Earl Roberts
Earl Roberts , of Kandahar in Afghanistan and Pretoria in the Transvaal Colony and of the City of Waterford , was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was bestowed on February 11, 1901, to Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts . Together with the earliest dignity, he was given the subordinate title Viscount St. Pierre . Both titles were awarded with the special note that in the absence of male offspring they could also be inherited by his daughters and their male offspring.
The territorial dedication of the title to Kandahar and Pretoria refers to the Battle of Kandahar on September 1, 1880 in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and the conquest of Pretoria on June 5, 1900 in the Second Boer War , in which Roberts had made a special note as commander.
As early as June 15, 1881, he was raised to Baronet of the Army in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom and to Baron Roberts of Kandahar in Afghanistan and of the City of Waterford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on February 20, 1892 .
Since his sons died before him, his baron and baronet titles expired with the death of the earl. The Earls and Viscount titles fell to his daughter Aileen according to the special note.
With the death of the earl's youngest daughter, 3rd Countess Roberts, the titles expired on February 21, 1955.
Earls Roberts (1901)
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914)
- Aileen Mary Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts (1870–1944)
- Ada Edwina Stewart Levin, 3rd Countess Roberts (1875–1955)
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
- Roberts, Earl (UK, 1901-1955) at Cracroft's Peerage