Xenia Sackville, Lady Buckhurst
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Lady Buckhurst | |
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| Born | Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky 1980 (age 44–45) Yeovil, South Somerset, England |
| Noble family | Tolstoy |
| Spouse(s) | Unknown |
| Issue | 2 |
| Father | Count Nikolai Tolstoy |
| Mother | Georgina Brown |
| Occupation | jewellery designer |
Xenia Sackville, Lady Buckhurst (née Countess Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky; born 1980) is a British jewellery designer.
Biography
[edit]Lady Buckhurst was born Countess Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky in 1980 in Yeovil to Count Nikolai Tolstoy and Georgia Brown.[1][2] Her father is a former prospective parliamentary candidate for the UK Independence Party, Vice President of the Royal Stuart Society, and nominal head of the Tolstoy family.[3] She was educated at Headington School, an all-girls boarding school in Headington, and at Downe House School, an all-girls boarding school in Cold Ash.[1] After graduating, she spent a gap year working with children in Kenya,[4] though she also considered starting an orphanage in Estonia.[5] She then earned a degree from King's College, London.[1]
In September 2009, Lady Buckhurst became engaged to William Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, the heir of William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr and a godson of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.[6] They married on 5 February 2010 in a Russian Orthodox ceremony at the Dormition Cathedral in London.[7] They have two children.[8][9][10]
She works as a jewellery designer,[6] and lives in the south of England.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Burke's Peerage". burkespeerage.com.
- ^ "De La Warr, Earl (GB, 1761)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
- ^ This is Odinism. Lulu.com. 17 October 2016. ISBN 9781329908536 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Andrew: I'll stay out of limelight". Evening Post. 27 April 1999. p. 16. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Methven, Charlie (1 January 2005). "on the town". The Daily Telegraph. p. 20. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Jeweller Xenia Tolstoy receives her gem from Lord Buckhurst". The Telegraph. 24 September 2009.
- ^ "Lord Buckhurst and Countess Xenia Tolstoy-Miloslavsky - Marriages Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "SACKVILLE - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "N.M. Gwynne's diary: Old names worth dropping". The Spectator. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Buckhurst - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Bowes, Arabella (15 December 2022). "A charming thatched cottage filled with colour, pattern and collected antiques". House & Garden. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Alumni of King's College London
- British courtesy baronesses and ladies of Parliament
- British jewellery designers
- English Eastern Orthodox Christians
- English people of Russian descent
- English socialites
- Countesses of the Russian Empire
- Members of the Russian Orthodox Church
- People educated at Downe House School
- People educated at Headington School
- Sackville family
- Tolstoy family