Earl Beatty

{{short description|Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}

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{{Infobox nobility title

| name = Earl Beatty

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| caption = Arms: Azure, a Beehive, beset with nine Bees volant Or, a Chief Argent, charged with a Cross of St George Gules. Crest: A Demi-Lion Gules, holding in the dexter paw a Crescent Or. Supporters: Dexter: a Sailor of the Royal Navy proper. Sinister: a Soldier of the Royal Marines proper.

| creation_date = 18 October 1919

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| monarch = King George V

| peerage = Peerage of the United Kingdom

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| first_holder = David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

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| present_holder = David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty

| heir_apparent = Sean Beatty, Viscount Borodale

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| remainder_to = 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten

| subsidiary_titles = Viscount Borodale
Baron Beatty

| status = Extant

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| motto = NON VI SED ARTE
Not by force but by art

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Image:Rear Admiral David Beatty pre-1915.jpg

Earl Beatty is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the prominent naval commander Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty.{{London Gazette |issue=31610 |date=21 October 1919 |page=12889}} He was created Baron Beatty, of the North Sea and of Brooksby in the County of Leicester, and Viscount Borodale, of Wexford in the County of Wexford, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The latter title is used as a courtesy title for the Earl's eldest son and heir apparent. Lord Beatty was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented Peckham in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 1931 to 1936 and briefly served as Under-Secretary of State for Air in Winston Churchill's 1945 caretaker government. {{As of|2014}} the titles are held by his eldest son, the third Earl, who succeeded in 1972.