
20 Dec 1804
28 Nov 1885
80
to
of Somerset
28 Nov 1885
Created Earl St.Maur 19 Jun 1863
Peerage extinct on his death
ST.OSWALD
6 Jul 1885
B
1
Rowland Winn
19 Feb 1820
17 Jan 1893
72
Created Baron St.Oswald 6 Jul 1885
MP for Lincolnshire North 1868-1885
17 Jan 1893
2
Rowland Winn
1 Aug 1857
13 Apr 1919
61
MP for Pontefract 1885-1893
13 Apr 1919
3
Rowland George Winn
29 Jul 1893
25 Feb 1957
63
25 Feb 1957
4
Rowland Denys Guy Winn
19 Sep 1916
19 Dec 1984
68
19 Dec 1984
5
Derek Edward Anthony Winn
9 Jul 1919
18 Mar 1999
79
18 Mar 1999
6
Charles Rowland Andrew Winn
22 Jul 1959
ST.PHILIBERT
20 Nov 1348
B
1
John St.Philibert
3 Sep 1358
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
St. Philibert 20 Nov 1348
3 Sep 1358
2
Adam St.Philibert
1359
1359
3
John St.Philibert
1361
to
Peerage extinct on his death
1361
ST.VINCENT
23 Jun 1797
E
1
John Jervis
9 Jan 1735
14 Mar 1823
88
to
Created Baron Jervis and Earl of
14 Mar 1823
St.Vincent 23 Jun 1797 and Viscount
27 Apr 1801
V
1
St.Vincent 27 Apr 1801
MP for Launceston 1783-1784, Great
Yarmouth 1784-1790 and Wycombe 1790-
1794. First Lord of the Admiralty 1801-
1804. Admiral of the Fleet 1821
PC 1801
On his death the Barony and Earldom became
extinct whilst the Viscountcy passed to -
14 Mar 1823
2
Edward Jervis Jervis
1 Apr 1767
25 Sep 1859
92
25 Sep 1859
3
Carnegie Robert John Jervis
12 Aug 1825
19 Jul 1879
53
19 Jul 1879
4
Edward John Leveson Jervis
3 Apr 1850
22 Jan 1885
34
22 Jan 1885
5
Carnegie Parker Jervis
5 Apr 1855
22 Sep 1908
53
22 Sep 1908
6
Ronald Clarges Jervis
3 Dec 1859
16 Feb 1940
80
16 Feb 1940
7
Ronald George James Jervis
3 May 1905
4 Sep 2006
101
4 Sep 2006
8
Edward Robert James Jervis
12 May 1951
SALFORD
22 Jul 1897
E
1
Wilbraham Egerton,Baron Egerton
17 Jan 1832
16 Mar 1909
77
to
Created Viscount Salford and Earl
16 Mar 1909
Egerton of Tatton 22 Jul 1897
On his death these creations became extinct
whilst the barony continued - see
"Egerton of Tatton"
SALISBURY
c 1145
E
1
Patrick de Salisbury
27 Mar 1168
Created Earl of Salisbury c 1145
27 Mar 1168
2
William de Salisbury
17 Apr 1196
17 Apr 1196
3
Isabella
24 Aug 1261
She married William de Longspee who
assumed the peerage in her right. He was
born c 1175 and died 7 Mar 1226
7 Mar 1226
4
William de Longspee
8 Feb 1250
8 Feb 1250
5
William de Longspee
1257
1257
6
Margaret de Lacy
22 Nov 1310
22 Nov 1310
7
Alice Plantagenet
2 Oct 1348
to
Her husband was executed in 1322 when the
1322
peerage reverted to the Crown
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13 Mar 1337
E
1
William de Montacute,Lord Montacute
30 Jan 1344
Created Earl of Salisbury 13 Mar 1337
30 Jan 1344
2
William de Montacute
25 Jun 1328
3 Jun 1397
68
KG 1348
3 Jun 1397
3
John de Montacute
7 Jan 1400
to
KG 1397
7 Jan 1400
He was attainted and the peerage forfeited
26 Oct 1409
4
Thomas de Montacute
3 Nov 1428
Restored to the peerage in 1409
KG 1414
3 Nov 1428
5
Alice
31 Dec 1460
She married Richard Nevill who assumed
the peerage in her right
31 Dec 1460
6
Richard Nevill,Earl of Warwick
22 Nov 1428
15 Apr 1471
42
to
On his death the peerage fell into
15 Apr 1471
abeyance
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25 Mar 1472
E
1
George Plantagenet,Duke of Clarence
21 Oct 1449
to
Created Earl of Salisbury and Earl of
15 Jan 1478
Warwick 25 Mar 1472
He was attainted and the peerages
forfeited
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15 Feb 1478
E
1
Edward Plantagenet
1473
31 Mar 1484
10
to
Created Earl of Salisbury 15 Feb 1478
31 Mar 1484
Later created Duke of Cornwall and Prince
of Wales - peerages extinct on his death
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16 Mar 1485
7
Edward Plantagenet
21 Feb 1474
28 Nov 1499
25
to
Restored to the peerage 1485. He was
28 Nov 1499
attainted and the peerage forfeited
1513
8
Margaret Pole
14 Aug 1473
27 May 1541
67
to
Restored to the peerage 1513. She was
1539
attainted and the peerage forfeited
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4 May 1605
E
1
Sir Robert Cecil
1 Jun 1563
24 May 1612
48
Created Baron Cecil of Essendon
13 Aug 1603,Viscount Cranborne
20 Aug 1604 and Earl of Salisbury
4 May 1605
MP for Westminster 1584-1585,1586-1587,
and Hertfordshire 1588,1592-1593,1597-
1598 and 1601. Secretary of State 1596-
1612. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1597-1599. Lord Privy Seal 1597-1612. Lord
Lieutenant Hertford 1605. Lord Treasurer
1608-1612.
