Bexhill-on-Sea is a seaside town and civil parish situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local government district of Rother,Bexhill is home to a number of archaeological sites,a Manor House in the Old Town,an abundance of Edwardian and Victorian architecture,and the famous De La Warr Pavilion:today a centre for contemporary art –which has featured the work of Andy Warhol,Cerith Wyn Evans and Richard Wilson among others –and an auditorium,where Bob Marley had his first UK appearance and has since seen performances by Elvis Costello,Goldfrapp,Marti Caine,Ray Davies,Years &Years,Patti Smith and Laurie Anderson.
Eileen Vartan Barker is a professor in sociology,an emeritus member of the London School of Economics (LSE),and a consultant to that institution's Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is the chairperson and founder of the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (INFORM) and has written studies about cults and new religious movements.
James Michael Leathes Prior,Baron Prior,was a British Conservative Party politician. A Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987,he represented the Suffolk constituency of Lowestoft until 1983 and then the renamed constituency of Waveney from 1983 to 1987,when he stood down from the House of Commons and was made a life peer. He served in two Conservative cabinets,and outside parliament was Chairman of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce from 1996 to 2004.
James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil,2nd Marquess of Salisbury,,styled Viscount Cranborne until 1823,was a British Conservative politician. He held office under The Earl of Derby as Lord Privy Seal in 1852 and Lord President of the Council between 1858 and 1859. He was the father of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil,3rd Marquess of Salisbury,three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,and grandfather of Arthur Balfour,who also served as Prime Minister.
Earl De La Warr is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1761 for John West,7th Baron De La Warr.
Baron Sackville,of Knole in the County of Kent,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1876 for the Honourable Mortimer Sackville-West,with remainder,failing heirs male of his body,to his younger brothers the Hon. Lionel and the Hon. William Edward. Sackville-West was the fourth son of George Sackville-West,5th Earl De La Warr and Elizabeth Sackville-West,Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst,younger daughter and co-heir of John Sackville,3rd Duke of Dorset. On the death of the latter's cousin,Charles Sackville-Germain,5th Duke of Dorset,in 1845,the dukedom and its subsidiary titles became extinct and the Sackville estates passed through Elizabeth to the West family who assumed the additional surname of Sackville by Royal licence. By arrangement,Mortimer Sackville-West succeeded to a substantial part of the estates,including Knole in Kent,which is still the seat of the Barons Sackville.
Thomas Brassey,1st Earl Brassey,was a British Liberal Party politician,Governor of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.
Duke of Dorset was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1720 for the politician Lionel Sackville,7th Earl of Dorset.
Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville,9th Earl De La Warr,,styled Lord Buckhurst until 1915,was a British politician. He was the first hereditary peer to join the Labour Party and became a government minister at the age of 23.
The anti-cult movement consists of various governmental and non-governmental organizations and individuals that seek to raise awareness of cults,uncover coercive practices used to attract and retain members,and help those who have become involved with harmful cult practices.
Other Archer Windsor,6th Earl of Plymouth was an English nobleman,the eldest and only surviving son of the 5th Earl of Plymouth by his wife and cousin,Hon. Sarah Archer,daughter and eventual co-heiress of the 2nd Baron Archer. He was the sixth Earl of Plymouth of the 1682 creation.
George John Sackville-West,5th Earl de la Warr,PC,styled Viscount Cantelupe until 1795,was a British courtier and Tory politician.
Elizabeth Sackville-West,Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst,was a British peeress.
FECRIS –(in French)European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism,a French non-profit association and anti-cult organization,serves as an umbrella organization for groups which investigate the activities of groups considered cults in Europe.
William Herbrand Sackville,11th Earl De La Warr is a British businessman and peer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1976 until 9 February 1988,when he inherited the earldom.
The Family Survival Trust (FST) is a charity registered in the United Kingdom,established in order to support and offer counselling for members of abusive cults,religions,and similar organizations,and their families members.
INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements) is an independent registered charity located in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College,London;from 1988-2018 it was based at the London School of Economics. It was founded by the sociologist of religion,Eileen Barker,with start-up funding from the British Home Office and Britain's mainstream churches. Its stated aims are to "prevent harm based on misinformation about minority religions and sects by bringing the insights and methods of academic research into the public domain" and to provide "information about minority religions and sects which is as accurate,up-to-date and as evidence-based as possible."
Buckhurst Park is an English country house and landscaped park in Withyham,East Sussex. It is the seat of William Sackville,11th Earl De La Warr.
William Herbrand Sackville,10th Earl De La Warr was a British peer. He inherited the earldom on 28 January 1976 on the death of his father Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville,9th Earl De La Warr.
Sir Alexander Bannerman,6th Baronet was a Scottish doctor and professor of medicine at the University of Aberdeen.
