Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr

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The Right Honourable The Earl De La Warr GBE PC JP DL
Postmaster General
In office 5 November 1951 – 5 April 1955
Monarchs	George VI Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Ness Edwards
Succeeded by	Charles Hill
First Commissioner of Works
In office 3 April 1940 – 10 May 1940
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	Herwald Ramsbotham
Succeeded by	The Lord Tryon
President of the Board of Education
In office 27 October 1938 – 3 April 1940
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Earl Stanhope
Succeeded by	Herwald Ramsbotham
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 28 May 1937 – 27 October 1938
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by	The Viscount Halifax
Succeeded by	Sir John Anderson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 30 July 1936 – 28 May 1937
Monarchs	Edward VIII George VI
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	The Earl of Plymouth
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
In office 28 November 1935 – 30 July 1936
Monarchs	George V Edward VIII
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Herwald Ramsbotham
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Shakespeare
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office 5 June 1930 – 28 November 1935[a]
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Christopher Addison
Succeeded by	Herwald Ramsbotham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War
In office 11 June 1929 – 5 June 1930
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Duke of Sutherland
Succeeded by	The Lord Marley
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 18 July 1929 – 24 August 1931
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Earl of Airlie
Succeeded by	The Viscount Gage
In office 8 February 1924 – 4 November 1924
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Earl of Lucan
Succeeded by	The Earl of Lucan
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 21 June 1921 – 28 January 1976 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 8th Earl De La Warr
Succeeded by	The 10th Earl De La Warr
Personal details
Born	20 June 1900 (1900-06-20)
Died	28 January 1976 (1976-01-29) (aged 75)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour National Labour Conservative
Spouses	Diana Leigh ​ ​ (m. 1920; died 1966)​ Sylvia Harrison ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	3
Parents	Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr Muriel Brassey
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford

Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr, GBE, PC, JP, DL (20 June 1900 – 28 January 1976), styled Lord Buckhurst until 1915 (and sometimes nicknamed "Buck De La Warr" after that), was a British politician. He was the first hereditary peer to join the Labour Party and became a government minister at the age of 23.

He was later one of the few Labour politicians to follow Ramsay MacDonald in the formation of the National Government and the National Labour Organisation. However, he ended his political career by serving as Postmaster General in the last Conservative administration of Winston Churchill.
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