Piers Alexander Hamilton Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Notes:

Piers Alexander Hamilton Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe DL (1865-1944), was a soldier who served in the South African War with distinction.

He was the son of William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe by his first wife.

Educated at Oxford University and a keen horseman, he was part of the varsity polo team playing against Cambridge in 1885-1887.[2]

He was appointed a Captain in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry on 23 March 1891. After the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, he went to serve in South Africa. He left Cape Town for the United Kingdom in early May 1902, shortly before the end of the war.[3]

He succeeded his father to the earldom and Mount Edgcumbe House in 1917. He had married in 1911 Lady Edith Villiers, the only daughter of Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon. They had no children and he was succeeded by his cousin, Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Edgcumbe,_5th_Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe

Piers married Edith Hyde Villiers on 15 May 1911 in London. Edith was born on 8 Nov 1878 in 11 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London; died on 1 Aug 1935 in Westminster, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, GCVO, PC, DL (5 November 1833 – 25 September 1917), styled Viscount Valletort between 1839 and 1861, was a British courtier and Conservative politician.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edgcumbe,_4th_Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe

William married Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton in 1857 in Portugal. Catherine was born on 9 Jan 1840 in Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland; died on 3 Sep 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Edgcumbe,_3rd_Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe

Died:
On board his yacht off Erith, Kent, England - reg. Dartford, Kent

Ernest married Caroline Augusta Feilding on 6 Dec 1831 in Laycock, Wiltshire,. Caroline was born on 22 Jan 1808 in Weymouth, Dorset; died on 2 Nov 1881 in Saltram, Devonshire; was buried on 8 Nov 1881 in Neker, Cornwall. [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]