| 词条 | Piers Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe |
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| pre-nominals = The Right Honourable | name = The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | post-nominals = DL | image = Piers Alexander, Viscount Valletort (1865–1944).jpg | birth_date = {{birth-date|1865|}} | birth_place = England | death_date = {{death year and age|1944|1865}} | death_place = England | nationality = British | alma_mater = Oxford University | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | unit = 3rd Militia of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | battles = Second Boer War | serviceyears = 1891–1902 | rank = Captain }} }} Piers Alexander Hamilton Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe DL (1865-1944),[1] was a soldier who served in the South African War with distinction. BiographyHe was the son of William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe by his first wife. Educated at Oxford University and a keen horseman, he was part of the varsity polo team playing against Cambridge in 1885-1887.[2] He was appointed a Captain in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry on 23 March 1891. After the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, he went to serve in South Africa. He left Cape Town for the United Kingdom in early May 1902, shortly before the end of the war.[3] He succeeded his father to the earldom and Mount Edgcumbe House in 1917. He had married in 1911 Lady Edith Villiers, the only daughter of Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon. They had no children and he was succeeded by his cousin, Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. References1. ^www.npg.org.uk 2. ^{{cite web|title=Oxford Polo Club Archive|url=http://www.oxforduniversitypoloclub.com/index.php/archive|accessdate=25 August 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025122048/http://www.oxforduniversitypoloclub.com/index.php/archive|archivedate=25 October 2014|df=}} 3. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The War - Invalids and others returning home |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=13 May 1902 |page_number=10 |issue=36766| }} External links
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