Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1881, Chelsea, London; Relationship to Head: Son
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; 37, married; head of household
• Residence: 1913, Ireland
• Military Service: Between 1914 and 1920
• Residence: 1926, England
• Departure: 1 Apr 1926, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 13 Apr 1926, New York, USA; Age: 52

Notes:

The barony Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe in the County of Cornwall, was created in 1742. In 1781 the title became Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort and in 1789 an Earldom was created.

Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe was a Fellow of University College, London; late Lt-Col RE (TA); JP for Herts; son of the late Richard Edgcumbe; succeeded his cousin to the title in 1944. He married in 1906 Lillian Agnes daughter of Col A C Arkwright of Hatfield Place Essex. They had three daughters and one son who was killed in action in 1940.
He was educated at Harrow (with Winston Churchill who was said to be stupid and unpopular) and studied Electrical Engineering in Germany and at University College, London. He served throughout the 1914-18 war. He was an Hon. Member and past president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; late Hon. Secretary of the International Electrotechnical Commission; Fellow (Past President) of the Illuminating Engineering Society of Great britain; Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; He was M.I.C.E. and F Inst P.

He was a keen Territorial for 20 years, a DL for the County of Cornwall from 1961 until his death and awarded the Order of St john in 1964. He was succeeded by his cousin Edward Piers Edgcumbe (b 1908) elder son of late George Valletort Edgcumbe who had married in 1944 Victoria Effie Warbrick.

Died:
Age at Death: 91

Kenelm married Lilian Agnes Arkwright on 19 Jul 1906 in Braintree, Essex. Lilian (daughter of Arthur Chandos Arkwright, Lt Colonel and Agnes Mary Tufnell) was born on 19 Jan 1877 in Oswestry, Shropshire; died on 28 Sep 1964 in St. Germans, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lady Hilaria Agnes Edgcumbe was born on 16 Jan 1908 in Chelsea, London; died on 19 Nov 2009 in Plymouth, Devon.
2. Katherine Lilian Edgcumbe, Lady was born on 1 May 1910 in Mill Hill, Middlesex; died in Dec 1989 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
3. Margaret Louisa Edgcumbe was born on 21 Mar 1912 in Watford, Hertfordshire; died on 5 Apr 1988 in Ireland.
4. Second Lieutenant Piers Richard Edgcumbe was born on 22 Oct 1914 in Braintree, Essex; died on 27 May 1940 in Wormhout, Dunkirk, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in May 1940 in Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1881, Chelsea, London; Age: 37; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sandhurst, Berkshire; Age: 67; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

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Richard (frequently known as Dick) was born on 12th August 1843, the elder son of the Hon. George Edgcumbe of Edgbarrow Manor, Crowthorne, Berkshire and his wife, Fanny Lucy Shelley, daughter of Sir John Shelley 6th Bt. Richard was the grandson of the 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and at the age of 29 he married Mary Louisa Monck. Their only son, Kenelm William Edward (1873-1965) would later become the 6th Earl.

Richard was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 52nd Light Infantry, served with the 73rd and was later promoted Captain in the Royal Buckinghamshire Militia. He served as Serjeant-at-Arms for no less than 41 years to three successive monarchs: Queen Victoria from 1880 to 1901; Edward VII from 1901 to 1910 and George V from 1910 to 1921.

Known as ‘Grandipa’ to his grandchildren he was small in stature with a beard and a great love of Italy giving him something of an Italian appearance. A literary man himself he became a tireless campaigner for a memorial to his friend Lord Byron, writing lines titled The National Byron Memorial and subsequently penning its history in a leaflet published in 1883. Other works included his editing of his grandmother’s book The Diary of Frances, Lady Shelley, 1787-1817, Edward Trelawny, (A Biographical Sketch) and two sets of Musical Reminiscences in 1824 and 1828.

A great European traveller and a frequent visitor to Italy he died on 3rd November 1937 aged 94.

