Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | |
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Arms of Edgcumbe, Earls of Mount Edgcumbe: Gules, on a bend ermines cotised or three boar's heads couped argent | |
| Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle | |
| In office 1830 | |
| Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel | |
| In office 1826–1830 | |
| Member of Parliament for Fowey | |
| In office 1819–1826 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1797 |
| Died | 3 September 1861 (aged 64) |
| Spouse |
Caroline Feilding (m. 1831) |
| Children | William Edgcumbe |
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| Relatives | George Edgcumbe (grandfather) William Edgcumbe (brother) Emma Cust (sister) George Edgcumbe (brother) |
Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (23 March 1797 – 3 September 1861), styled Viscount Valletort between 1818 and 1837, was a British peer and politician. In 1848 he witnessed the Sicilian revolution in Palermo where he had arrived on 10 November with his family including his niece Annie MacDonald. He wrote an eyewitness account of the revolution which was published in The Times. He served as a mediator between the Neapolitan and pro-independence forces.