Earl De La Warr
Earl De La Warr is a title created in the
Peerage of Great Britain in
1761.
The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of
Viscount Cantelupe (
1761) in the Peerage of Great Britain,
Baron De La Warr (
1572) in the
Peerage of England, and
Baron Buckhurst (
1864) in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. The barony De La Warr is of the second creation; however, it bears the precedence of the first creation, 1299.
The state of
Delaware is named after the
Delaware River which is named after
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr.
Barons De La Warr, First Creation (1299)
\n*Roger la Warr, 1st Baron De La Warr (c. 1320)\n*John la Warr, 2nd Baron De La Warr (c. 1277-1347)\n*Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr (c. 1329-1370)\n*John la Warr, 4th Baron De La Warr (c. 1344-1398)\n*Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr (c. 1358-1426)\n*Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr (c. 1394-1451)\n*Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (c. 1432-1476)\n*Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (c. 1457-1525)\n*Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (d. 1554) (abeyant 1554)
Barons De La Warr, Second Creation (1572)
\n*William West, 1st Baron De La Warr (1520-1595)\n*Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr (1556-1602)\n*Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577-1618)\n*Henry West, 4th Baron De La Warr (1603-1628)\n*Charles West, 5th Baron De La Warr (1626-1687)\n*John West, 6th Baron De La Warr (1663-1723)\n*John West, 7th Baron De La Warr (1693-1766 (became Earl De La Warr in 1761)
Earls De La Warr (1761)
\n*John West, 1st Earl De La Warr (1693-1766)\n*John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr (1729-1777)\n*William Augustus West, 3rd Earl De La Warr (d.1783)\n*John Richard West, 4th Earl De La Warr (1758-1824)\n*George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr (1791-1869)\n*Charles Richard Sackville West, 6th Earl De La Warr (1815-1873)\n*Reginald Windsor Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr (1817-1896)\n*Gilbert George Reginald Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr (1869-1915)\n*Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr (1900-1976)\n*William Herbrand Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr (1921-1988)\n*William Herbrand Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr (b. 1948)\nDe La Warr
