Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville

The Lord Sackville
The Right Honourable; The Lord Sackville; GCMG
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States
	In office; 1881–1888
Preceded by	Sir Edward Thornton
Succeeded by	Sir Julian Pauncefote
Personal details
Born	19 July 1827
Died	3 September 1908 (aged 81)
Nationality	British
Children	Victoria Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville
Parents	George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr; Lady Elizabeth Sackville

Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville, GCMG (19 July 1827 – 3 September 1908), was a British diplomat.

Background

Sackville-West was the fourth son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr, by Lady Elizabeth, daughter of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. He was the younger brother of George Sackville-West, Viscount Cantelupe, Charles Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr and Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville.[1]

Diplomatic career

Sackville-West was Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina from 1872 to 1878 and Ambassador to Spain from 1878 to 1881. The latter year he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, a post he held until 1888. His retirement was due to his writing of the Murchison letter. In 1888 he also succeeded his elder brother Mortimer in the barony of Sackville.

Family

Lord Sackville had seven children by a Spanish dancer, Josefa de la Oliva (née Durán y Ortega, known as Pepita). Soon after his death one of these, calling himself Ernest Henri Jean Baptiste Sackville-West, claimed to be a lawful son and his father's heir. He asserted that between 1863 and 1867 Sackville-West had married his mother. The case came before the English courts of law in 1909–1910, and it was decided that the children of this union were all illegitimate, as Pepita's husband, Jean Antonio Gabriel de Oliva, was alive during the whole period of his wife's connection with Sackville-West. Lord Sackville died in September 1908, aged 81, and was succeeded by his nephew, Lionel, who married his cousin, Lord Sackville's daughter Victoria. They were the parents of Vita Sackville-West.

Notes

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References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sackville, Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
"Sackville-West, Lionel Sackville" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1912.
Matthew, H. C. G.; Sanderson, T. H. "West, Lionel Sackville Sackville-, second Baron Sackville (1827–1908)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35902. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Hon. William Stuart	Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina 1872–1878	Succeeded by Clare Ford
Preceded by Austen Henry Layard	Ambassador to Spain 1878–1881	Succeeded by Sir Robert Morier
Preceded by Edward Thornton	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States 1881–1888	Succeeded by Sir Julian Pauncefote
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Mortimer Sackville-West	Baron Sackville 1888–1908	Succeeded by Lionel Sackville-West

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