KG 1606
24 May 1612
2
William Cecil
Feb 1591
3 Dec 1668
77
MP for Weymouth 1610-1611. Lord
Lieutenant Hertford 1612 and Dorset 1642.
KG 1624
3 Dec 1668
3
James Cecil
1648
Jun 1683
34
MP for Hertfordshire 1668
KG 1679
Jun 1683
4
James Cecil
Sep 1666
3 Nov 1694
28
3 Nov 1694
5
James Cecil
8 Jun 1691
9 Oct 1728
37
Lord Lieutenant Hertford 1712-1714
9 Oct 1728
6
James Cecil
20 Oct 1713
19 Sep 1780
66
19 Sep 1780
7
James Cecil
4 Sep 1748
13 Jun 1823
74
24 Aug 1789
M
1
Created Marquess of Salisbury
24 Aug 1789
MP for Great Bedwin 1774-1780,Plympton Erle
1780 and Launceston 1780. Lord Lieutenant
Hertford 1771-1823. PC 1780
KG 1793
For information about this peer's wife,see the
note at the foot of this page
13 Jun 1823
2
James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil
17 Apr 1791
12 Apr 1868
76
MP for Weymouth 1813-1817 and Hertford
1817-1823. Lord Lieutenant Middlesex 1841-1868
Lord Privy Seal 1852. Lord President of
the Council 1858-1859.
PC 1826
KG 1842
12 Apr 1868
3
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
3 Feb 1830
22 Aug 1903
73
MP for Stamford 1853-1868. Secretary
of State for India 1866-1867 and 1874-1878
Foreign Secretary 1878-1880,1885-1886,
1887-1892 and 1895-1902. Prime Minister
1885-1886, 1886-1892 and 1895-1902.
PC 1866
KG 1878
22 Aug 1903
4
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil
23 Oct 1861
4 Apr 1947
85
MP for Lancashire NE 1885-1892 and
Rochester 1893-1903. Lord Privy Seal 1903-
1905 and 1924-1929. President of the Board
of Trade 1905. Lord President of the
Council 1922-1924. Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster 1922.
PC 1903
KG 1917
4 Apr 1947
5
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil
27 Aug 1893
23 Feb 1972
78
MP for Dorset South 1929-1941. Paymaster
General 1940. Secretary of State for
Dominions 1940-1942. Secretary of State
for Colonies 1942. Lord Privy Seal 1942-
1943 and 1951-1952. Secretary of State for
Dominions 1943-1945. Secretary of State
for Commonwealth Relations 1952. Lord
President of the Council 1952-1957.
PC 1940
KG 1946
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron Cecil of Essendon in
Jan 1941
23 Feb 1972
6
Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil
24 Oct 1916
11 Jul 2003
86
MP for Bournemouth West 1950-1954
11 Jul 2003
7
Robert Michael James Cecil
30 Sep 1946
MP for Dorset South 1979-1987. Lord Privy Seal
1994-1997.
PC 1994
He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of
Acceleration as Baron Cecil of Essendon in 1992
SALMON
10 Jan 1972
B[L]
1
Cyril Barnet Salmon
28 Dec 1903
7 Nov 1991
87
to
Created Baron Salmon 10 Jan 1972
7 Nov 1991
Lord Justice of Appeal 1964-1972. Lord of
Appeal in Ordinary 1972-1980
PC 1964
Peerage extinct on his death
SALTER
16 Oct 1953
B
1
James Arthur Salter
15 Mar 1881
27 Jun 1975
94
to
Created Baron Salter 16 Oct 1953
27 Jun 1975
MP for Oxford University 1937-1950
and Ormskirk 1951-1953. Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster 1945. Minister of
State for Economic Affairs 1951-1952.
