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.

Background

Mount Edgcumbe was the second but eldest surviving son of

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, and Lady Sophia, daughter of

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. He gained the courtesy title Viscount Valletort on the death of his elder brother,

William Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort William Richard Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort (19 November 1794 – 29 October 1818), was a British politician. Background Valletort was the eldest son of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, and Lady Sophia, daughter of John Hobar ...

, in 1818.

Political career

Mount Edgcumbe was returned to Parliament for

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in 1819 (succeeding his deceased elder brother Lord Valletort), a seat he held until 1826, and then represented

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until 1830. In 1837 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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Family

Lord Mount Edgcumbe married Caroline Augusta, daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles Feilding, in 1831. She was a half-sister of

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. He died in September 1861, aged 64, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son,

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. Lady Mount Edgcumbe survived him by 20 years and died in November 1881.

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