Earl De La Warr

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Earl De La Warr ( 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 (1570) in the Peerage of England, and Baron Buckhurst (1864) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Earls De La Warr descend from Roger De La Warr (d. 1320), of Isfield, Sussex, and Wickwar, Gloucestershire, who was made a baron by Edward I in 1299. The male line failed on the death of the 5th Baron De La Warr in 1426, and the title passed to the latter's nephew, Reginald West. It fell into abeyance with the death of Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr, in 1554. Thomas had named his nephew William as his heir, but had disinherited him when William tried to obtain his inheritance early by poisoning his uncle. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1550 to prevent William from inheriting the barony. Elizabeth I restored the title to him in 1570...

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