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Lovelace, Earl of (UK, 1838)

Creation: let. pat. 30 Jan 1838

Family name: King

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Arms:

Sable three Spear Heads Argent imbrued proper on a Chief Or as many Battle-axes Azure

Crest:

A Cubit Arm vested Azure charged with three Ermine Spots in fess Or cuffed Argent grasping in the Hand proper the broken shaft of a Spear in bend sinister Sable

Supporters:

On either side a Mastiff Dog reguardant proper collared Gules

Motto:

Labor Ipse Voluptas (Labour itself is a pleasure)

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William [King later King-Noel], 8th Baron King later 1st Earl of Lovelace

1st son of Peter [King], 7th Baron King, by his wife Lady Hester Fortescue, 1st dau. of Hugh [Fortescue], 1st Earl Fortescue

born

21 Feb 1805

mar. (1)

8 Jul 1835 Hon Augusta Ada Noel (b. 10 Dec 1815; d. 29 Nov 1852), only child of George Gordon [Byron later Noel], 6th Baron Byron, by his wife Anne Elizabeth Noel, suo jure Baroness Wentworth, only child of Adm Sir Ralph Milbanke later Noel, 6th Bt., by his wife Hon Judith Noel, 1st dau. and eventual cohrss. of Edward [Noel], 1st Viscount Wentworth

children by first wife

1. Hon Byron Noel King later King-Noel, styled Viscount Ockham later 12th Baron Wentworth

2. Hon Ralph Gordon Noel King later King-Noel later King-Milbanke, later 13th Baron Wentworth later 2nd Earl of Lovelace

1. Lady Anne Isabella Noel King later King-Noel, suo jure Baroness Wentworth

mar. (2)

29 Mar 1865 Jane Crawford Jenkins (widow of Edward Jenkins;  d. 27 Jan 1908), dau. of John Jenkins, of Calcutta, India, an auctioneer

only child by second wife

3. Hon Lionel Fortescue King-Noel later King, later 3rd Earl of Lovelace

died

29 Dec 1893

created

30 Jun 1838 Viscount Ockham, of Ockham in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Lovelace

suc. by

eldest surv. son by first wife

note

suc. his father as 8th Baron King 4 Jun 1833; Lord Lieutenant of Surrey 1840-93

Ralph Gordon Noel [King later King-Noel later King-Milbanke], 13th Baron Wentworth later 2nd Earl of Lovelace

born

2 Jul 1839

mar. (1)

25 Aug 1869 Fanny Heriot (dspms. 13 Jul 1878), 3rd dau. of Rev George Heriot, of Fellow Hills, co. Berwick, Vicar of St Anne's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

children by first wife

1. Hon Ralph Gordon Noel King-Milbanke (b. 12 Feb 1873; dvp. 10 Apr 1873)

1. Hon Ada Mary King-Milbanke, suo jure Baroness Wentworth

mar. (2)

30 Dec 1880 Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley (b. 10 May 1848; d. 18 Apr 1941), 1st dau. of Rt Hon James Stuart-Wortley MP (by his wife Hon Jane Lawley, only dau. of Paul Beilby [Lawley later Thompson later Lawley-Thompson], 1st Baron Wenlock), 3rd son of James Archibald [Stuart later Stuart-Wortley later Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie], 1st Baron Wharncliffe, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Caroline Mary Crichton, only child by his 2nd wife of John [Crichton], 1st Earl Erne

died

s.p.m. 28 Aug 1906

suc. by

his dau. in the Barony of Wentworth and his half-brother in the Earldom of Lovelace, etc.

note

suc. his elder brother Byron Noel King later King-Noel, styled Viscount Ockham, 1 Sep 1862 as 13th Baron Wentworth

Lionel Fortescue [King-Noel later King], 3rd Earl of Lovelace, DSO DL

born

16 Nov 1865

mar.

29 Apr 1895 Lady Edith Anson (d. 8 Oct 1932), 4th dau. of Thomas George [Anson], 2nd Earl of Lichfield, by his wife Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa Hamilton, 1st dau. of James [Hamilton], 1st Duke of Abercorn

children

1. Hon Peter Malcolm King, later 4th Earl of Lovelace

1. Lady Evelyn Catherine King (b. 3 Mar 1896; d. 19 Oct 1974), mar. (1) 17 Jun 1918 (div. 1930) Maj Gen Sir Miles William Arthur Peel Graham KBE CB MC, of Wiverton Hall, Bingham, co. Nottingham (b. 11 Aug 1895; d. 8 Feb 1876), 2nd son of Maj Henry Graham by his wife Ellen Peel, 2nd dau. of Archibald Peel DL, of Westlea, Broxbourne, co. Hertford (by his first wife Mary Ellen Palmer, dau. of Lt Gen Sir W H Roger Palmer, 4th Bt.), 3rd son of Lieut Gen Rt Hon Jonathan Peel MP (by his wife Lady Alicia Jane Kennedy, 4th dau. of Archibald [Kennedy], 1st Marquess of Ailsa), 5th son by his first wife of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bt. MP, and (2) 18 Dec 1930 Mark Patrick MP (d. 8 Jan 1942), son of Colin Grant Patrick, and had issue by both husbands

2. Lady Phyllis Edith King (b. 19 Mar 1897; d. 3 Dec 1947), mar. 6 Dec 1922 (div. 1933) William Edward David Allen OBE (d. 18 Sep 1973), 1st son of William Edward Allen, of Commonwood House, Chipperfield, co. Hertford, and had issue

3. Lady Rosemary Diana King (b. 6 Feb 1902; dsp. 15 Nov 1955), mar. (1) 28 Apr 1927 (div. 1940) as his first wife Lt Col Alistair Monteith Gibb (b. 2 Apr 1901; dvp. 29 Jul 1955), 1st son and heir ap. of Brig Gen Sir Alexander Gibb GBE CB, of House of Gruinard, co. Ross, by his wife Norah Isobel Monteith, 2nd dau. of Fleet-Surg Lowry John Monteith, and (2) 9 Oct 1941 Martin de Hosszu (d. 24 Nov 1953), son of Alexander Hosszu, of Kolozsvar, Hungary

died

5 Oct 1929

suc. by

son

note

served in World War I 1914-18 as Major, Northumberland Fusiliers

Peter Malcolm [King], 4th Earl of Lovelace

born

30 Mar 1905

mar. (1)

30 Mar 1939 Doris Evison (d. 20 Sep 1940)

mar. (2)

18 Jun 1951 Baroness Lis Manon von Blixen-Finecke (widow of Baron Carl Fredrik von Blixen-Finecke;  d. 1990), dau. of Axel Sigurd Transo, of Copenhagen, Denmark

only child by second wife

1. Hon Peter Axel William Locke King, later 5th Earl of Lovelace

died

4 Dec 1964

suc. by

son by second wife

Peter Axel William Locke [King], 5th Earl of Lovelace

born

26 Nov 1951

mar. (1)

1980 (div. 1989) Kirsteen Oihrig Kennedy, dau. of Calum Kennedy, of Leethland House, Leethland, co. Renfrew

mar. (2)

1994 Kathleen Anne Rose Smolders, dau. of Lem Smolders, of Langwarrin, Melbourne, Australia

There is no heir to the Earldom of Lovelace.

 Last updated 27 Oct 2005

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Titles:

5th Earl of Lovelace

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 30 Jan 1838)

5th Viscount Ockham, of Ockham in the County of Surrey

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 30 Jan 1838)

12th Baron King, of Ockham in the County of Surrey

(Great Britain, let. pat. 25 May 1725)

Address:

Torridon House, Torridon, Ross-shire IV22 2HA

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