William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

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William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, GCVO, PC (November 5, 1833 – September 25, 1917) was the son of Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Edgcumbe.

He married firstly, Lady Katherine Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, on 26 October 1858. They had four children:

• Lady Victoria Frederica Caroline Edgcumbe (d. 1920), married Lord Algernon Percy, son of Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland and had issue.
• Lady Edith Hilaria Edgcumbe (d. 1931), married John St Aubyn, 2nd Baron St Levan and had issue.
• Lady Alberta Louise Florence Edgcumbe (d. 1941), married Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough and had issue.
• Piers Alexander Hamilton Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Edgcumbe (1865–1935)

Lord Mount Edgcumbe married secondly, his first cousin, Caroline Edgcumbe, on 21 April 1906.

Political offices
Preceded by The Marquess of Hertford	Lord Chamberlain 1879–1880	Succeeded by The Earl of Kenmare
Preceded by The Earl Sydney	Lord Steward 1885–1886	Succeeded by The Earl Sydney
Preceded by The Earl Sydney	Lord Steward 1886–1892	Succeeded by The Marquess of Breadalbane
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Vivian	Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 1877–1917	Succeeded by John Charles Williams
Vacant Title last held by The 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	Vice-Admiral of Cornwall 1897–1917	Vacant
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Ernest Edgcumbe	Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1861–1917	Succeeded by Piers Edgcumbe