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Earl of Iddesleigh ( ), in the County of Devon, is a title in the
Earl of Iddesleigh ( ), in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created in 1885 for the Conservative
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politician Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet, of Pynes in the parish of Upton Pyne
Upton Pyne is a parish and village in Devon, England. The parish lies just north west of Exeter, mainly between the River Exe and River Creedy. The village is located north of Cowley and west of Brampford Speke and Stoke Canon. It has a populat ...
near Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...
in Devon
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and lord of the manor
Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...
of Iddesleigh
Iddesleigh is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England. The settlement has ancient origins and is listed in the ''Domesday Book''. The village lies on the B3217 road, roughly central in its parish of around , about north of ...
, 28 miles north-west of Pynes. He served as President of the Board of Trade
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, Secretary of State for India
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, Chancellor of the Exchequer
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, First Lord of the Treasury
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and Foreign Secretary
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and was Joint Leader of the Conservative Party from 1881 to 1885. Northcote was made Viscount St Cyres, of Newton Saint Cyres in the County of Devon, at the same time he was given the earldom. This title is also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He notably served as Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue
The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation ta ...
, and a Justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant in Devonshire
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, ...
. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the third Earl. He was the youngest son of John Stafford Northcote, third son of the first Earl. His eldest son, the fourth Earl, served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...
. the titles are held by the latter's only son, the fifth Earl, who succeeded in 2004.
The Northcote Baronetcy, of Haynes in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James I ...
in 1641 for John Northcote. He represented Ashburton, Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...
and Barnstaple
Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...
in the House of Commons
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. His grandson, the third Baronet (who succeeded his father), died childless in 1709 and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He was a Medical Doctor
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
. His son, the fifth Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...
. His great-great-grandson was the aforementioned eighth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1885.
Two other members of the Northcote family have also gained distinction. Henry Northcote, second son of the first Earl, was created Baron Northcote in 1899 and served as Governor-General of Australia
The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.Sir Geoffry Northcote,
''Sir John Northcote of Hayne, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1676)''
** ''Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688)''
*** ''Sir Francis Northcote, 3rd Baronet (1655–1709)''
*** ''Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet (1655–1729/30)''
**** ''Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet (1710–1743)''
***** ''Sir Stafford Northcote, 6th Baronet (1736–1770)''
****** ''Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 7th Baronet (1762–1851)''
******* ''Henry Stafford Northcote (1792–1850)''
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''Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887)''
********* ''Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh (1845–1927)''
********** ''Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount Saint Cyres (1869–1926)''
********* 
''Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote (1846–1911)''