Minister of Materials
PC 1941
Peerage extinct on his death
SALTERSFORD
7 Jun 1796
B
1
James Stopford,Earl of Courtown
28 May 1731
30 Mar 1810
78
Created Baron Saltersford 7 Jun 1796
See "Courtown"
SALTOUN
28 Jun 1445
B[S]
1
Laurence Abernethy
13 Mar 1460
Created Lord Saltoun 28 Jun 1445
13 Mar 1460
2
William Abernethy
Jun 1488
Jun 1488
3
James Abernethy
1505
1505
4
Alexander Abernethy
Jun 1527
Jun 1527
5
William Abernethy
Dec 1543
Dec 1543
6
Alexander Abernethy
1537
Apr 1587
49
Apr 1587
7
George Abernethy
c 1555
27 Apr 1590
27 Apr 1590
8
John Abernethy
c 1577
21 Sep 1612
21 Sep 1612
9
Alexander Abernethy
26 Mar 1611
18 Dec 1668
57
18 Dec 1668
10
Alexander Fraser
Mar 1604
11 Aug 1693
89
11 Aug 1693
11
William Fraser
21 Nov 1654
18 Mar 1715
60
18 Mar 1715
12
Alexander Fraser
1684
24 Jul 1748
64
24 Jul 1748
13
Alexander Fraser
1710
10 Oct 1751
41
10 Oct 1751
14
George Fraser
10 Oct 1720
30 Aug 1781
60
30 Aug 1781
15
Alexander Fraser
27 Jun 1758
12 Sep 1793
35
12 Sep 1793
16
Alexander George Fraser
22 Apr 1785
18 Jul 1853
68
KT 1852
18 Jul 1853
17
Alexander Fraser
5 May 1820
1 Feb 1886
65
1 Feb 1886
18
Alexander William Frederick Fraser
8 Aug 1851
19 Jun 1933
81
19 Jun 1933
19
Alexander Arthur Fraser
8 Mar 1886
31 Aug 1979
93
31 Aug 1979
20
Flora Marjory Ramsay
18 Oct 1930
SAMPSON
28 Dec 1299
B
1
William Sampson
after 1299
to
Summoned to Parliament as Lord
after 1299
Sampson 28 Dec 1299
Peerage extinct on his death
SAMUEL
8 Jun 1937
V
1
Herbert Louis Samuel
6 Nov 1870
5 Feb 1963
92
Created Viscount Samuel 8 Jun 1937
MP for Cleveland 1902-1918 and Darwen
1929-1935. Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster 1909-1910 and 1915-1916.
Postmaster General 1910-1914 and 1915-
1916. Home Secretary 1916 and 1931-1932.
PC 1908
OM 1958
5 Feb 1963
2
Edwin Herbert Samuel
11 Sep 1898
14 Nov 1978
80
14 Nov 1978
3
David Herbert Samuel
8 Jul 1922
SAMUEL OF WYCH CROSS
3 Jul 1972
B[L]
1
Harold Samuel
23 Apr 1912
28 Aug 1987
75
to
Created Baron Samuel of Wych Cross
28 Aug 1987
3 Jul 1972
Peerage extinct on his death
SANDBERG
2 Oct 1997
B[L]
1
Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg
31 May 1927
Created Baron Sandberg 2 Oct 1997
SANDERSON
20 Dec 1905
B
1
Thomas Henry Sanderson
11 Jan 1841
21 Mar 1923
82
to
Created Baron Sanderson 20 Dec 1905
21 Mar 1923
Peerage extinct on his death
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18 Jun 1930
B
1
Henry Sanderson Furniss
1 Oct 1868
25 Mar 1939
70
to
Created Baron Sanderson 18 Jun 1930
25 Mar 1939
Peerage extinct on his death
SANDERSON OF AYOT
4 Jul 1960
B
1
Basil Sanderson
19 Jun 1894
15 Aug 1971
77
Created Baron Sanderson of Ayot
4 Jul 1960
15 Aug 1971
2
Alan Lindsay Sanderson
1931
to
He disclaimed the peerage for life 28 Sep 1971
28 Sep 1971
SANDERSON OF BOWDEN
5 Jun 1985
B[L]
1
Charles Russell Sanderson
30 Apr 1933
Created Baron Sanderson of Bowden
5 Jun 1985
SANDFORD
20 Jan 1891
B
1
Francis Richard John Sandford
14 May 1824
31 Dec 1893
69
to
Created Baron Sandford 20 Jan 1891
31 Dec 1893
PC 1885
Peerage extinct on his death
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14 Jul 1945
B
1
Albert James Edmondson
29 Jun 1886
16 May 1959
72
Created Baron Sandford 14 Jul 1945
MP for Banbury 1922-1945
16 May 1959
2
John Cyril Edmondson
22 Dec 1920
13 Jan 2009
88
13 Jan 2009
3
James John Mowbray Edmondson
1 Jul 1949
SANDHURST
28 Mar 1871
B
1
William Rose Mansfield
21 Jun 1819
23 Jun 1876
57
PC [I] 1870
Created Baron Sandhurst 28 Mar 1871
23 Jun 1876
2
William Mansfield
21 Aug 1855
2 Nov 1921
66
1 Jan 1917
V
1
Created Viscount Sandhurst 1 Jan 1917
to
Governor of Bombay 1895-1899. PC 1906
8 Nov 1921
On his death the Viscountcy became extinct
whilst the Barony passed to -
8 Nov 1921
3
John William Mansfield
10 Jul 1857
6 Jan 1933
75
6 Jan 1933
4
Ralph Sheldon Mansfield
19 Jul 1892
28 Oct 1964
72
28 Oct 1964
5
John Edward Terence Mansfield
4 Sep 1920
2 Jun 2002
81
2 Jun 2002
6
Guy Rhys John Mansfield
3 Mar 1949
SANDON
19 Jul 1809
V
1
Dudley Ryder,Baron Harrowby
22 Dec 1762
26 Dec 1847
85
Created Viscount Sandon and Earl of
Harrowby 19 Jul 1809
See "Harrowby"
SANDWICH
12 Jul 1660
E
1
Edward Montagu
27 Jul 1625
28 May 1672
46
Created Baron Montagu of St.Neots,
Viscount Hinchingbrooke and Earl of
Sandwich 12 Jul 1660
MP for Huntingdonshire 1644-1647,1653,
1654 and 1656 and Dover 1660. KG 1660
Lord Lieutenant Huntingdon 1660-1672
28 May 1672
2
Edward Montagu
3 Jan 1648
29 Nov 1688
40
MP for Dover 1670-1672. Lord Lieutenant
Huntingdon 1683-1685 and Cambridge 1685-
1687
29 Nov 1688
3
Edward Montagu
10 Apr 1670
20 Oct 1729
59
20 Oct 1729
4
John Montagu
13 Nov 1718
30 Apr 1792
73
First Lord of the Admiralty 1748-1751,1763
and 1771-1782. Secretary of State 1763-
1765 and 1770-1771
PC 1749
30 Apr 1792
5
John Montagu
26 Jan 1743
6 Jun 1814
71
MP for Brackley 1765-1768 and
Huntingdonshire 1768-1792.
