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Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

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British peer and politician

Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Arms of Edgcumbe, Earls of Mount Edgcumbe: Gules, on a bend ermines cotised or three boar's heads couped argent
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle
In office
1830
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
In office
1826–1830
Member of Parliament for Fowey
In office
1819–1826
Personal details
Born(1797-03-23)23 March 1797
Died3 September 1861(1861-09-03) (aged 64)
Spouse Caroline Feilding ​(m. 1831)​
ChildrenWilliam Edgcumbe
Parent
RelativesGeorge Edgcumbe (grandfather)
William Edgcumbe (brother)
Emma Cust (sister)
George Edgcumbe (brother)

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.

Background

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 the courtesy title Viscount Valletort on the death of his elder brother, William Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort, in 1818.

Political career

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.

Family

Lord Mount Edgcumbe married Caroline Augusta, daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles Feilding, in 1831. She 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.

References

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  2. "leighrayment.com". Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byAlexander Glynn Campbell
Vacant 		Member of Parliament for Fowey
1819–1826
With: Alexander Glynn Campbell 1819–1820
George Lucy 1820–1826 		Succeeded byGeorge Lucy
Robert Eden
Preceded bySir Robert Wigram
Sir Alexander Grant, Bt 		Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
1826–1830
With: Sir Alexander Grant, Bt 1826
Sir Edward Cust, Bt 1826–1830 		Succeeded bySir Edward Cust, Bt
William Vesey-FitzGerald
Preceded byGibbs Crawfurd Antrobus
Sir Charles Wetherell 		Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle
1830
With: Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus 		Succeeded byGibbs Crawfurd Antrobus
Sir Compton Domvile
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded byRichard Edgcumbe Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
1839–1861 		Succeeded byWilliam Henry Edgcumbe
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