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Baron Edgcumbe is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
1742. Richard Edgecumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe created.
22nd November 1758. Son George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe succeeded.
4th February 1795. Son Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe succeeded.
26th September 1839. Son Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe succeeded.
3rd September 1861. Son William Henry Edgecumbe 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe succeeded.
25th September 1917. Son Piers Edgcumbe 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe succeeded.
1944. Second Cousin Kenelm Edgcumbe 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe succeeded.
10th February 1965. Nephew Edward succeeded.
1982. Nephew Robert Edgcumbe 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe succeeded.
12th June 2021. Brother Christopher Edgcumbe 9th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe succeeded.
In 1742 Richard Edgecumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (age 61) was created 1st Baron Edgcumbe.
On 22nd November 1758 Richard Edgecumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (age 78) died. His son George Edgecumbe (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Edgcumbe.
On 4th February 1795 George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 74) died. His son Richard (age 30) succeeded 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 27) by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.
On 26th September 1839 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 75) died. His son Ernest (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 4th Baron Edgcumbe.
On 3rd September 1861 Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 64) died. His son William (age 27) succeeded 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 5th Baron Edgcumbe. Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 21) by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.
On 25th September 1917 William Henry Edgecumbe 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 83) died. His son Piers (age 52) succeeded 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 6th Baron Edgcumbe. Edith Villiers Countess Mount Edgecumbe (age 39) by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.
In 1944 Piers Edgcumbe 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 79). Kenelm Edgcumbe 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 70) succeeded 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 7th Baron Edgcumbe.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 10th February 1965 Kenelm Edgcumbe 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 91) died. His nephew Edward (age 62) succeeded 7th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 8th Baron Edgcumbe.
In 1982 Edward (age 79) died. His nephew Robert (age 42) succeeded 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 9th Baron Edgcumbe.
On 12th June 2021 Robert Edgcumbe 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 82) died. His brother Christopher (age 71) succeeded 9th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 10th Baron Edgcumbe.