PC 1771
6 Jun 1814
6
George Montagu
4 Feb 1773
21 May 1818
45
MP for Huntingdonshire 1794-1814
21 May 1818
7
John William Montagu
8 Nov 1811
3 Mar 1884
72
Lord Lieutenant Huntingdon 1841-1884
PC 1852
3 Mar 1884
8
Edward George Henry Montagu
13 Jul 1839
26 Jun 1916
76
MP for Huntingdon 1876-1884
Lord Lieutenant Huntingdon 1891-1916
26 Jun 1916
9
George Charles Montagu
29 Dec 1874
15 Jun 1962
87
MP for Huntingdon 1900-1906. Lord
Lieutenant Huntingdon 1922-1946
15 Jun 1962
10
Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu
22 May 1906
25 Feb 1995
88
to
MP for Dorset South 1941-1962
24 Jul 1964
He disclaimed the peerage for life 24 Jul 1964
25 Feb 1995
11
John Edward Hollister Montagu
11 Apr 1943
SANDYS
20 Dec 1743
B
1
Samuel Sandys
10 Aug 1695
21 Apr 1770
74
Created Baron Sandys 20 Dec 1743
MP for Worcester 1718-1743. Chancellor
of the Exchequer 1742-1743. President of
the Board of Trade 1761-1763.
PC 1742
21 Apr 1770
2
Edwin Sandys
18 Apr 1726
11 Mar 1797
70
to
MP for Droitwich 1747-1754, Bossiney
11 Mar 1797
1754-1762 and Westminster 1762-1770
Peerage extinct on his death
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19 Jun 1802
B
1
Mary Hill
19 Sep 1774
1 Aug 1836
61
Created Baroness Sandys 19 Jun 1802
1 Aug 1836
2
Arthur Moyses William Hill
10 Jan 1793
16 Jul 1860
67
MP for Down 1817-1836.
16 Jul 1860
3
Arthur Marcus Cecil Sandys
28 Jan 1798
10 Apr 1863
65
MP for Newry 1832-1835 and Evesham
1838-1852
PC 1841
10 Apr 1863
4
Augustus Frederick Arthur Sandys
1 Mar 1840
26 Jul 1904
64
26 Jul 1904
5
Michael Edwin Sandys Sandys
31 Dec 1855
4 Aug 1948
92
4 Aug 1948
6
Arthur Fitzgerald Sandys Hill
4 Dec 1876
24 Nov 1961
84
24 Nov 1961
7
Richard Michael Oliver Hill
21 Jul 1931
Victoria-Josefa Sackville-West, wife of the 3rd Baron Sackville (1862-1936)
The following is extracted from "The Emperor of the United States of America and Other
Magnificent British Eccentrics" by Catherine Caufield (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1981)
Spanish passion and Anglo-Saxon reserve were united in Lady Sackville - the illegitimate child
of a Latin dancer [Josefa de la Oliva] and an English diplomat [the 2nd Baron Sackville - she
therefore married her cousin] - to create a contradictory and unpredictable temperament. Her
attitude towards money, for example, veered without warning from reckless indulgence to
extreme parsimony. In certain moods money slipped through her hands like water; she once
absentmindedly left a £10,000 cheque from J P Morgan made out to bearer in a taxi; on another
occasion a sreanger whom she met on the forty-minute train journey from London to Sevenoaks
and never again laid eyes on persuaded her to invest £60,000 in a gold mine. In neither case
was the money recovered.
On the other hand for a time she took to cutting up used postage stamps and piecing together
the non-postmarked bits to save the cost of a new stamp. She also economised by writing
letters on filched hotel notepaper, and on one occasion on a slice of cooked ham. She was
especially pleased with toilet paper pinched from Harrod's ladies' room. She corresponded
regularly on this for quite some time and praised it to her daughter, the writer Vita Sackville-
West, for taking ink so nicely.
Lady Sackville was a high-spirited woman, capable of being utterly charming, but with a quick,
if short-lived, temper. Those closest to her, her servants and her family, suffered the brunt of
her mood changes, though they did not always take it lying down: several times the entire
household staff resigned
en masse.
One much loved nanny was summarily dismissed on
suspicion of having eaten three-dozen quail which had not arrived in time for a dinner party.
Fresh air was one of Lady Sackville's great passions. She never had a fire in her room, kept the
windows and doors at Knole always open, and insisted upon taking her meals outdoors in all
weathers. Often a meal with her meant sitting wrapped in fur coats with a hot water bottle on
one's knees and a rug draped over one's lap. A lamp provided some light in the darkness and
illuminated the drifting snowflakes as they piled up on the food and the cutlery. The
compensation for all this was Lady Sackville saying cosily, 'Now, aren't you deliciously warm?'
