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Earl of Cottenham

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

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{{Infobox nobility title

| name = Earldom of Cottenham

| image = File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg File:Earl of Cottenham COA.svg

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| caption = Sable, on a Bend Or, between two Nag's Heads erased Argent, three Fleurs-de-lis Sable.

| creation_date = 11 June 1850

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| monarch = Queen Victoria

| peerage = Peerage of the United Kingdom

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| first_holder = Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham

| last_holder =

| present_holder = Mark Pepys, 9th Earl of Cottenham

| heir_apparent = Charlie Pepys, Viscount Crowhurst

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

| subsidiary_titles = Viscount Crowhurst
Baron Cottenham

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| motto = Mens Cujusque is est quisque
("Each man's character is his true self")

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Image:Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham by Charles Robert Leslie cropped.jpg

Earl of Cottenham ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|t|ən|ə|m}}), of Cottenham in the County of Cambridge, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1850 for the prominent lawyer and Whig politician Charles Pepys, 1st Baron Cottenham.{{London Gazette |issue=21101 |date=4 June 1850 |page=1568}} {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛ|p|ɪ|s}}){{refn|group=n|Pronounced "peppis", not "peeps" in this branch of the family. Gillian Avery: Introduction. In: The Journal of Emily Pepys (London: Prospect Books, 1984. {{ISBN|0-907325-24-6}}), p. 11.}}per Debretts Peerage, 1968, p.287 He served as Lord Chancellor from 1836 to 1841 and from 1846 to 1850. Pepys had already been created Baron Cottenham, of Cottenham in the County of Cambridge, in 1836,{{London Gazette |issue=19348 |date=19 January 1836 |page=100}} and was made Viscount Crowhurst, of Crowhurst in the County of Surrey, at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The viscountcy is used as a courtesy title for the Earl's eldest son and heir apparent.

In 1845 Lord Cottenham succeeded his elder brother as third Baronet, of Wimpole Street, and in 1849 he also succeeded his cousin as fourth Baronet, of Brook Street, according to a special remainder in the letters patent. The Baronetcy, of Wimpole Street, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1801 for Lord Cottenham's father William Pepys, a Master in Chancery.{{London Gazette |issue=15372 |date=2 June 1801 |page=619}} The Baronetcy, of Brook Street, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1784 for Lucas Pepys.{{London Gazette |issue=12502 |date=20 December 1783 |page=1}} {{As of|2010}} the titles are held by the first Earl's great-great-great-grandson, the ninth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2000.

The title of the earldom is derived from the village of Cottenham in Cambridgeshire, birthplace of John Pepys, ancestor of the first Earl, and great-uncle of Samuel Pepys the diarist. Another member of the Pepys family was Henry Pepys, third son of Sir William Pepys, 1st Baronet, and younger brother of the first Earl. He was Bishop of Worcester from 1841 to 1860.

The family seat is Priory Manor, near Kington St Michael, Wiltshire.

Pepys baronets, of Wimpole Street (1801)

  • Sir William Pepys, 1st Baronet (1740–1825), created baronet 23 June 1801.{{cite book|last=Burke|first=Bernard|authorlink=Bernard Burke|editor=Ashworth P. Burke|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage|edition=65th|year=1903|publisher=Harrison and Sons|location=London|page=368}}
  • Sir William Weller Pepys, 2nd Baronet (1778–1845)
  • Sir Charles Pepys, 3rd Baronet (1781–1851) (created Baron Cottenham in 1836 and Earl of Cottenham in 1850)

Earls of Cottenham (1850)

Present peer

Mark John Henry Pepys, 9th Earl of Cottenham (born 11 October 1983) is the elder son of the 8th Earl of Cottenham and his wife Sarah Lombard-Hobson. He was styled as Viscount Crowhurst between 1983 and 20 October 2000, when he succeeded to the peerages and baronetcies. He has an older sister, Lady Georgina Pepys (born 1981), and a younger brother, Sam Richard Pepys (born 1986).Burke's Peerage, volume 1 (2003), p. 908

In 2019, the fund manager Bite Investments appointed Cottenham as its Head of Operations for China"Cottenham, 9th Earl of, (Mark John Henry Pepys) (born 11 Oct. 1983)", Who's Who online edition, accessed 20 February 2023 {{subscription required}}

The heir apparent is Cottenham's son Charlie Thomas Crowhurst Pepys, Viscount Crowhurst (born 2020).

Pepys baronets, of Brook Street (1784)

see Earls of Cottenham for further succession

Notes and citations

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References

  • {{cite book |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |date=1921| title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy| url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/235 | location=London |publisher=Dean & Son|page=235}}
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
  • {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

External links

  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-charles-pepys | Charles Edward Pepys, 2nd Earl of Cottenham }}
  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-william-pepys | William John Pepys, 3rd Earl of Cottenham }}
  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-kenelm-pepys-1 | Kenelm Charles Edward Pepys, 4th Earl of Cottenham }}
  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-kenelm-pepys-2 | Kenelm Charles Francis Pepys, 5th Earl of Cottenham }}
  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-mark-pepys | Mark Everard Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham }}
  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-john-pepys | John Digby Thomas Pepys, 7th Earl of Cottenham }}
  • {{Hansard-contribs | mr-kenelm-pepys | Kenelm Charles Everard Digby Pepys, 8th Earl of Cottenham }}

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Category:Earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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Category:Noble titles created in 1850

Earl of Cottenham