Xenia Sackville, Lady Buckhurst (née Countess Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky; born 1980) is a British jewellery designer.
Lady Buckhurst | |
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Born | Xenia Nikolaievna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky 1980 (age 43–44) Yeovil, South Somerset, England |
Noble family | Tolstoy |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | William Sackville Victoria Sackville |
Father | Count Nikolai Tolstoy |
Mother | Georgina Brown |
Occupation | Jewellery designer |
Biography
editLady 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]
References
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- ^ "De La Warr, Earl (GB, 1761)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
- ^ This is Odinism. Lulu.com. 17 October 2016. ISBN 9781329908536 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Jeweller Xenia Tolstoy receives her gem from Lord Buckhurst". The Telegraph.
- ^ "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.