Viscount St. Vincent

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John Jervis, 1st Earl of 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)

Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current viscount, Hon. James Richard Anthony Jervis (* 1982)

See also

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