He succeeded his father to the earldom and Mount Edgcumbe House in 1917. He had married in 1911 Lady Edith Villiers, the only daughter of Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon. They had no children and he was succeeded by his cousin, Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.
piers, edgcumbe, earl, mount, edgcumbe, piers, alexander, hamilton, edgcumbe, earl, mount, edgcumbe, 1865, 1944, soldier, served, south, african, with, distinction, right, honourablethe, earl, mount, edgcumbedlborn2, july, 1865, 1865, englanddied18, april, 194. Piers Alexander Hamilton Edgcumbe 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe DL 1865 1944 1 was a soldier who served in the South African War with distinction The Right HonourableThe Earl of Mount EdgcumbeDLBorn2 July 1865 1865 07 02 EnglandDied18 April 1944 1944 04 19 aged 78EnglandNationalityBritishAlma materOxford UniversitySpouseLady Edith VilliersParent s William Henry Edgcumbe 4th Earl of Mount EdgcumbeLady Katherine HamiltonMilitary careerAllegianceUnited KingdomYears of service1891 1902RankCaptainUnit3rd Militia of the Duke of Cornwall s Light InfantryBattles warsSecond Boer War He was the son of William Henry Edgcumbe 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe by his first wife Lady Katherine Hamilton fourth daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn and his wife Lady Louisa Russell citation needed Educated at Oxford University and a keen horseman he was part of the varsity polo team playing against Cambridge in 1885 1887 2 He was appointed a captain in the 3rd Militia Battalion of The Duke of Cornwall s Light Infantry on 23 March 1891 After the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899 he went to serve in South Africa He left Cape Town for the United Kingdom in early May 1902 shortly before the end of the war 3 He succeeded his father to the earldom and Mount Edgcumbe House in 1917 He had married in 1911 Lady Edith Villiers the only daughter of Edward Hyde Villiers 5th Earl of Clarendon They had no children and he was succeeded by his cousin Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe References edit www npg org uk Oxford Polo Club Archive Archived from the original on 25 October 2014 Retrieved 25 August 2013 The War Invalids and others returning home The Times No 36766 London 13 May 1902 p 10 External links editwww burkespeerage com Cracroft s Peerage Peerage of Great Britain Preceded byWilliam Edgcumbe Earl of Mount Edgcumbe1917 1944 Succeeded byKenelm Edgcumbe Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Piers Edgcumbe 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe amp oldid 1132749377, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
