The title Baron Buckhurst has been created twice; once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in 1567 for Thomas Sackville, MP for East Grinstead and Aylesbury. He was later created Earl of Dorset in 1604. That creation became extinct in 1843.
It was next created in 1864 for Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr, the sister of the 4th Duke (and 10th Earl) of Dorset, wife of the 5th Earl De La Warr. She was succeeded by her second son, who later succeeded his elder brother as 7th Earl De La Warr, with which title the barony remains merged.
Barons Buckhurst (1567)
- Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (c. 1536–1608), styled Lord Buckhurst from 1567 to 1604
- Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset (1589–1624), styled Lord Buckhurst from 1608 to 1609
- Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (1622–1677), styled Lord Buckhurst from birth to 1652
- Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (1638-1706), styled Lord Buckhurst from 1652 to 1677
- Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688–1765), styled Lord Buckhurst from birth to 1706
- Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (1711–1769), styled Lord Buckhurst from 1711 to 1720
Barons Buckhurst (1864)
- Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst (1795–1870)
- Reginald Windsor Sackville, 2nd Baron Buckhurst (1817–1896), succeeded as 7th Earl De La Warr in 1873
- Gilbert George Reginald Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr (1869–1915)
- Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr (1900–1976), styled Lord Buckhurst from birth to 1915
- William Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr (1921–1988), styled Lord Buckhurst from birth to 1976
- William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr (born 1948), styled Lord Buckhurst from 1976 to 1988
See also
- Earls of Dorset: Fourth creation (1604)
- Earl De La Warr
- Buckhurst Park, Sussex, seat of the barony
External links
- Cope v Earl de la Warr, (1873) 8 Ch App 982, a court case about the effects of the 1873 succession.
- Buckhurst Peerage Case, (1876) 2 App Cas 1, a Peerage Claim in the House of Lords about the effects of the 1873 succession.