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Birth27 Jan 1901, Horsmonden, Kent
Death1 Dec 1972, Drayton House, Lowick, Kettering, Northants
General3rd s. Dept Agriculture Liaison Officer. Col. of TA regts. TD. JP. CBE in 19673.
MotherConstance Evelyn Gosling (1863-1945)
Notes for Hon. Col. Nigel Victor Stopford Sackville CBE, TD
m. (1) Beatrix H C Pakenham (w/issue), (2) Lilah M Hare (no issue).
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His birth index:

Name:                                       Mother's Maiden Surname:
STOPFORD-SACKVILLE, NIGEL VICTOR            GOSLING  
GRO Reference: 1901  M Quarter in TUNBRIDGE  Volume 02A  Page 790
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In 1934 he was on a boat for Gibraltar (final destination Brisbane) and of Drayton House, Lowick which he must have inherited in 1921 after the death of his brother Lionel Charles.  
He said he was 33 and retired and he appears to have had with him one Beatrix of Kettering, aged 24.
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BP records for him: “Nigel Victor, CBE (1963, OBE 1945), TD (1944), JP, DL Northants 1965; b 27 Jan 1901; educ Repton; CA Northants, Lt 14th/20th Hus, Lt-Col Northants Yeo, Col RAC WW II (despatches), Hon Col 1953; m 1st 17 July 1929 (divorce 1943) Beatrix Helen Constance (d 1990), dau of Col Hercules Arthur Pakenham, CMG, Gren Gds, of Langford Lodge, Co Antrim (see LONGFORD, E)”

and: “Col Nigel Stopford Sackville m 2nd 14 Nov 1946 Lilah Mary (d 1 June 2002), yst dau of Capt Percy Richard Hare (see LISTOWEL, E) and formerly w of George Seton Wills (see WILLS, Bt, of Hazlewood)”
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Their children from a BMD search:

Name:                         Mother's Maiden Surname:
SACKVILLE, VENETIA MARY       PAKENHAM  
GRO Reference: 1930  J Quarter in CHELSEA  Volume 01A  Page 522
SACKVILLE, LIONEL GEOFFREY    PAKENHAM  
GRO Reference: 1932  D Quarter in PADDINGTON  Volume 01A  Page 72
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London Gazette:

1929, 5 April: REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS
               Regimental List
               Cavalry
               14th/20th H. —Nigel Victor Stopford-Sackville, late Lt., 14/20th H.,
                  to be Lt., 8th Apr. 1929, with seniority 14th July 1923.

1930, 11 March: TERRITORIAL ARMY
                ROYAL TANK CORPS
                25th (North’n Yeo) Armed. Car Co.—Ly Nigel Victor Stopford-Sackville,
                   Res. of Off., to be Capt. 1st Feb 1930.

1950, 3 March:  TERRITORIAL ARMY
                ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS
                Northamptonshire Yeo.
                Col. Nigel Victor Stopford-Sackville, O.B.E. T.D., (26122)
                  to be Hon. Col., 5th Jan 1950 vice Col. ….

1962, 20 February:  CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS
                    TERRITORIAL ARMY
                    Col. Nigel Victor Stopford-Sackville, O.B.E., T.D.,
                      from Hon. Col., R.A.C., T.A.
                      to be Hon. Col. 250 (Northants Yeo.)
                      Indep. Field Sqdn. R.E., T.A., 1st May 1961,
                      on re-organisation, with seniority as Hon. Col., 5th Jan. 1950.

1963, 1st January:  CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD
                      St James’s Palace, London, S.W.1
                    The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
                      for the following promotions in, and appointments to,
                      the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
                      . . . .
                    To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division
                      of the said Most Excellent Order:
                      . . . .
                    Colonel Nigel Victor Stopford Sackville, O.B.E., T.D., J.P.,
                      Liason Officer to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

1965, 2nd July:  MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
                 DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS COMMISSIONS
                 Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Northampton
                 Major (Honorary Colonel) Nigel Victor Stopford-Sackville, C.B.E., T.D.,
                   Drayton House, Lowick, Kettering.
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He has two marriages on file:

Last name  First name(s)     Year  Record set  Location              Spouse
Sackville  Nigel V S         1929  Marriages   Paddington, London    Beatrix H C Pakenham
Stopford Sackville  Nigel V  1929  Marriages   Paddington, London    Packenham
Sackville  Nigel V B         1946  Marriages   Westminster, London   Lilah M Hare

The 1929 marriage is confirmed by his companion on the boat to Gibraltar, above.
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His death index, with his birth date:

First name(s)  Nigel Victor S
Last name      Sackville
Gender         Male
Birth day      27
Birth month    1
Birth year     1901
Death quarter  4
Death year     1972
District       Thrapston
County         Northamptonshire
Volume         3B
Page           1903
Country        England
Record set     England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Hon. Col. Nigel Victor Stopford Sackville CBE, TD
His Probate Index:

1973
SACKVILLE, Nigel Victor STOPFORD- of Drayton House Lowick Kettering died 1 December 1972  Probate London 28 May £518390  730118643D

Not ordered as bound to have been left only to his immediate family.
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Notes for Nigel Victor & Beatrix Helen Constance (Family)
Their marriage index:

First name(s)       Nigel V S
Last name           Sackville
Marriage quarter    3
Marriage year       1929
Marriage Finder     Nigel V S Sackville married one of these people
                    Beatrix H C Pakenham
Spouse's last name  Pakenham
District            Paddington
County              London
Country             England
Volume              1A
Page number         82
Record set          England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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