Charles Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville
| The Lord Sackville | |
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Charles Sackville-West by William Orpen, 1919
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| Birth name | Charles John Sackville-West |
| Born | 10 August 1870 |
| Died | 8 May 1962 (aged 91) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1889 to 1929 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War First World War Western Front |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
| Spouse(s) | Maud Cecilia Bell Anne Bigelow (née Meredith) |
| Relations | William Edward Sackville-West (father) Georgina Dodwell (mother) Edward Charles Sackville-West (son) Diana Joan Sackville-West (daughter) |
| Other work | Military attaché to France Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Baron Sackville |
Major-General Charles John Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville, KBE CB CMG (10 August 1870 – 8 May 1962) was a British Army general and peer who served throughout the First World War and reached the rank of major general. In 1919, he was British Military Representative on the Supreme War Council and from 1920 to 1924 he was military attaché in Paris. He inherited his title on 28 January 1928 on the death of his brother, Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.
Sackville-West was born in 1870, the second son of Colonel the Hon. W. E. Sackville-West and Georgina Dodwell.
Sackville-West was educated at Winchester College, an independent school for boys in the English South Coast city of Winchester in Hampshire, followed by the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
In 1889, Sackville-West joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps as a subaltern and participated in the 1891 expedition to Manipur and the 1892 expedition to Burma. By the mid-1890s, Sackville-West was serving as a staff officer in a number of posts, eventually being attached to the staff of General Sir Redvers Buller during the Second Boer War. Following the war, Sackville-West was appointed Aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hildyard, Commanding the 1st Army Corps.
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