1873 - 1965 (91 years)
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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| 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) |
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| Family ID |
F507 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Jul 2017 |
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