Viscount St. Vincent

Viscount Saint Vincent of Meaford in the County of Stafford a hereditary British title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, is named after the Battle of Cape St. Vincent ( 1797), in which the first bearer of the title had been victorious.

Award

The title was created on 21 April 1801 Sir John Jervis, the famous British admiral and winner of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent ( 1797).

More titles

Jervis, the title Earl of St. Vincent were in 1797 and Baron Jervis of Meaford been awarded in the County of Stafford. These two titles were, as usual, only passed to male descendants.

Since the marriage of the admiral was childless, the Viscountswürde was provided with a special entitlement for the descendants of his sister Mary. The nephew of the admiral were entitled before the niece to inherit the title.

Name Change

With the death of the Earl off the 1797 loaned securities. The second son of Mary Jervis Ricketts, from her marriage to William Henry Ricketts, of Longwood, the lawyer Edward Jervis Ricketts, the passed the title of Viscount, took in 1823 to the name and arms of Admiral. His descendants use the title to this day.

List of Viscount St. Vincent ( 1801)

  • John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent ( 1735-1823 )
  • Edward Jervis Jervis, 2nd Viscount St. Vincent ( 1767-1859 )
  • Carnegie Robert John Jervis, 3rd Viscount St. Vincent ( 1825-1879 )
  • Edward John Leveson Jervis, 4th Viscount St. Vincent ( 1850-1885 )
  • Carnegie Parker Jervis, 5th Viscount St. Vincent ( 1855-1908 )
  • Ronald Clarges Jervis, 6th Viscount St. Vincent ( 1859-1940 )
  • Ronald George James Jervis, 7th Viscount St. Vincent ( 1905-2006 )
  • Edward James Robert Jervis, 8th Viscount St. Vincent ( b. 1951 )

The heir apparent is the son of the current Viscount, Hon James Richard Anthony Jervis ( b. 1982 )

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