Viscount Exmouth

Viscount Exmouth, of Canonteign in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth

History

The title was created in 1816 for the prominent naval officer Edward Pellew, 1st Baron Exmouth. He had already been created a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 18 March 1796 for rescuing the crew of the East Indiaman Dutton. After a succession of commands culminating as Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, he was created Baron Exmouth, of Canonteign in the County of Devon, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1814. He was created a Viscount, with the same designation, for the successful bombardment of Algiers in 1816, which secured the release of the 1,000 Christian slaves in the city.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Viscount, who represented Launceston in Parliament. On the death in 1922 of the second Viscount's great-grandson, the fifth Viscount, this line of the family failed. He was succeeded by his 94-year-old first cousin twice removed, the sixth Viscount. He was the son of the Very Reverend and Hon. George Pellew, Dean of Norwich, third son of the first Viscount. Partly due to having become a U.S. citizen, and partly due to his advanced age, the sixth Viscount did not use his title for the brief period he held it, nor did he claim his seat in the House of Lords. Only six months after succeeding to his titles, the sixth Viscount died. He was succeeded by his son, the seventh Viscount, a naturalised U.S. citizen and professor of chemistry. Having succeeded to the peerage, the seventh Viscount returned to England in 1923 and again became a British subject, taking his seat in the House of Lords in 1931. Upon his death without any surviving issue in 1945, this line of the family also failed.

The title then passed to the seventh Viscount's second cousin, the eighth Viscount. He was the grandson of the Reverend and Hon. Edward Pellew, fourth son of the first Viscount. His son, the ninth Viscount, married María Luisa de Urquijo y Losada, Marquesa de Olías, a title of Spanish nobility that was created by King Philip IV in 1652.[1] They were succeeded in their respective titles by their son, Paul Pellew, as 10th Viscount Exmouth and 9th Marquess of Olías.

The family seat was Canonteign House, near Exeter in Devon.

Barons Exmouth (1814)

• Edward Pellew, 1st Baron Exmouth (1757–1833), created Viscount Exmouth in 1816

Viscounts Exmouth (1816)

• Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757–1833)
• Pownoll Pellew, 2nd Viscount Exmouth (1786–1833)
• Edward Pellew, 3rd Viscount Exmouth (1811–1876)
• Edward Fleetwood John Pellew, 4th Viscount Exmouth (1861–1899)
• Edward Addington Hargreaves Pellew, 5th Viscount Exmouth (1890–1922)
• Henry Edward Pellew, 6th Viscount Exmouth (1828–1923)
• Charles E. Pellew, 7th Viscount Exmouth (1863–1945)
• Edward Irving Pownoll Pellew, 8th Viscount Exmouth (1868–1951)
• Pownoll Irving Edward Pellew, 9th Viscount Exmouth (1908–1970)
• Paul Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth (born 1940)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Edward Francis Pellew (born 1978).

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Viscounts Exmouth.

Edward Pellew 1st Viscount Exmouth 1757–1833 Pownoll Pellew 2nd Viscount Exmouth 1786–1833 Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew 1789–1861 Very Rev. Hon. George Pellew 1793–1866 Rev. Hon. Edward Pellew 1799–1869 Edward Pellew 3rd Viscount Exmouth 1811–1876 Hon. Percy Pellew 1814–1848 Hon. Pownoll Pellew 1823–1851 Hon. Fleetwood Pellew 1830–1866 Hon. Barrington Pellew 1833–1858 Thomas Pellew 1818–1819 Henry Pellew 6th Viscount Exmouth 1828–1923 Commander Pownoll Pellew 1837–1872 Edward Pellew 4th Viscount Exmouth 1861–1899 William Pellew 1859 – b. 1923 Charles Pellew 7th Viscount Exmouth 1863–1945 Edward Pellew 8th Viscount Exmouth 1868–1951 Edward Pellew 5th Viscount Exmouth 1890–1922 Pownoll Pellew 9th Viscount Exmouth 1908–1970 Paul Pellew 10th Viscount Exmouth born 1940 Hon. Edward Pellew born 1978

Arms

Coat of arms of Viscount Exmouth

Crest Upon the waves of the sea the wreck of the Dutton East Indianman upon a rocky shore off Plymouth garrison all Proper. Escutcheon Gules a lion passant guardant in chief two chaplets of laurel Or on a chief of augmentation wavy a representation of Algiers with a British Man-of-War before it all Proper. Supporters Dexter a lion rampant guardant Or navally crowned Azure resting the dexter paw upon a decrescent Argent, sinister a male figure representing slavery trowsers Argent striped Azure the upper part of the body naked holding in the dexter hand broken chains Proper the sinister arm elevated and holding a cross Or. Motto Deo Adjuvante (over the crest), Algiers (under the shield) [2]

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

1. Antonio Luque García (2005). Grandezas de España y títulos nobiliarios (in Spanish). Ministerio de Justicia. p. 258. ISBN 978-84-7787-825-4. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
2. Burke's Peerage. 1838.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Paul Edward Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth