Viscount St. Vincent
Viscount Saint Vincent , of Meaford in the County of Stafford , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the sea battle at Cape St. Vincent (1797) , in which the first holder of the title was victorious.
Award
The title was created on April 21, 1801 for John Jervis, 1st Earl of St. Vincent , the famous British admiral and winner of the sea battle at Cape St. Vincent (1797) .
Since the Admiral's marriage was childless, the Viscount was granted a special entitlement for the descendants of his sister Mary. The admiral's nephews were entitled to inherit the title before the niece.
Other titles
Jervis had been awarded the titles Earl of St. Vincent and Baron Jervis , of Meaford in the County of Stafford in 1797 . As usual, these two titles could only be passed on to male descendants.
Name change
With the death of the earl, the titles awarded in 1797 expired. The second son of Mary Jervis-Ricketts, from the marriage to William Henry Ricketts, of Longwood, the lawyer Edward Jervis Ricketts, to whom the title of Viscount passed, took the surname and coat of arms of the admiral in 1823. His descendants still bear the title today.
List of Viscounts St. Vincent (1801)
- John Jervis, 1st Earl of St. Vincent , 1st Viscount St. Vincent (1735–1823)
- Edward Jervis Jervis, 2nd Viscount St. Vincent (1767-1859)
- Carnegie Robert John Jervis, 3rd Viscount St. Vincent (1825–1879)
- Edward John Leveson Jervis, 4th Viscount St. Vincent (1850-1885)
- Carnegie Parker Jervis, 5th Viscount St. Vincent (1855-1908)
- Ronald Clarges Jervis, 6th Viscount St. Vincent (1859-1940)
- Ronald George James Jervis, 7th Viscount St. Vincent (1905-2006)
- Edward Robert James Jervis, 8th Viscount St. Vincent (* 1951)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current viscount, Hon. James Richard Anthony Jervis (* 1982)
See also
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- St Vincent, Viscount (UK, 1801) at Cracroft's Peerage