Earl Jellicoe

Earl Jellicoe is a hereditary British title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which is run by the family Jellicoe.

Seat of the family is Tidcombe Manor at Pewsey in Wiltshire.

Award

The title was created in 1925 for the famous commander of the Grand Fleet in the Battle of Jutland and Governor-General of New Zealand Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe.

Subordinate title

This had already been seven years earlier in the County of Orkney, where Viscount Jellicoe, of Scapa. During the 1925 loaned securities may pass only to male descendants, the title Viscount Jellicoe was in 1918 awarded with the special mention that he could also pass to daughters of the first Earl, and their male descendants, if no male heirs exist.

Simultaneously with the earldom of the title Viscount Brocas, of Southampton was in the County of Southampton awarded. This also belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and is named after an ancient, extinct in the male line British aristocratic family, was distantly related to the Jellicoe. This title is also used by the heirs of each title as a courtesy title.

Another title

The second Earl held several offices in the House of Lords. Therefore, a life peerage, he was awarded as Baron Jellicoe of Southampton, of Southampton in the County of Hampshire upon entry into force of the House of Lords Act 1999. He therefore remained a member of the House of Lords.

List of Earl Jellicoe (1925 )

• John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ( 1859-1935 )
• George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe ( 1918-2007 )
• Patrick Bernard John Jellicoe, 3rd Earl Jellicoe (* 1950)

The heir apparent is the eldest son of the present Earl, Justin Amadeus Jellicoe, Viscount Brocas (* 1970).

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