********* ''John Stafford Northcote (1850–1920)''
********** ''Henry Stafford Northcote, 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh (1901–1970)''
*********** ''Stafford Henry Northcote, 4th Earl of Iddesleigh (1932–2004)''
************ John Stafford Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh (b. 1957)
************* (1) Thomas Stafford Northcote, ''Viscount Saint Cyres'' (b. 1985)
*********** ''Edward Frederic Northcote (1934–2006)''
************ (2) Edward Bede Robert Hornby Northcote (b. 1964)
************* (3) Robert Henry Basil Northcote (b. 2000)
************ (4) Alexander Benet Paul Hornby Northcote (b. 1971)
************* (5) Anthony Theodore Robert Michael Northcote (b. 2004)
********* ''Arthur Francis Northcote (1852–1943)''
********** ''Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote (1881–1948)''
*********** (6) Maxwell Adams Stafford Northcote (b. 1911)
******** ''Reverend Henry Moubray Northcote (1826–1878)''
********* ''James Alfred Northcote (1861–1928)''
********** ''Thomas Francis Northcote (1894–1977)''
*********** (7) Peter Northcote (b. 1928)
************ (8) Hugh Stafford Northcote (b. 1960)
************ (9) Michael John Northcote (b. 1962)
*********** (10) George Arthur Northcote (b. 1929)
************ (11) Charles Moubray Northcote (b. 1961)
******* ''Reverend Stafford Charles Northcote (1796–1872)''
******** ''Lewis Stafford Northcote (1831–1882)''
********* ''Cecil Stafford Northcote (1870–1912)''
********** ''Cecil Henry Stafford Northcote (1912–2003)''
*********** (12) Amyas Henry Stafford Northcote (1937-2020)
*********** (13) Hugh Cecil Camden Stafford Northcote (b. 1938)
************ (14) Charles Walter Hugh Stafford Northcote (b. 1977)
********* ''Ernest Alfred Northcote (1875–1944)''
********** ''Oliver Stafford Northcote (1906–1933)''
*********** (15) Philip Stafford Northcote (b. 1937)
************ (16) Kent Stafford Northcote (b. 1969)
*********** (17) Geoffrey Stafford Northcote (b. 1937)
************ (18) Douglas Stafford Northcote (b. 1971)
*********** ''John Stafford Northcote (1940–c. 2000)''
************ (19) Stafford Oliver Northcote (b. 1975)
***** ''Henry Northcote (b. 1738)''
****** ''Stafford Northcote (1783–1854)''
******* ''Stafford Henry Northcote (1813–1889)''
******** ''Stafford Charles Northcote (1844–1903)''
********* ''Stafford Henry Northcote (1872–1950)''
********** ''Stafford Charles Robert Northcote (1909–1977)''
*********** (20) Stafford Robert Northcote (b. 1948)
********** ''Geoffrey Stafford Northcote (1912–1968)''
*********** (21) Dr. Robert Stafford Northcote (b. 1939)
************ (22) Roger Stafford Northcote (b. 1966)
************ (23) Dr. Bruce Stephen Northcote (b. 1969)
*********** (24) Alan McNeill Northcote (b. 1940)
************ (25) Peter Bruce Northcote (b. 1964)
************ (26) Stuart Paul Northcote (b. 1966)
*********** (27) Geoffrey John Northcote (b. 1947)
********* ''Cyril Charles Stafford Northcote (1874–1946)''
********** ''John Wilfred Cyril Stafford Northcote (1904–1970)''
*********** (28) Martin Charles Stafford Northcote (b. 1953)
************ (29) Henry Charles Northcote (b. 1992)
*********** (30) Gillian Stafford Northcote (b. 1954)
*********** (31) Nigel John Stafford Northcote (b. 1960)
*********** (32) Andrew Alexander Stafford Northcote (b. 1964)
********* ''Major Leonard Augustus Stafford Northcote (1879–1942)''
********** ''Major Denis Leonard Stafford Northcote (1904–1978)''
*********** (33) William John Northcote (b. 1939)
********** (34) Henry James Stafford Northcote (b. 1922)
******** ''Leonard Beauchamp Northcote''
********* ''Henry Peter Northcote (1891–1971)''
********** (35) Edwin Charles Stafford Northcote (b. 1926)
*********** (36) Ashley James Stafford Northcote (b. 1959)
********* ''Frederick Beauchamp Northcote (1893–1937)''
********** ''Leon Frederick James Northcote (1924–1997)''
*********** ''Richard Leon Stafford Northcote (1952–1999)''
************ (37) Christopher Thomas Stafford Northcote (b. 1985)
British History Online- Baronets
* ttp://www.northcotemanor.co.uk/brief.htm Northcote Manor, seat of Galfridus de Northcote
Governor of Hong Kong
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from 1937 to 1941, was the son of Arthur Francis Northcote, fourth son of the first Earl.
The title of the earldom is pronounced "Id-sly" while the family surname is pronounced "Northcut".
The family seat is Shillands House, near Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...
, Devon
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.
Northcote Baronets, of Hayne (1641)
*Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet
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(1600–1676)
*Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet
Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688) was a baronet from Devon, England. He lived at Hayne in the parish of Newton St Cyres, Devon, where the mansion house has since been demolished; and also at King's Nympton, Devon, a manor that he pu ...
