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A hobbit family of the [[Shire]]. [[Camellia Sackville]] is the only member of the family to appear in [[Tolkien]]'s writings; apart from her almost nothing is known about them, except that they are described as being one of the Shire's wealthier families.
The '''Sackville Family''' was a hobbit family of [[the Shire]].  


[[Category:Hobbits]]
[[Camellia Sackville]] is the only known member of the family;<ref>{{App|Baggins}}</ref> apart from her almost nothing is known about them, except that they are described as being one of the Shire's wealthier families.
 
For more of them see [[Sackville-Baggins Family]]
==Etymology==
The name Sackville is intended to be of more aristocratic association than [[Baggins]]. [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] noted that it was intentional that "bag" and "sack" have similar meaning.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 762</ref>
 
Sackville is a real-life English surname.<ref name="Nomen" />
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The Sackville Family was a hobbit family of the Shire.

Camellia Sackville is the only known member of the family;[1] apart from her almost nothing is known about them, except that they are described as being one of the Shire's wealthier families.

For more of them see Sackville-Baggins Family

Etymology

The name Sackville is intended to be of more aristocratic association than Baggins. Tolkien noted that it was intentional that "bag" and "sack" have similar meaning.[2]

Sackville is a real-life English surname.[2]

References