Earl of Snowdon
| Earldom of Snowdon | |
 | |
| Creation date | 1961 |
|---|---|
| Created by | Elizabeth II |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon |
| Present holder | Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon |
| Heir apparent | David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley |
| Remainder to | the 1st Earl's heirs male whatsoever |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Linley |
Earl of Snowdon is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961, together with the subsidiary title Viscount Linley, of Nymans in the County of Sussex, for Antony Armstrong-Jones,[1] who was then the husband of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Snowdon as a peerage title had previous royal associations; the title of Baron Snowdon had been conferred along with the Dukedom of Edinburgh on Prince Frederick Louis, grandson of George I and future Prince of Wales, in 1726. The title merged in the crown in 1760 when its holder acceded as George III.
In November 1999, Lord Snowdon received a life peerage as Baron Armstrong-Jones, under a device designed to allow first-generation hereditaries to retain their seats in the House of Lords, after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.[2][3]
Earls of Snowdon (1961)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (b. 1961)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son the Honourable Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones (b. 1999)
Notes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 42481. p. 7199. 6 October 1961. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ London Gazette Friday, 19 November 1999
- ↑ London Gazette Tuesday, 23 November 1999