Countess of Carnarvon

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Earldom of Carnarvon
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Creation date1 March 2023
CreationFirst
Created byEdward IX
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderElizabeth Howard-Campbell, 1st Duchess of Edinburgh
Present holderElizabeth Howard-Campbell, 1st Duchess of Edinburgh
Heir apparentMiann Howard-Campbell, 1st Earl of Lothian
Remainder tothe 1st Countess's heirs of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesViscountess St. James
Baroness Grey
StatusExtant
Seat(s)Arundel Castle
Edinburgh House
MottoJe Sers Et Répondrai ("I serve and will respond")

Countess of Carnarvon is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created on 1 March 2023 for Elizabeth Howard-Campbell, formerly Elizabeth Somerset, to celebrate the end of her reign as Queen Elizabeth III. On creating the title, King Edward IX wrote, "[Elizabeth], from her arrival in the region in the fabled summer of 2020, has constantly given her utmost to this great community, whether as a parliamentarian, administrator, or servant of and lately wearer of the Crown." [1] The title is held with Duchess of Edinburgh, Marchioness of Snowdon, Viscountess St. James, and Baroness Grey. The earldom is also held with the position of Head of the Howard-Campbell family and ownership of Arundel Castle and Edinburgh House, their estates, and the liquid assets of the first Duchess by virtue of the entail.

Earls of Edinburgh, First Creation (1 March 2023)

Created by Edward IX
# Name Period Spouse Notes Other titles
1 Elizabeth Howard-Campbell 1 March 2023
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Present
Robert Romefeller Created for service as Elizabeth III. Duchess of Edinburgh

Marchioness of Snowdon
Viscountess St. James
Baroness Grey

Succession to the Earldom

Coat of Arms

Coat of arms of the Countess of Carnarvon
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Adopted
19 June 2023
Coronet
A coronet of a Duchess
Crest
On a Mount Vert a Horse passant Argent holding in the mouth a Slip of Oak Vert fructed proper (Crumby Crumpet)
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st: Gules on a Bend between six Cross-crosslets fitchy Argent an Escutcheon Or charged with a Demi-lion rampant pierced through the mouth by an arrow within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the first; 2nd: Sanguine a Lion rampant Argent, Armed Sable and Langued Gules; 3rd: Argent upon a rock proper a castle triple towered sable masoned argent windows port turret-caps and vanes gules; 4th: Or on a Bend Azure a Mullet of six points between two Crescents of the field.
Supporters
On either side a a stag Argent, attired and unguled Or.
Motto
Je Sers Et Répondrai ("I serve and will respond").
Orders
Circlet of the Order of the Garter (appointed Chancellor and Lady Companion 1 March 2023).

Footnotes

  1. [1], "Accession Speech", 1 March 2023.