(1628–1688)
*Sir Francis Northcote, 3rd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
(1659–1709)
* Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet (1667–1730)
*Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet
Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet (1710 – 28 May 1743), of Hayne in the parish of Newton St Cyres near Crediton in Devon, later of Pynes in the parish of Upton Pyne, Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1735 until his death in ...
(1710–1743)
*Sir Stafford Northcote, 6th Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
(1736–1770)
* Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 7th Baronet (1762–1851)
*Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (27 October 1818 – 12 January 1887), known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1874 and 18 ...
(1818–1887) (created Earl of Iddesleigh in 1885)
Earls of Iddesleigh (1885)
* Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887) * Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh (1845–1927) **Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount Saint Cyres
Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount Saint Cyres KStJ (29 August 1869 – 2 February 1926) was an English diplomat and historian.
The only son of Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh and Elizabeth Lucy Meysey-Thompson, he was styled a ...
(1869–1926), predeceased his father
* Henry Stafford Northcote, 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh (1901–1970)
* Stafford Henry Northcote, 4th Earl of Iddesleigh (1932–2004)
*John Stafford Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh (b. 1957)Present Earl
The present holder of the peerages is John Stafford Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh (born 15 February 1957). The only son of the 4th Earl and his wife Maria Luisa Alvarez-Builla y Urquijo, Contesa del Real Agrado, he was educated atDownside School
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Originall ...
and the Royal Agricultural College
;(from Virgil's Georgics)"Caring for the Fieldsand the Beasts"
, established = 2013 - University status – College
, type = Public
, president = King Charles
, vice_chancellor = Peter McCaffery
, students ...
and was styled as Viscount St Cyres between 1970 and 2004.
On 14 May 1983, he married firstly Fiona Caroline Elizabeth Wakefield, a daughter of Paul A. C. Wakefield. They were divorced in 1999, and on 9 June 2000 he married secondly Maria Ann Akaylar Lakin, daughter of John Lakin.''Burke's Peerage
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'', vol. 2 (2003), p. 2021 With his first wife he has two children:
* Thomas Stafford Northcote, Viscount St Cyres (born 1985), the heir apparent
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; and
*Lady Elizabeth Rose Adèle Northcote (born 1989)
In 2003, Lord St Cyres was living at Hayne Barton, Newton St Cyres. On 8 July 2004, he succeeded to the peerages and the baronetcy.
Line of Succession
Only those in positions (1) to (6) are in line to the Earldom. All others are only in line to the Baronetcy. * ''Sir John Northcote of Hayne, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1676)''
** ''Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688)''
*** ''Sir Francis Northcote, 3rd Baronet (1655–1709)''
*** ''Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet (1655–1729/30)''
**** ''Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet (1710–1743)''
***** ''Sir Stafford Northcote, 6th Baronet (1736–1770)''
****** ''Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 7th Baronet (1762–1851)''
******* ''Henry Stafford Northcote (1792–1850)''
******** ''Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887)''
********* ''Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh (1845–1927)''
********** ''Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount Saint Cyres (1869–1926)''
********* ''Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote (1846–1911)''
********* ''John Stafford Northcote (1850–1920)''
********** ''Henry Stafford Northcote, 