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Earl of Eldon

Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Summary

Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Field	Value
name	Earl of Eldon
image	[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg	150px	centre]][[File:Earl of Eldon COA.svg	180px	Arms of the Earl of Eldon]]
caption
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creation_date	7 July 1821
monarch	King George IV
peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
first_holder	John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
present_holder	John Scott, 6th Earl of Eldon
heir_apparent	John Scott, Viscount Encombe
subsidiary_titles	Viscount Encombe
Baron Eldon
status	Extant
motto	Sit sine labe decus
()

Blazon Arms: Argent, three Lion’s Heads erased Gules, in chief an Anchor erect Sable, on a Chief wavy Azure, a Portcullis with chains Or. Crest: A Lion’s Head erased Gules, gorged with a Chain and pendant therefrom a Portcullis Or.Supporters: On either side a Lion guardant proper, gorged with a Double Chain and pendant therefrom a Portcullis with chains Or. Baron Eldon ()

Earl of Eldon, in the County Palatine of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for the lawyer and politician John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon, Lord Chancellor from 1801 to 1806 and again from 1807 to 1827. He had already been created Baron Eldon, of Eldon in the County Palatine of Durham, in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1799, and was made Viscount Encombe, of Encombe in the County of Dorset, at the same time was given the earldom. His grandson, the second Earl, briefly represented Truro in the House of Commons.

the titles are held by the latter's great-great-great-grandson, the sixth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2017.

William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell, was the elder brother of the first Earl of Eldon. The Hon. Sir Ernest Scott, second son of the third Earl, was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Hungary.

The family seat was, until the 20th century, Encombe Park, near Kingston in Dorset.

Earls of Eldon and Viscounts Encombe (1821) and Barons Eldon (1799)

John Scott (1751–1838), 1st Earl of Eldon, Viscount Encombe and Baron Eldon
- Hon. John Scott (1774–1805)
John Scott (1805–1854), 2nd Earl of Eldon, Viscount Encombe and Baron Eldon
John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon (1845–1926), Viscount Encombe and Baron Eldon
- John Scott (1870–1900), styled Viscount Encombe
John Scott (1899–1976), 4th Earl of Eldon, Viscount Encombe and Baron Eldon
John Joseph Nicholas Scott (1937–2017), 5th Earl of Eldon, Viscount Encombe and Baron Eldon
John Francis Thomas Marie Joseph Columba Fidelis "Jock" Scott, 6th Earl of Eldon, Viscount Encombe and Baron Eldon ()
- John James Robert Columba Scott (), styled Viscount Encombe (heir apparent)

Present peer

John Francis "Jock" Scott, 6th Earl of Eldon (born 9 July 1962) is the son of the 5th Earl and his wife Countess Claudine de Montjoye-Vaufrey et de la Roche and was educated at Ampleforth College. He was styled as Viscount Encombe between 1976 and 30 January 2017, when he succeeded to his father's peerages.

He married Charlotte de Vlaming, and they have two children:

Lady Helena Rose Columba Scott (born 1994)
John James Robert Columba Scott, Viscount Encombe (born 1996), the heir apparent.

References

Attribution

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

References

{{London Gazette. (20 July 1799)
{{London Gazette. (7 July 1821)
[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=johnny-eldon&pid=183948052 Johnny ELDON Obituary]
''[[Burke's Peerage]]'', volume 1 (2003), p. 1293

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