Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr
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The Right Honourable The Earl De La Warr GBE PC JP DL |
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| Postmaster General | |
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In office 5 November 1951 – 5 April 1955 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Ness Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Charles Hill |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
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In office 3 April 1940 – 10 May 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Herwald Ramsbotham |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Tryon |
| President of the Board of Education | |
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In office 27 October 1938 – 3 April 1940 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Earl Stanhope |
| Succeeded by | Herwald Ramsbotham |
| Lord Privy Seal | |
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In office 28 May 1937 – 27 October 1938 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Halifax |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1900 |
| Died | 28 January 1976 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Labour National Labour Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Diana Leigh (1896-1966) (2) Sylvia Harrison (1903-1992) |
| 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.
De La Warr was the son of Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr, and the Honourable Muriel Agnes, daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, eldest son of the railway engineer Thomas Brassey. He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. The son of a Conservative father and Liberal mother, he developed trends towards socialism at university. In 1915 his father was killed in the First World War, and he succeeded to the title as a minor. On reaching 18, he refused as a conscientious objector to take part in active combat, but joined the Royal Naval Reserve (trawler section).
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