Luckily, she was apparently immune to colds; her favourite remedy for sore throats was to tie
a pair of the architect Edwin Lutyens' old socks around her neck.
Knole, the ancient Sackville home in the Kentish countryside, was Lady Sackville's pride and joy.
There and at various smaller houses she had bought and sold over the years, she was able to
put her peculiar notions of interior decoration into practice. One bedroom at Knole was papered
entirely with postage stamps. The risers of a staircase at another house were painted to look
like bookshelves. The Persian Room was furnished completely with objects from Turkey, a
geographical contradiction which Lady Sackville absolutely refused to acknowledge. She took
great trouble over minor details, and had a special individually designed bookplate printed for
each book she owned.
Her daughter Vita was of course a distinguished gardener, as well as a writer, but Lady
Sackville preferred artificial flowers. Tin delphimiums were among her favourites because, as
she explained to Vita, they are always in bloom and never plagued by slugs. Rather than planting
living things, she often landscaped using only potted plants and porcelain flowers. On one
occasion when Vita was coming to lunch, Lady Sackville's garden looked particularly dismal and,
wanting to make a show for her daughter, she sent a friend out to buy £30 worth of paper and
satin flowers which she 'planted' in an artistic arrangement in the bare earth.
An expensive lawsuit about the Sackville title had eaten into the family's fortune [for further
details see below] and Lady Sackville worried constantly that Knole's upkeep would become too
expensive for them. When Lionel, her husband, was called up for the First World War, she wrote
directly to Lord Kitchener saying that he must not be posted to a dangerous position as Knole
could not possibly survive the massive death duties that would fall due if he was killed.
Later she wrote to complain that Knole was being deprived of its staff by the call-up: 'I think
perhaps you do not realize, my dear Lord K., that we employ five carpenters and four painters
and two blacksmiths and two footmen and you are taking them all from us! I do not complain
about the footmen, although I must say that I had never thought I would see parlourmaids
at Knole!…….Dear Lord K., I am sure you will sympathize with me when I say that parlourmaids
are so middle-class, not at all what you and me are used to. But, as I said, that is not what I
complain about……I know that we must give an example. You are at the War Office and must
neglect your dear Broome [Kitchener's house], which you love so much. I think you love it as
much as I love Knole? and of course you must love it even more because the world says you
have never loved any woman - is that true? I shall ask you next time I come to luncheon with
you. But talking about luncheon reminds me of parlourmaids, and I said that I would not
complain about them (because I am patriotic after all) but I do complain about the way you
take our workmen from us.'
The distinction between charitable enterprises and profit-making ones eluded Lady Sackville. She
was not in the least shy of soliciting funds on her own behalf - sometimes without actually
saying so. The energy, invention and ruthless charm she put into such enterprises was
staggering. One of her pet 'charities' in later years was The Homeless Sleeping on Brighton
Beach, an organisation which was not registered with the Charity Commissioners and of which
she was the only known member or beneficiary.
In 1928 she wrote letters to all her acquaintances asking for donations to her Roof of Friendship
Fund. Each person was asked to give the price of a tile to be dedicated to his or her friendship
with Lady Sackville and to form with all the others an inspirational symbol of friendship to replace
her distinctly uninspiring and leaky roof. Quite a few did contribute, but she was furious with
[the painter] William Nicholson, who had the effrontery to send in a real tile.
Later on came the Million Penny Fund, designed to eliminate the National Debt. Lady Sackville
perused the papers for mentions of famous people celebrating their birthdays and wrote asking
them to contribute one penny for each year of their life. The form letter she had written for
the purpose ended with a plea: ' and do give me stamped envelopes which means one for my
begging letter, one for having the pleasure of thanking you, and one for a fresh VICTIM.'
Another time she decided to hold a white elephant sale. 'You know, people have them at
bazaars,' she told Vita, 'but I shall have this one for myself. And then I thought as elephants
come from Siam I would write to the King and ask him for a white one.' To the surprise of
everyone but Lady Sackville, the King of Siam replied with a gift of a small but valuable solid-
silver elephant.
***************
In May 1903, an action was brought by Ernest Henri Jean Baptiste Sackville West against
the then Lord Sackville. His case was that he was the lawful and eldest son of Lord Sackville;
that Sackville had married Josephine Duran de Ortega in 1864 or 1865 either in Spain or in
France; and that he had been born on 24 June 1869. For his part, Sackville denied that he had
ever been married and further stated that Josephine had previously married, in 1851, one Juan
Antonio Gabriel de la Oliva and that, at the time of her alleged marriage to Sackville, she was
still married to de la Oliva.
There is no doubt that Josephine had been Sackville's mistress for many years and that she had
been the mother of three of his children, including Victoria-Josefa, who was therefore the
claimant's older sister.
The claim was finally rejected by the Probate Court in February 1910. The following extract is
from 'The Times' of 15 February 1910.
