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Saint Levan, Baron (UK, 1887)

Creation: let. pat. 4 Jul 1887

Family name: St Aubyn

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Arms:

Ermine on a Cross Gules five Bezants all within a Bordure wavy of the second

Crest:

A Rock proper therefrom a Cornish Chough rising Sable the whole debruised with a Bendlet sinister wavy Ermine

Supporters:

On either side a Lion Or gorged with a Chain proper and pendant therefrom an Escutcheon, that of the dexter per fess Azure and Argent in chief a Naval Crown between two Laurel Branches saltirewise Or in base the Frame of a Vessel proper, that of the sinister Sable charged with five Bezants

Motto:

In Se Teres (Exact in himself)

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John [St Aubyn], 1st Baron Saint Levan

1st son of Sir Edward St Aubyn, 1st Bt., of St Michael's Mount, co. Cornwall (illegit. son of Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Bt., of St Michael's Mount, co. Cornwall), by his wife Emma Knollys, dau. of Gen William Knollys

born

23 Oct 1829

mar.

15 Jul 1856 Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townshend (d. 18 Nov 1910), 2nd dau. of John [Townshend], 4th Marquess Townshend, by his wife Elizabeth Jane Stuart, 1st dau. of Rear Adm Lord George Stuart CB

died

14 May 1908

created

4 Jul 1887 Baron Saint Levan, of Saint Michael's Mount in the County of Cornwall

suc. by

son

note

suc. his father 30 Nov 1872 as 2nd Baronet of St Michael's Mount

John Townshend [St Aubyn], 2nd Baron Saint Levan, CB CVO

born

23 Sep 1857

mar. (1)

23 Jun 1892 Lady Edith Hilaria Edgcumbe (d. 3 Apr 1931), 3rd. dau. of William Henry [Edgcumbe], 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, by his first wife Lady Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton, 4th dau. of James [Hamilton], 1st Duke of Abercorn

mar. (2)

29 Apr 1933 Julia Georgiana Sarah Dawson (widow of Vesey [Dawson], 2nd Earl of Dartrey;  d. 7 Feb 1938), 1st dau. of Sir George Orby Wombwell, 4th Bt., of Coxwold, co. York, by his wife Lady Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers, 1st dau. of George Augustus Frederic [Child-Villiers], 6th Earl of Jersey

died

s.p.m. 10 Nov 1940

suc. by

nephew

Francis Cecil [St Aubyn], 3rd Baron Saint Levan

1st son of Hon Arthur James Dudley Stuart St Aubyn (by his wife Helen Kate Phillipo, dau .of Dr J C Phillipo, of Jamaica), 4th son of John [St Aubyn], 1st Baron Saint Levan

born

18 Apr 1895

mar.

6 Oct 1916 Hon Clementina Gwendolen Catharine Nicolson (d. 30 May 1995), only dau. of Arthur [Nicolson], 1st Baron Carnock, by his wife Mary Katharine Hamilton, dau. of Capt Arthur Rowan Hamilton, of Killylegh Castle, co. Down

children

1. Hon John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, later 4th Baron Saint Levan

2. Hon (Oliver) Piers St Aubyn MC, of Hogus House, Ludgvan, co. Cornwall, High Sheriff of East Sussex 1982-83 (b. 12 Jul 1920; d. 24 May 2006), mar. 8 Dec 1948 Mary Bailey Southwell (d. 1987), 1st dau. of Bailey Southwell, of Crocodile Leap Farm, Olievenhourpoort, South Africa, by his wife Erica Barry, dau. of D'Urban Barry, of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia, and had issue:

1a. James Piers Southwell St Aubyn, later 5th Baron Saint Levan

2a. Nicholas Francis St Aubyn MP (b. 19 Nov 1955), mar. 1980 Jane Mary Brooks, only dau. of William F Brooks, of Bishopswood House, co. Hereford, and has issue

1a. Fiona Mary St Aubyn (b. 11 Jul 1952), mar. 1987 Hon Robert William Boyle, of 30 Durand Gardens, London, 2nd son of John William [Boyle], 14th Earl of Cork, by his wife Mary Leslie Gordon-Finlayson, only dau. of Gen Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson KCB CMG DSO, of Wickerstreet House, Kersey, co. Suffolk, and has issue

3. Hon Giles Rowan St Aubyn LVO, of Cornwall Lodge, Cambridge Park, St Peter Port, Guernsey (b. 11 Mar 1925)

1. Hon Jessica Gwendolen St Aubyn (b. 8 Feb 1918), mar. 5 Sep 1939 Maj John Patrick Koppel, of Goodworth House, Goodworth Clatford, co. Hampshire (d. 1995), only son of Percy Alexander Koppel CMG CBE, by his wife Dorothy im Thurn, dau. of John Conrad im Thurn, and has issue

2. Hon Philippa Catherine St Aubyn (b. 19 Jun 1922), mar. 20 Jul 1948 Evelyn Charles Lacy Hulbert-Powell, of Old Place Farm, Mayfield, co Sussex (d. 1985), only son of Canon Charles Lacy Hulbert-Powell, of Burrell's Field, Cambridge, and has issue

died

10 Jul 1978

suc. by

son

John Francis Arthur [St Aubyn], 4th Baron Saint Levan, DSC

born

23 Feb 1919

mar.

Dec 1970 Susan Maria Marcia Kennedy (d. 21 Feb 2003), 2nd dau. of Maj Gen Sir John Noble Kennedy GCMG KCVO KBE CB MC, of Temple Sowerby Manor, Penrith, Cumberland, by his wife Isabella Rosamond Georgiana Joicey-Cecil, 1st dau. of Col Lord John Pakenham Joicey-Cecil MP (by his wife Isabella Maud Joicey, only dau. of Col John Joicey MP, of Newton Hall, co. Northumberland), 4th son of William Alleyne [Cecil], 3rd Marquess of Exeter

died

7 Apr 2013

suc. by

nephew

James Piers Southwell [St Aubyn], 5th Baron Saint Levan

born

6 Jun 1950

mar.

1981 Mary Caroline Bennett, yst. dau. of Peter Ward Bennett OBE, of Dene House, Glynde, co. Sussex

children

1. Hon Hugh James St Aubyn (b. 14 Jun 1983)

2. Hon Felix John St Aubyn (b. 16 Jan 1992), mar. Alice Tyser, only dau. of Jonathan Tyser, of Normandy, France, and has issue

1. Hon Clemency Lara St Aubyn (b. 8 Feb 1985)

2. Hon Louisa Mary St Aubyn (b. 18 Sep 1987)

Last updated 13 Jul 2023

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Titles:

5th Baron Saint Levan, of Saint Michael's Mount in the County of Cornwall

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 4 Jul 1887)

6th Baronet, styled "of St Michael's Mount"

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 31 Jul 1866)

Address:

St Michael's Mount, Marazion, Cornwall TR17 0HT

Tredrea Manor, Erth, Cornwall

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