Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

1873 - 1965  (91 years)

• Name	Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe
  Suffix	6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
  Birth	9 Oct 1873	Vienna, Austria
  Gender	Male
  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
  Death	10 Feb 1965	St. Germans, Cornwall
  	Age at Death: 91
  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.
  Person ID	I1263	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard John Frederick Edgcumbe,   b. 12 Aug 1843, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany d. 3 Nov 1937, Windsor, Berkshire (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Mary Louisa Monck,   b. 14 Mar 1844, Reading, Berkshire d. 2 Sep 1923, Docking, Norfolk (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1872	Reading, Berkshire
  Family ID	F744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lilian Agnes Arkwright,   b. 19 Jan 1877, Oswestry, Shropshire d. 28 Sep 1964, St. Germans, Cornwall (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1906	Braintree, Essex
  Children	1. Lady Hilaria Agnes Edgcumbe,   b. 16 Jan 1908, Chelsea, London d. 19 Nov 2009, Plymouth, Devon (Age 101 years)   2. Katherine Lilian Edgcumbe, Lady,   b. 1 May 1910, Mill Hill, Middlesex d. Dec 1989, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Age 79 years) + 3. Margaret Louisa Edgcumbe,   b. 21 Mar 1912, Watford, Hertfordshire d. 5 Apr 1988, Ireland (Age 76 years)   4. Second Lieutenant Piers Richard Edgcumbe,   b. 22 Oct 1914, Braintree, Essex d. 27 May 1940, Wormhout, Dunkirk, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 9 Oct 1873 - Vienna, Austria Residence - Relationship to Head: Son - 1881 - Chelsea, London Marriage - 19 Jul 1906 - Braintree, Essex Residence - 37, married; head of household - 2 Apr 1911 - Aldenham, Hertfordshire Residence - 1913 - Ireland Residence - 1926 - England Departure - 1 Apr 1926 - Southampton, Hampshire Arrival - Age: 52 - 13 Apr 1926 - New York, USA Death - 10 Feb 1965 - St. Germans, Cornwall  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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