'Pepita, the mother of the claimant, was, somewhere about the fifties [i.e. the 1850s], a
fascinating dancer "with glorious black eyes and hair", the idol of Madrid, with admirers where-
ever she went. The German students took the horses out of her carriage and drew it, to show
perhaps their opinion that she was another or a better Lola Montez. She had many of the
triumphs of a
danseuse
and one day she danced away the heart of a young Englishman, a
diplomatist, the heir to a peerage and an ancient title. His was no fugitive fancy. They lived
together for many years, and children were born to them. But they were not married. They
could not be so. There was abundant evidence that in 1851 she became the wife of a Spanish
dancer, de Oliva. The certificate of her marriage was found among her papers at her death.
The late Lord Sackville, who had been told of the marriage to Oliva, stated that he was anxious
to marry her if her husband was out of the way, 'but I never did marry her, or go through any
form of marriage with her.' While they lived together his intimate friends knew the true state of
things, which he did not conceal from them. When he went to Washington the Diplomatic Circle
was made aware that his children were not legitimate. After her death he did his duty towards
them, but not at the expense of truth. The late peer had his faults, but he was kind, not only to
his children, but to Pepita. He no doubt introduced her and spoke of her as his wife. He
registered his children as legitimate, and she was buried as his wife. The explanation of this was
simple; he desired to spare her feelings while she lived and to respect her memory when she died
.
He knew that his friends were well acquainted with the facts; in business matters he took care
to state the truth; and letter after letter from him, unequivocal as to his children's positions,
was put in evidence.'
***************
While viewing the Wallace Collection in 1897, Lady Sackville first met Sir John Murray Scott. For
further information on him, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of the
Wallace baronetcy created in 1871. Following the deaths of his mentor, Sir Richard Wallace and
his wife, Scott had inherited over a million pounds in cash and securities, two valuable estates
in Britain and the historic pavilion of Bagatelle in Paris, once owned by Marie Antoinette.
A friendship developed between Sir John and Lady Scakville. She visited Paris to view the
collection of Marie Antoinette's furniture at Bagatelle; he, in turn, visited Knole to see the art
treasures there. Once the litigation outlined above had commenced, Sir John was anxious that
none of the collection at Knole be sold to meet the costs of the court case. Accordingly, he
advanced the sums necessary to fight the case.
When Sir John died in 1912, he left an estate valued at £1,180,000. In his will, he left Lady
Sackville £150,000 in cash and the magnificent art collection at his house in Paris, valued at
£350,000. Sir John's four brothers and two sisters were furious when they heard of this, and
this fury was increased when they realised that the bequest was tax-free, meaning that any
taxation would have to be paid by the residue of the estate. They claimed that, after paying
this tax, the value of the remaining estate would be negligible.
They therefore contested the will and the case became famous as 'The Million Pound Case'
when it opened in the Probate Court in June 1913. Lady Sackville was represented by Sir
Edward Carson, later Baron Carson, and the Scotts by F E Smith, later Earl of Birkenhead.
The Scotts maintained that the amount advanced to the Sackvilles to fight their court case
was nearly £90,000. They alleged that Lady Sackville had insinuated herself into Sir John's
good graces and had completely mesmerised him. She had become virtual mistress of his home
in Connaught Place, choosing his guests, riding in his carriages, managing his servants and once
even banishing one of his sisters from the table during a dinner party. One of the brothers,
Walter Scott, accused her of trying to trap him into a love affair in order to turn Sir John
against him.
The Scotts were forced to admit, under questioning by Carson, that Sir John had been most
generous to them in his lifetime. To one he had given a fully-stocked farm worth £57,000
with a allowance of £2,000 a year. Another brother admitted receiving £26,000.
It took the jury only 12 minutes to find in favour of Lady Sackville. Contrary to Sir John's good
intentions however, and proving her fickle nature, she reputedly lost no time in selling the art
treasures, obtaining, it is said, some £270,000 from a Paris art dealer.
Osborne de Vere Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St. Albans
The following is extracted from "The Emperor of the United States of America and Other
Magnificent British Eccentrics" by Catherine Caufield (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1981)
'Obby', as his friends called him, took little part in public life; in fact. His forays into that arena
seem mostly to have been motivated by a gleeful desire to cause havoc. He held the hereditary
post of Grand Falconer and proposed attending the 1953 Coronation with a live falcon on his
wrist. When the organisers suggested a stuffed bird instead, he boycotted the ceremony.
Parishioners at the church near his home in Ireland remember him snoozing through sermons
with a handkerchief over his face, rousing himself occasionally to shout out "Rubbish!"
He married late in life and never had any legitimate children, partly for fear of passing on a
streak of madness that ran in his branch of the family. About illegitimate children, however, he
had no such inhibitions, and boasted of having large numbers of them. Obby professed to be
unsure of exactly how many he had. On one occasion a certain baronet and his wife who were
lunching with the Duke were mystified to hear him repeatedly muttering to a friend in very
audible asides "What do you think? Is he one of mine?"
His sense of decorum was strict, if unpredictable. Once, when his wife was late coming down to
a lunch, Obby gave her seat to a man who had come to check the fire extinguishers and when
she did appear he refused to allow her to join the table. He expected the hall porter at his club,
Brooks's, to wind his watch for him, holding out his arm and saying "there's a good fellow."
Once, while he was eating in a hotel restaurant, a fire broke out. The Duke remained at his table
and when urged by the waiters to escape, he replied "Nonsense! Bring me some more toast."
On the other hand the ducal dignity was allowed to slip rather badly when on a visit to Lord
Dunraven he arrived carrying only a toothbrush and a pair of pyjamas in a brown paper bag.
