10-899: Edgcumbe may refer to: People [ edit ] Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1797–1861), British peer and politician George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1720–1795), British peer, naval officer and politician Gerald Edgcumbe Hadow OBE (1911–1978), English Christian missionary to East Africa in the mid-twentieth century Peter Edgcumbe (1499–1562), English politician Robert Edgcumbe, 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (born 1939), 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Rose Edgcumbe (1934–2001), British psychologist and psychoanalyst Richard Edgcumbe (disambiguation) William Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort (1794–1818), British politician William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1833–1917), British courtier and Conservative politician Places [ edit ] Edgcumbe, Cornwall ,
20-504: A group who are admiring a painting on the left of the picture. He gained the courtesy title , Viscount Valletort, when his father was made Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in 1789. Edgcumbe was returned to parliament for Fowey in 1786. In the June 1790 election, there was a double return for the constituency, but Edgcumbe and another candidate were declared elected in March 1791. In June 1790 he
30-713: A settlement Mount Edgcumbe Country Park , one of four designated Country Parks in Cornwall Mount Edgcumbe House , a stately home in south-east Cornwall Other [ edit ] Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , a title in the Peerage of Great Britain GWR 4073 Class 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , a locomotive originally built as Banbury Castle in March 1936 See also [ edit ] Edgecomb (disambiguation) Edgecumbe (disambiguation) Mount Edgcumbe (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
40-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (23 March 1797 – 3 September 1861), styled Viscount Valletort between 1818 and 1837, was a British peer and politician. Mount Edgcumbe was the second but eldest surviving son of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and Lady Sophia, daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire . He gained
50-555: The courtesy title Viscount Valletort on the death of his elder brother, William Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort , in 1818. Mount Edgcumbe was returned to Parliament for Fowey in 1819 (succeeding his deceased elder brother Lord Valletort), a seat he held until 1826, and then represented Lostwithiel until 1830. In 1837 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords . Lord Mount Edgcumbe married Caroline Augusta, daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles Feilding, in 1831. She
60-539: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Edgcumbe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edgcumbe&oldid=1083733028 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2022 Short description
70-578: Was a British politician and writer on music. Edgcumbe was the son of George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and Emma, daughter of John Gilbert (archbishop of York) . In the 1770s he was in Florence where Johann Zoffany included him in a painting, The Tribuna of the Uffizi , commissioned by the Queen. Edgcumbe is one of the younger figures looking over the shoulder of Charles Loraine Smith and by
80-517: Was a half-sister of Henry Fox Talbot . He died in September 1861, aged 64, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son, William . Lady Mount Edgcumbe survived him by 20 years and died in November 1881. Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe PC (13 September 1764 – 26 September 1839), styled Viscount Valletort between 1789 and 1795,
90-470: Was also Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Cornwall between 1795 (succeeding his father) and 1839. Edgcumbe was the author of Musical Reminiscences of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , containing a list of the operas he heard from 1773 to 1823. This book has been often cited by musicologists concerned with operatic history from Mozart to Rossini . He also composed an Italian opera seria , Zenobia , which
100-656: Was also returned for Lostwithiel , but chose to represent Fowey. In 1795 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords . He served under the Duke of Portland and Spencer Perceval as Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners between 1808 and 1812. In 1808 he was sworn of the Privy Council . In the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society . Edgcumbe
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