| 词条 | William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe |
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | honorific-suffix = GCVO PC DL | image = William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | order1 = Lord Chamberlain of the Household | term_start1 = 7 May 1879 | term_end1 = 21 April 1880 | monarch1 = Victoria | primeminister1 = The Earl of Beaconsfield | predecessor1 = The Marquess of Hertford | successor1 = The Earl of Kenmare | order2 = Lord Steward of the Household | term_start2 = 27 June 1885 | term_end2 = 28 January 1886 | monarch2 = Victoria | primeminister2 = The Marquess of Salisbury | predecessor2 = The Earl Sydney | successor2 = The Earl Sydney | term_start3 = 16 August 1886 | term_end3 = 11 August 1892 | monarch3 = Victoria | primeminister3 = The Marquess of Salisbury | predecessor3 = The Earl Sydney | successor3 = The Marquess of Breadalbane | birth_date = {{birth-date|5 November 1833|}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death-date and age|25 September 1917|5 November 1833}} | death_place = | nationality = British | party = Conservative | alma_mater = | spouse = (1) Lady Katherine Hamilton (c. 1838-1874) (2) Caroline Edgcumbe (d. 1909) }} William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, GCVO, PC, DL (5 November 1833 – 25 September 1917), styled Viscount Valletort between 1839 and 1861, was a British courtier and Conservative politician. BackgroundEdgcumbe was the son of Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, and Caroline Augusta, daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles Feilding.[1] CareerEdgcumbe was returned to Parliament for Plymouth in 1859, a seat he held until 1861 when he entered the House of Lords on the death of his father.[2] In 1879 he sworn of the Privy Council[3] and appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household by the Earl of Beaconsfield,[4] a post he held until the government fell in 1880.[5] He later served under Lord Salisbury as Lord Steward of the Household between 1885[6] and 1886[7] and again between 1886[8] and 1892.[9] Edgcumbe was also an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria from 1887 to 1897 and a Member of the Council to the Prince of Wales from 1901 to 1917 as well as Keeper of the Seal of the Duchy of Cornwall from 1907 to 1917. Between 1877 and 1917 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall.[2] He was also a Provincial Grand Master, an office held by the head of a Provincial Grand Lodge.[10] In early 1901 Lord Mount Edgcumbe was appointed by King Edward to lead a special diplomatic mission to announce the King´s accession to the governments of Belgium, Bavaria, Italy, Württemberg, and the Netherlands.[11] During his visit to the Belgian court in March 1901, King Leopold presented him with the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold.[12] FamilyLord Mount Edgcumbe married firstly, Lady Katherine Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, on 26 October 1858. They had four children:
After Lady Katherine's death in September 1874 Lord Mount Edgcumbe married secondly, his first cousin, Caroline Cecilia, daughter of the Hon. George Edgcumbe and widow of Atholl Liddell, 3rd Earl of Ravensworth, on 21 April 1906. She died in February 1909. Lord Mount Edgcumbe died in September 1917, aged 83.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p1058.htm#i10574 |title=p. 1058 § 10574 William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe |publisher=The Peerage}}{{Verify credibility|failed=y |date=February 2013}} 2. ^1 Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=24724 |date=20 May 1879 |page=3459 }} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=24721 |date=13 May 1879 |page=3311 }} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=24842 |date=7 May 1880 |page=2915 }} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=25485 |date=30 June 1885 |page=3000 }} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=25558 |date=12 February 1886 |page=682 }} 8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=25617 |date=17 August 1886 |page=4007 }} 9. ^{{London Gazette |issue=26320 |date=26 August 1892 |page=4889 }} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Holmes|first1=Emra|title=The Marriage Of Lady Victoria Edgcumbe|work=The Cornishman|issue=109|date=12 August 1880|page=3}} 11. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The King - the special Embassies |day_of_week=Saturday |date=23 March 1901 |page_number=12 |issue=36410}} 12. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The King´s Accession |day_of_week=Thursday |date=21 March 1901 |page_number=5 |issue=36408}} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Plymouth | years = 1859–1861 | with = Sir Robert Collier | before = James White Sir Robert Collier | after = Walter Morrison Sir Robert Collier }}{{s-off}}{{succession box | title=Lord Chamberlain of the Household | before=The Marquess of Hertford | after=The Earl of Kenmare | years=1879–1880}}{{succession box | title=Lord Steward | before=The Earl Sydney | after=The Earl Sydney | years=1885–1886}}{{succession box | title=Lord Steward | before=The Earl Sydney | after=The Marquess of Breadalbane | years=1886–1892}}{{s-hon}}{{s-bef | before=The Lord Vivian}}{{s-ttl | title=Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall | years=1877–1917}}{{s-aft | after=John Charles Williams}} |-{{s-vac | last=The 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe}}{{s-ttl | title=Vice-Admiral of Cornwall | years=1897–1917}}{{s-vac}}{{s-reg|gb}}{{succession box | title=Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | before=Ernest Edgcumbe | after=Piers Edgcumbe | years=1861–1917 }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mount Edgcumbe, William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of}} 12 : Earls of Mount Edgcumbe|Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order|1833 births|1917 deaths|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|Deputy Lieutenants of Devon|Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England|Lord-Lieutenants of Cornwall|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Devon|Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom|People from Maker, Cornwall|UK MPs 1859–65 |
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