Obby lived to be 89, with little thought of growing old gracefully. At 83, he took a freighter to
the US, crossed the country by Greyhound bus, and toured Latin America, travelling second
class all the way. A newspaper interview two years previously in which he expressed a desire
for a young wife brought him 68 offers of marriage, including a number of titled and highly
eligible ladies. He opted for continued singleness, the state in which eccentricity and
crotchetiness best thrive.
Charles Frederick Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St. Albans
At the time he succeeded to the Dukedom, Charles Beauclerk was employed in the film division
of the Central Office of Information, having previously contributed articles to the
Evening Star
newspaper and lived in rented accommodation.
Once he succeeded to the title, his immediate ambition was to use the title to advance his
business prospects. However, he showed poor judgement in his choice of business colleagues
and, after a series of financial scandals, he was forced to admit that his involvement in the
world of commerce had brought him nothing but grief. In December 1973, when he was chairman
of Grendon Trust, he was severely criticized by the UK Department of Trade over his actions
during a takeover bid. The Duke held a 3.9% holding in Grendon which he sold, despite having
given an undertaking not to sell without advance notice to the Grendon board. The Takeover
concluded that, although they had no reason to believe that the Duke acted from improper
motives, they could not avoid the conclusion that the sale of the Duke's shares was prejudicial
to the interests of other Grendon shareholders and was therefore open to serious criticism.
The Duke was reported to have made £793,000 from the sale of his shares.
After the Inland Revenue sued him for £182,000 in 1978, he sold his two houses in Chelsea and
went to live in southern France, returning regularly to London to have his hair cut at the Ritz.
Edward Henry John Cornwallis Eliot, styled Baron Eliot, son and heir of the 5th Earl
of St.Germans
Lord Eliot committed suicide on 24 August 1909. The following obituary appeared in 'The
Times' on 25 August:-
'Lord Eliot, elder son and heir of the Earl of St.Germans, was found shot dead at the family seat,
Port Eliot, St.Germans, Cornwall, yesterday.
'Lord Eliot was a subaltern in the Coldstream Guards and had been serving with his battalion,
the third, at Khartoum. He went out in January last and recently came home on sick leave, but
was not believed to be in a serious state of ill-health. He had, however, felt the effects of the
climate of the Sudan. He was an enthusiastic cricketer, and had, during his stay at home, taken
part in several matches. It had been arranged that a team from Plymouth should go down to
St.Germans yesterday for a match. On the arrival at St.Germans of Major Cawdor and his team
from Plymouth, Lord Eliot could not be found, and search was made for him. About 2 o'clock
his dead body was found in the gun-room. Lord Eliot had been shot through the head, and an
empty cartridge case was found in one of the barrels of a double-barrelled gun which was
beside the body. Lord Eliot was personally very popular in the district, and his death has caused
great regret.
'Edward Henry John Cornwallis, Lord Eliot, was born on August 30, 1885, so that he was within
a few days of completing his 24th year. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College,
Cambridge, and was gazetted an ensign in the Coldstream Guards in May last year. His younger
brother, the Hon. John Granville Cornwallis, who was born in June, 1890, and is a cadet at
Sandhurst, now becomes heir to the title.'
Nicholas Richard Michael Eliot, 9th Earl of St. Germans
St. Germans (or Lord Eliot as he was known until 1960) was dubbed the 'Bookie Peer'. Having
participated in horse racing as an owner and trainer, he opened a turf commission agency in
1950. In 1953, he was called as a witness in the 'Francasal affair' where a racecourse gang
ran a horse named Francasal at the Bath races in the name of a considerably slower horse
called Santa Amaro. Shortly before the start of the race, the gang placed bets totalling
£6,000 on 'Santa Amaro'. The ring-in duly won, but the circumstances aroused suspicion and
payment of bets was withheld. The gang were later found guilty and imprisoned. In his evidence
at the trial, St. Germans testified that one of the conspirators had come to him with 'quite a
childish suggestion'; that the wife of the Chief Constable of Bath should be presented with a fur
coat. St. Germans immediately informed Scotland Yard of this approach.
After he succeeded to the title in 1960, St. Germans migrated to Tangier as a tax exile. There he
called himself the 'Tangerine Earl'. He was a popular figure among the locals but admitted that
there were things he missed about England, including treacle tart and a decent game of
backgammon. In 1963, he fired an unauthorized gun in the Safari Bar, for which he spent a night
in a police cell.
The St. Leonards Will case of 1875-1876
The following article, written by Dalrymple Belgrave, is taken from a series entitled "Romances
of High Life" published in the 'Manchester Times' in 1898:-
'The Lord Chancellors are a long-lived race. Lord Lyndhurst lived to ninety-one, Lord Brougham
to eighty-nine, and Lord Chelmsford to an old age, but the oldest ex-Chancellor of late years
was Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, the first Lord St. Leonards, who was over 70 in 1852, when he
was made Lord Chancellor by Lord Derby, and who lived for 23 years after that great event in
his life. Lord St. Leonards, when the time came for him to go into the House of Commons as a
step in the career of a great lawyer, had probably troubled himself very little about politics.
Unlike Lord Lyndhurst, who was always interested in politics, or Lord Brougham, of whom it was
said that if he had known some law he would have known a little of everything, Lord St.