Birth:
- British subject

Died:
Age: 94

Richard married Mary Louisa Monck on 26 Nov 1872 in Reading, Berkshire. Mary (daughter of John Bligh Monck and Elizabeth Margaret Yates) was born on 14 Mar 1844 in Reading, Berkshire; died on 2 Sep 1923 in Docking, Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 May 1844, Reading, Berkshire
• Residence: 1881, Chelsea, London; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Wife
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sandhurst, Berkshire; Age: 66; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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• Baptism: 21 Jul 1800, Saint Mary Magdalen, Richmond, Surrey
• Seats: 26 Sep 1839, Cotele, Cornwall; inherited at death of his father
• Diplomacy: 1843, Hanover, Jamaica; diplomat - at least two children born in Hanover, Germany
• Residence: 1851, 12 Belgrave Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex; Belgrave Sq; Senior legation at Hanover; with Ronald John Macdonald 31 nephew, Cmdr R.N.; also Wright family [whose? Edw Wright 43 & Charlotte Wright 39 [these two m?] & Edw 16, Mary 13, Louisa 11, Emma 5, Sarah 2, Samuel 1 & Harriet Bell 44 widow daught
• Residence: 1871, Calstock, Cornwall; 70; diplomat - brother in law - at Cotehele House with sister in law Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, Earl's widow & her daughter Ernestine Edgcumbe as well as 17 servants
• Residence: 1881, Stonehouse, Devon; Stone Hall, Emma Place: George (Hon.) Edgcumbe 80, Fanny Lucy (Hon.) Edgcumbe 70, butler William Cox 47, servants Anne Norman Barratt 25, Jane Roseveare 45, Mary Ann Easterbrook Harvey 35

Notes:

The Honourable George Edgcumbe (23 June 1800 – 18 February 1882) was a British diplomat and politician.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edgcumbe_(1800–1882)

Birth:
Second son of 2nd Earl of Mt Edgcumbe

George married Fanny Lucy Shelley on 19 May 1834 in Firenze, Toscana, Italy. Fanny (daughter of Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet Michelgrove and Frances Winckley, Lady Shelley) was born on 2 Feb 1811 in Gipping, Shelley, Bingham, Ipswich, Suffolk; died on 11 May 1899 in Bozen, the Tyrol, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1881, Stonehouse, Devon; Stone Hall, Emma Place: George (Hon.) Edgcumbe 80, Fanny Lucy (Hon.) Edgcumbe 70, butler William Cox 47, servants Anne Norman Barratt 25, Jane Roseveare 45, Mary Ann Easterbrook Harvey 35
• Residence: 1891, Stonehouse, Devon; with daughter Caroline Liddell & her husband Atholl Liddell & his brother Earl R Ravenswowrth [widower 69] & niece Lady Lilian Liddell & nurses, ladies maids etc

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Died:
Lived at Winter Villa, East Stonehouse, Devon

John married Elizabeth Margaret Yates on 22 Jun 1841 in St Mary, Reading, Berkshire. Elizabeth was born in 1823 in London; died on 25 Nov 1884; was buried on 1 Dec 1884 in Aldworth, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: England
• Residence: London

Notes:

Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe PC (13 September 1764 – 26 September 1839), styled Viscount Valletort between 1789 and 1795, was a British politician and writer on music.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Edgcumbe,_2nd_Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe

Buried:
Age: 75

Died:
Age: 75

Richard married Sophia Hobart on 21 Feb 1789 in St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, London. Sophia (daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire and Mary Anne Drury) was born on 5 Apr 1768 in Blickling, Norfolk; died on 17 Aug 1806 in Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet (18 December 1771, England – 28 March 1852, England) was an English landowner, Member of Parliament and amateur cricketer. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Shelley,_6th_Baronet

John married Frances Winckley, Lady Shelley on 4 Jun 1807 in London. Frances was born on 16 Jun 1787 in Brockholes, Grimsargh, Preston, Lancashire; died on 24 Feb 1873 in Maresfield Lodge, E Cowes, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Christening: 7 Nov 1787, Saint John, Preston, Lancashire

Notes:

Frances Winkley, Lady Shelley (1787–1873), was a noted diarist and close friend of the Duke of Wellington. Her diaries were published by Richard Edgcumbe (Diaries of Frances Lady Shelley)

The Diary of Frances Lady Shelley 1818-1873
https://ia800202.us.archive.org/10/items/diaryoffrancesla02sheluoft/diaryoffrancesla02sheluoft.pdf