Earl of Cranbrook

Earl of Cranbrook

Blazon

Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, on a Bend invected, plain cotised Gules, three Catherine Wheels Or, on a Chief Gules, three Leopard’s Faces Or (Hardy); 2nd & 3rd, Per pale Argent and Or, a Bend compony Azure and Gules, between two Pellets, each within an Annulet Sable (Gathorne). Crests: 1st: a Dexter Arm embowed in armour proper, garnished Or, entwined with a Branch of Oak Vert, charged with two Catherine Wheels Gules, one above and one below the elbow, the hand grasping a Dragon’s Head erased proper (Hardy); 2nd: in front of a Wolf’s Head erased Argent, a Staff raguly fesswise Or (Gathorne). Supporters: On either side a Leopard guardant proper, gorged with a Collar Gules, pendant therefrom an Escutcheon Gules charged with a Catherine Wheel Or.

Creation date 22 August 1892
Monarch Queen Victoria
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook
Present holder Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook
Heir apparent John Gathorne-Hardy, Lord Medway
Remainder to the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body
Subsidiary titles Viscount Cranbrook
Baron Medway
Status Extant
Armorial motto ARMÉ DE FOI HARDI
(Armed with hardy faith)
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook

Earl of Cranbrook, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1892 for the prominent Conservative politician Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook. He notably held office as Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for India. Gathorne-Hardy had already been created Viscount Cranbrook, of Hemsted in the County of Kent, in 1878,[2] and was made Baron Medway, of Hemsted in the County of Kent, at the same time he was given the earldom. The latter title is used as a courtesy title for the Earl's eldest son and heir apparent. Lord Cranbrook's eldest son, the second Earl, represented Rye, Mid Kent and Medway in the House of Commons as a Conservative. As of 2010 the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the fifth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1978. He is a zoologist and environmental biologist, who was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Gold Medal in 1995.[3]

John David Gathorne-Hardy, 4th Earl of Cranbrook (who was previously married to Bridget D’Oyly Carte). 2nd Marriage to Fidelity (4), (born in 1912, JP), married on 26 July 1932 and had five children: Gathorne, 5th Earl of Cranbrook, 1933- Hugh 1941- Juliet 1934- (Catherine) Sophia 1936- Christina 1940-

Hon. Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, third son of the first Earl, sat as a Member of Parliament for Canterbury and East Grinstead. Another member of the family is the writer Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy. He is the son of Hon. Anthony Gathorne-Hardy, youngest son of the third Earl.

The family seat is Great Glemham House, near Saxmundham, Suffolk.

Earls of Cranbrook (1892)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son John Jason Gathorne-Hardy, Lord Medway (b. 1968).

Line of succession

  1. John Jason Gathorne-Hardy, Lord Medway (b. 1968)
  2. Hon. Argus Edward Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1973), younger son of the 5th Earl
  3. Hon. Hugh Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1941), younger son of the 4th Earl
  4. Frederick Jasper Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1971), elder son of (3)
  5. Alfred Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1978), younger son of (3)
  6. Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1933), grandson of the 3rd Earl by his youngest son Hon. Antony Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy (1907-1976)
  7. Benjamin Garthorne-Hardy (b. 1967), son of (7)
  8. Samuel Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1936), younger brother of (6)
  9. Robert Dee Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1973), son of (8)

Notes

  1. ↑ "No. 26326". The London Gazette. 16 September 1892. p. 5273.
  2. ↑ "No. 24578". The London Gazette. 3 May 1878. p. 2862.
  3. ↑ NEWSLETTER AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON Archived 2009-07-08 at the Wayback Machine., VOLUME 22 • NUMBER 3 • JULY 2006

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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