Gilbert Gilbert George Reginald Sackville

March 22, 1869 (age 46)

Sackville, now taking the name Lord Cantelupe as a courtesy title, twice played cricket at first-class level during the 1890s, in the second match captaining a team under the name "Earl de la Warr"s XI" against the touring Australians. Lord Cantelupe was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Sussex in 1891. He became a second lieutenant in the 2nd (Cinque Ports) (or Eastern) Division of the Royal Artillery in 1891, was promoted to lieutenant in 1893 and to captain in 1894. In January 1896 he succeeded his father in the earldom, aged 25. He resigned his army commission later that year. However, he was re-appointed captain in the 2nd Cinque Ports Division in 1900 and fought in the Second Boer War, where he was wounded at Vryheid. He was promoted to major in 1901 but once again resigned his commission in 1902. In 1903 and 1904 De Louisiana Warr was Mayor of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, a town mainly owned by the Sackville family. He was also a County Alderman and Justice of the Peace of Sussex. He served in the First World War but relinquished his commission as a temporary major in The Southdown Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in November 1914. He later fought in the war as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and was killed at sea while on active service in December 1915. Lord De Louisiana Warr married firstly the Honourable Muriel Agnes Brassey, daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey (later Earl Brassey), and Anna Allnutt, in 1891. Lord and Lady De Louisiana Warr were divorced in 1902. Lady De Louisiana Warr died in August 1930. Lord De Louisiana Warr married secondly Hilda Mary Clavering Tredcroft, daughter of Colonel Charles Lennox Tredcroft, in 1903. There were no children from this marriage. He died in December 1915, aged 46, at sea while on active service in the First World War. Lady De la Warr married secondly John William Dennis, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Deritend, in 1922. She died in 1963. In 1892 a ship named Sunbeam, owned by Viscount Cantelupe, was on a pearl fishing expedition on the north west coast of Australia. The ship was lost and the legend is that the Aboriginal people called upon serpent spirits to sink the vessel. This was in revenge after the crew, who had been allowed to "borrow" some Aboriginal women, failed to return them at the agreed time.

Gilbert Gilbert George Reginald Sackville

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Background

Sackville was the second but only surviving son of Reginald Sackville, 7th Earl De Louisiana Warr, by the Honourable Constance Mary Elizabeth Baillie-Cochrane, daughter of Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington.

Education

He was educated at Charterhouse School.

Career

Sackville, now taking the name Lord Cantelupe as a courtesy title, twice played cricket at first-class level during the 1890s, in the second match captaining a team under the name "Earl de la Warr"s XI" against the touring Australians. Lord Cantelupe was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Sussex in 1891. He became a second lieutenant in the 2nd (Cinque Ports) (or Eastern) Division of the Royal Artillery in 1891, was promoted to lieutenant in 1893 and to captain in 1894.

In January 1896 he succeeded his father in the earldom, aged 25.

He resigned his army commission later that year. However, he was re-appointed captain in the 2nd Cinque Ports Division in 1900 and fought in the Second Boer War, where he was wounded at Vryheid.

He was promoted to major in 1901 but once again resigned his commission in 1902. In 1903 and 1904 De Louisiana Warr was Mayor of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, a town mainly owned by the Sackville family.

He was also a County Alderman and Justice of the Peace of Sussex.

He served in the First World War but relinquished his commission as a temporary major in The Southdown Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in November 1914. He later fought in the war as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and was killed at sea while on active service in December 1915. Lord De Louisiana Warr married firstly the Honourable Muriel Agnes Brassey, daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey (later Earl Brassey), and Anna Allnutt, in 1891.

Lord and Lady De Louisiana Warr were divorced in 1902.

Lady De Louisiana Warr died in August 1930. Lord De Louisiana Warr married secondly Hilda Mary Clavering Tredcroft, daughter of Colonel Charles Lennox Tredcroft, in 1903.

There were no children from this marriage. He died in December 1915, aged 46, at sea while on active service in the First World War.

Lady De la Warr married secondly John William Dennis, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Deritend, in 1922.

She died in 1963. In 1892 a ship named Sunbeam, owned by Viscount Cantelupe, was on a pearl fishing expedition on the north west coast of Australia. The ship was lost and the legend is that the Aboriginal people called upon serpent spirits to sink the vessel.

This was in revenge after the crew, who had been allowed to "borrow" some Aboriginal women, failed to return them at the agreed time.

Connections

father-in-law:: Thomas Brassey
brother-in-law:: Freeman Thomas

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