Xenia Sackville, Lady Buckhurst Explained

Lady Buckhurst
Birth Name:Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky
Birth Place:Yeovil, South Somerset, England
Occupation:Jewellery designer
Noble Family:Tolstoy
Issue:William Sackville
Victoria Sackville
Father:Count Nikolai Tolstoy
Mother:Georgina Brown

Xenia Sackville, Lady Buckhurst (née Countess Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky; born 1980) is a British jewellery designer.

Biography

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. 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.[4] They married on 5 February 2010 in a Russian Orthodox ceremony at the Dormition Cathedral in London.[5] She gave birth to their first child, William Lionel Robert Sackville, on 24 January 2014.[6] [7] She gave birth to a second child, Victoria Elizabeth Anne Sackville, on 6 June 2016.[8]

She works as a jewellery designer.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Burke's Peerage. burkespeerage.com.
  2. Web site: De La Warr, Earl (GB, 1761). www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
  3. Book: This is Odinism. 17 October 2016. Lulu.com. 9781329908536. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Jeweller Xenia Tolstoy receives her gem from Lord Buckhurst. The Telegraph.
  5. Web site: Lord Buckhurst and Countess Xenia Tolstoy-Miloslavsky - Marriages Announcements - Telegraph Announcements . announcements.telegraph.co.uk . 31 December 2020.
  6. Web site: SACKVILLE - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements. announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
  7. Web site: N.M. Gwynne's diary: Old names worth dropping. The Spectator . 15 October 2015 . 17 October 2020.
  8. Web site: Buckhurst - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements. announcements.telegraph.co.uk.