Leonards was a great lawyer, who was interested in nothing but law. He served the Tory party
by the great ability he showed when he was their law officer, and amused it when he was in
Opposition by losing no opportunity, in the law courts, of exposing the ignorance of law of the
Whig Chancellor, Lord Brougham, but he took little part in debates.
'He was always loyal to his party, though his promotion came very slowly. In 1829 he was made
by the Duke of Wellington Solicitor-General. In 1834 Sir Robert Peel gave him the Irish
Chancellorship. After that he went back to the Bar and the House of Commons. After he was
made Chancellor in 1852, he did not hold that office for long, as the Ministry only lasted a few
months. Six years later Lord Derby came into office, and again offered the old lawyer the
woolsack, but he considered that at 77 he was too old for the responsibilities of office. For
years after that, however, he did a great deal of work in the House of Lords as a law lord, while
he also was of great service to his country in the House as a law reformer. Towards the end of
his life, however, he lived most of his time at Boyle Farm, near Thames Ditton, which was the
place he had chosen as his home. He was a man of humble birth, for his father was a hair-
dresser, but for years he had had a large practice at the bar, and he had made a great deal of
money, a large portion of which he had invested in the purchases of landed estates.
'He had bought the Childerly Hall Estate, Cambridgeshire, which had a rent roll of £1,580 a year,
Sutton Scotney, Hampshire, with £1,200 a year, Peaswood, Berkshire £
1,200
1,200 a year, Filgate,
Sussex, worth £283 a year, and Boyle Farm and some land, worth £405 a year. Boyle Farm was
his residence, and he had spent a good deal of money in improving and furnishing the house.
Some years after he bought Boyle Farm he purchased another estate, Kingsdown, in Sussex.
When he was a young man, a year after he had been called to the Bar, he had married. He had
a family of three sons and five daughters. Two of his sons, the eldest (Henry) and the youngest
(Arthur), died in his lifetime. Both, however, had married and left sons, and all his daughters but
one were married. This daughter, the Hon. Miss Charlotte Sugden, was her father's constant
companion. During his busy life at the Bar, the old Chancellor had written several great law
books, and in his old age he devoted a great deal of time to a work which he called "The Handy-
Book of Real Property Law." The idea of this book was that it should explain the law of real
property - which had occupied the great lawyer's life - to unlearned readers, and make most of
its intracacies and difficulties easy for them to understand. To some extent he may be said to
have succeeded in doing this, for the book is admirably clear. In doing this work it was his
custom to use his daughter, Miss Sugden, as his amanuensis and assistant. He would read over
what he had written to her, and explain it, and when he saw that she perfectly understood it
he would say that the general public ought to understand what he had written. Possibly he was
over-confident in this respect, for Miss Sugden seems to have had no small talent for the branch
of learning in which her father so greatly excelled.
'The book is written in the form of letters to some person whom the writer is supposed to be
anxious to instruct. There is one of them which has a curious interest, considering what
afterwards happened. It relates to the subject of wills. "I am somewhat unwilling," he writes,
"to give you instructions for making your will without the assistance of your professional legal
adviser. It is quite shocking to reflect on the litigation that had been caused by men making
their own wills or employing incompetent persons to do so, to save a few guineas. Looking at it
as a money transaction, lawyers might be in despair if everyone's will was prepared by a
competent person." In another place in his book he discusses the new regulations of the Probate
Office, which not only takes care of the wills of deceased persons, but also provides repositories
where people can, if they choose, place their own wills for safe custody. "If you are from time to
time likely to alter your will, I should advise you not to place it within this depository. If I were a
devisee of a living testator I should like to hear that the will was in the new depository. The
expense and difficulty of the gathering of the will out of this custody would deter many men from
capriciously altering their donations."
'Possibly Lord St. Leonards thought that his warning against people making their own wills do not
apply to the case of an ex-Lord Chancellor, who probably knew more about the law on the
subject than any man alive, and yet he was destined to prove the truth of the old adage about
the sort of client that the man has who is his own lawyer. Lord St. Leonards will was an object
of art, on which he spent much time, and he probably could not stand the idea of any other
lawyer having anything to do with it. He had made a will in 1867, in which he had left all his
landed estate in trust for his grandson - who would succeed him in the peerage - for his life,
with remainders to his first and other sons, and with other remainders, so that as far as the
estate could be settled it would go with the peerage. He made his pictures and objects of art
at Boyle Farm heirlooms, and he gave to his daughter, Miss Charlotte Sugden, a legacy of
£6,000, and directed that she should have from his farm stock two cows, to be selected by
herself, from his conservatory two dozen plants, and two dozen bottles of his old sherry.
'On January 13th, 1870, Miss Sugden noticed that her father was very busy with his papers, and
that he had the will of 1867 before him. When she called him to luncheon he would not suspend
his labours, but he went on writing until he had finished, and then he expressed his pleasure at
having completed his will. He then read slowly over to her what he had written. This began:
"This is an addition to my will," and it disposed of the Kingsdown Estate, which he had then
lately bought, and which was worth about £1,200 a year, to his living son, Frank, who was a
clergyman. It gave certain other legacies, and named his daughter, Charlotte Sugden, and two
married daughters, Caroline Turner and Augusta Reilly, his residuary legatees. This, with the will
of 1867, covered sixteen sheets of blue paper, which were pinned together. After he had made
his will he locked it in his will box. On March 3rd, 1870, he added a codicil to his will; on July 4th,
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