6-617: Viscount St Vincent , of Meaford in the County of Stafford , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 27 April 1801 for the noted naval commander John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent , with remainder to his nephews William Henry Ricketts and Edward Jervis Ricketts successively, and after them to his niece Mary, wife of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk . He had already been created Baron Jervis , of Meaford in
12-472: The CEGB and later National Power . Meaford 'A' of 120 MW capacity opened in the late 1940s, ceased generation in 1974 and was demolished in 1982. Meaford 'B' of 260 MW capacity was formally opened in 1957, generated power for the last time at 13:00 on 28 September 1990, was formally closed on 1 October 1991 and demolition was nearly complete on 9 June 1996 when the 408 feet (124 m) tall brick chimney
18-707: The Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire , England. It lies at the junction of the A34 and A51 roads , north of Stone on the River Trent . Meaford Lock is on the Trent and Mersey Canal . Meaford's most famous son is John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent , the naval hero. Meaford was for the later part of the 20th century easily identifiable from the main A34 road by the coal-fired Meaford Power Stations , operated by
24-481: The County of Stafford, and Earl of St Vincent , in the Peerage of Great Britain , on 23 August 1797, with normal remainder to his heirs male. On Lord St Vincent's death in 1823 the barony and earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the viscountcy according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second viscount. In 1823 he assumed by royal licence the surname of Jervis in lieu of Ricketts. His great-grandson,
30-461: The Viscountcy is the current male line of the 2nd Viscount. The male line of Mary Ricketts, sister of the 2nd Viscount, with her husband the 7th Earl of Northesk , which the title would pass to on the extinction of the 2nd Viscount's line, became extinct with the death of the 14th Earl of Northesk . Meaford, Staffordshire Meaford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stone Rural , in
36-648: The fourth viscount, was part of the force that was sent in 1884 to rescue General Gordon at Khartoum , and died from wounds received at the Battle of Abu Klea in January 1885. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth viscount. As of 2013 the title is held by the eighth viscount, who succeeded his father in September 2006. The heir apparent is the present holder's uncle Ronald Nigel John Jervis (born 1954). The only male line that still exists in remainder to
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