The title of Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1789. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort (1781) and Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe (1742). both in the Peerage of Great Britain. The heir-apparent uses the courtesy title of Viscount Valletort. 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ...
The family seat is Empacombe House, near Plymouth. The present Earl lives in England, but his family lives in New Zealand since 1860. Smeatons tower on Plymouth Hoe Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ...
George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe (1720-1795) (became Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in 1789)
// Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680 - November 22, 1758), was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... // Events Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
MountEdgcumbe had formerly a village called West Stonehouse, as noticed at page 689, and was the property of the ancient family of Stonehouse, whose heiress brought it to the Durnfords.
MOUNTEDGCUMBE, the delightful seat of the Earl of that name, occupies that towering promontory of verdant lawns, groves, parks, rocky cliffs, and sylvan terraces, which overlooks the spacious harbours of Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound, and the towns of Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport; and is approached from thence by the Cremill ferry boat.
The church occupies a commanding eminence between MountEdgcumbe and Rame Head, and its tower serves as a land-mark, and in the late wars was used as a signal station.
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