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh (1901–1970)''
*********** ''Stafford Henry Northcote, 4th Earl of Iddesleigh (1932–2004)''
************ John Stafford Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh (b. 1957)
************* (1) Thomas Stafford Northcote, ''Viscount Saint Cyres'' (b. 1985)
*********** ''Edward Frederic Northcote (1934–2006)''
************ (2) Edward Bede Robert Hornby Northcote (b. 1964)
************* (3) Robert Henry Basil Northcote (b. 2000)
************ (4) Alexander Benet Paul Hornby Northcote (b. 1971)
************* (5) Anthony Theodore Robert Michael Northcote (b. 2004)
********* ''Arthur Francis Northcote (1852–1943)''
********** ''Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote (1881–1948)''
*********** (6) Maxwell Adams Stafford Northcote (b. 1911)
******** ''Reverend Henry Moubray Northcote (1826–1878)''
********* ''James Alfred Northcote (1861–1928)''
********** ''Thomas Francis Northcote (1894–1977)''
*********** (7) Peter Northcote (b. 1928)
************ (8) Hugh Stafford Northcote (b. 1960)
************ (9) Michael John Northcote (b. 1962)
*********** (10) George Arthur Northcote (b. 1929)
************ (11) Charles Moubray Northcote (b. 1961)
******* ''Reverend Stafford Charles Northcote (1796–1872)''
******** ''Lewis Stafford Northcote (1831–1882)''
********* ''Cecil Stafford Northcote (1870–1912)''
********** ''Cecil Henry Stafford Northcote (1912–2003)''
*********** (12) Amyas Henry Stafford Northcote (1937-2020)
*********** (13) Hugh Cecil Camden Stafford Northcote (b. 1938)
************ (14) Charles Walter Hugh Stafford Northcote (b. 1977)
********* ''Ernest Alfred Northcote (1875–1944)''
********** ''Oliver Stafford Northcote (1906–1933)''
*********** (15) Philip Stafford Northcote (b. 1937)
************ (16) Kent Stafford Northcote (b. 1969)
*********** (17) Geoffrey Stafford Northcote (b. 1937)
************ (18) Douglas Stafford Northcote (b. 1971)
*********** ''John Stafford Northcote (1940–c. 2000)''
************ (19) Stafford Oliver Northcote (b. 1975)
***** ''Henry Northcote (b. 1738)''
****** ''Stafford Northcote (1783–1854)''
******* ''Stafford Henry Northcote (1813–1889)''
******** ''Stafford Charles Northcote (1844–1903)''
********* ''Stafford Henry Northcote (1872–1950)''
********** ''Stafford Charles Robert Northcote (1909–1977)''
*********** (20) Stafford Robert Northcote (b. 1948)
********** ''Geoffrey Stafford Northcote (1912–1968)''
*********** (21) Dr. Robert Stafford Northcote (b. 1939)
************ (22) Roger Stafford Northcote (b. 1966)
************ (23) Dr. Bruce Stephen Northcote (b. 1969)
*********** (24) Alan McNeill Northcote (b. 1940)
************ (25) Peter Bruce Northcote (b. 1964)
************ (26) Stuart Paul Northcote (b. 1966)
*********** (27) Geoffrey John Northcote (b. 1947)
********* ''Cyril Charles Stafford Northcote (1874–1946)''
********** ''John Wilfred Cyril Stafford Northcote (1904–1970)''
*********** (28) Martin Charles Stafford Northcote (b. 1953)
************ (29) Henry Charles Northcote (b. 1992)
*********** (30) Gillian Stafford Northcote (b. 1954)
*********** (31) Nigel John Stafford Northcote (b. 1960)
*********** (32) Andrew Alexander Stafford Northcote (b. 1964)
********* ''Major Leonard Augustus Stafford Northcote (1879–1942)''
********** ''Major Denis Leonard Stafford Northcote (1904–1978)''
*********** (33) William John Northcote (b. 1939)
********** (34) Henry James Stafford Northcote (b. 1922)
******** ''Leonard Beauchamp Northcote''
********* ''Henry Peter Northcote (1891–1971)''
********** (35) Edwin Charles Stafford Northcote (b. 1926)
*********** (36) Ashley James Stafford Northcote (b. 1959)
********* ''Frederick Beauchamp Northcote (1893–1937)''
********** ''Leon Frederick James Northcote (1924–1997)''
*********** ''Richard Leon Stafford Northcote (1952–1999)''
************ (37) Christopher Thomas Stafford Northcote (b. 1985)
References
Source
* * * *British History Online- Baronets
* ttp://www.northcotemanor.co.uk/brief.htm Northcote Manor, seat of Galfridus de Northcote
See
* Baron NorthcoteExternal links
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