Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

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The coat of arms of the Barons, Viscounts and Earls of Mount Edgcumbe.
The coat of arms of the Barons, Viscounts and Earls of Mount Edgcumbe.

The title of Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1789.

The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort (1781) and Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe (1742). both in the Peerage of Great Britain. The heir-apparent uses the courtesy title of Viscount Valletort.

The family seat is Empacombe House, near Plymouth. The present Earl lives in England, but his family lives in New Zealand since 1860.

[edit] Barons Edgcumbe (1742)

[edit] Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort (1781)

  • George Edgcumbe, 1st Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort (1720-1795) (became Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in 1789)

[edit] Earls of Mount Edgcumbe (1789)

The Heir Presumptive is his first cousin, Piers Valletort Edgcumbe (b. 1946), followed by his brother, Christopher George Mortimer Edgcumbe (b. 1950) and then, by his son, Douglas George Valletort Edgcumbe (b. 1985)