Earl De La Warr (pronounced "Dellaware") 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.
The family seat is Buckhurst Park in Sussex.
Barons De La Warr, First Creation (1299)
Barons De La Warr, Second Creation (1572)
Earls De La Warr (1761)
- John West, 1st Earl De La Warr (1693-1766)
- John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr (1729-1777)
- William Augustus West, 3rd Earl De La Warr (d.1783)
- John Richard West, 4th Earl De La Warr (1758-1824)
- George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr (1791-1869)
- Charles Richard Sackville West, 6th Earl De La Warr (1815-1873)
- Reginald Windsor Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr (1817-1896)
- Gilbert George Reginald Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr (1869-1915)
- Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr (1900-1976)
- William Herbrand Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr (1921-1988)
- William Herbrand Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr (b. 1948)
