Earl Roberts
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Earl Roberts, of Kandahar in Afghanistan and Pretoria in the Transvaal Colony and of the City of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1901 for Field Marshal
Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts
. He had already been created Baron Roberts of Kandahar, in Afghanistan, and of the City of Waterford, in 1892, and was made Viscount St Pierre at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The barony was created with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body while the viscountcy and earldom were created with special remainders to his daughters and the heirs male of their bodies, as his sons had already predeceased him. The barony became extinct on Lord Roberts's death in 1914 while he was succeeded in the viscountcy and earldom according to the special remainders by his eldest daughter, the second Countess. She died unmarried and was succeeded by her younger sister, the third Countess. The titles became extinct on the latter's death in 1955.
Sir Abraham Roberts
, father of the first Earl, was also a distinguished soldier.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1901 for Field Marshal
Field Marshal
Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on...
. He had already been created Baron Roberts of Kandahar, in Afghanistan, and of the City of Waterford, in 1892, and was made Viscount St Pierre at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The barony was created with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body while the viscountcy and earldom were created with special remainders to his daughters and the heirs male of their bodies, as his sons had already predeceased him. The barony became extinct on Lord Roberts's death in 1914 while he was succeeded in the viscountcy and earldom according to the special remainders by his eldest daughter, the second Countess. She died unmarried and was succeeded by her younger sister, the third Countess. The titles became extinct on the latter's death in 1955.
Sir Abraham Roberts
Abraham Roberts
General Sir Abraham Roberts GCB was a British Army General who served nearly 50 years in India.Roberts had two sons, both who obtained the highest ranks in the British Army...
, father of the first Earl, was also a distinguished soldier.
Earls Roberts (1901)
- Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl RobertsFrederick Roberts, 1st Earl RobertsField Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on...
(1832–1914)- Hon. Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts (1872–1899)
- Aileen Mary Roberts, 2nd Countess RobertsAileen Roberts, 2nd Countess RobertsAileen Mary Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts, DBE was one of the six children of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, V.C. and Nora Henrietta Bews.-Titles:...
(1870–1944) - Ada Edwina Stewart Lewin, 3rd Countess Roberts (1875–1955)