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Authorised form of nameEdgcumbe; George (1721 - 1795); 1st Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe
Dates1721 - 1795
Date of birth03 March 1721
Date of death04 February 1795
ActivityHonours:
Viscount Mount-Edgcumbe and Valletort 1781; Earl 1789
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/06/1784
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; No election certificate - Journal Book, 10 June 1784, "George Lord Viscount Edgcombe was proposed for Election as a peer of the realm his Lordship was immediately put to the ballot and chosen into the Society"
CodeNA1055
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/6/143Letter, 'Of a subterrenean cavern near Stonehouse' from Francis Geach to George Edgcumbe6 June 1775
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