Earl De La Warr

Earldom De La Warr

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  • Quarterly: 1st, argent a fess dancettée sable (for West); 2nd: azure three leopard's heads reversed jessant-de-lys or (for Cantelupe); 3rd: gules crusilly and a lion argent (for La Warr); 4th, quarterly or and gules a bend vair (for Sackville)
Creation date18 March 1761[1]
Created byGeorge III
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderJohn West, 7th Baron De La Warr
Present holderWilliam Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr
Heir apparentWilliam Sackville, Baron Buckhurst
Subsidiary titlesViscount Cantelupe
Baron De La Warr
Baron Buckhurst
Former seat(s)Bourn Hall
MottoJour de ma vie ("Day of my life")[1]
A portrait of John West, 4th Earl De La Warr

Earl De La Warr (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ DEL-ə-wair) is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1761 for John West, 7th Baron De La Warr. 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, of Buckhurst in the County of Sussex (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, and has done so since shortly after the death of William West, 1st Baron De La Warr. The family seat is Buckhurst Park, near Withyham, Sussex.

  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1074. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.