Baron St Levan, of St Michael's Mount in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 July 1887 for the former
Member of Parliament
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Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet, becoming John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan. He had previously represented
Cornwall West in
House of Commons
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as a
Liberal
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and
St Ives as a
Liberal Unionist
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. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the
second Baron, who was a
Colonel
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and Honorary
Brigadier-General in the
Grenadier Guards
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. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the third Baron, the son of the Hon. Sir Arthur James Dudley Stuart St Aubyn (1867–1897), second son of the first Baron. The third baron was succeeded in 1978 by his eldest son, the
fourth baron, who had served with the
Royal Navy
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at
Dunkirk and in a minesweeper in
Arctic Convoys
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during
World War II
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and was awarded the
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(DSC).
As of 2014, the titles are held by the fourth Baron's nephew, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2013.
The St Aubyn Baronetcy, of St Michael's Mount in the County of Cornwall, was created in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1866 for the first Baron's father, Edward St Aubyn. He was the illegitimate son of
Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, of Clowance, on whose death in 1839 the St Aubyn baronetcy of Clowance, created in the
Baronetage of England in 1671, had become extinct
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There have been two baronetcies created for members of the St Aubyn family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
The St Aubyn Baronetcy, of Clowance in the County of Cornwall, was created in the Ba ...
).
The family seat is St Michael's Mount, Cornwall
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.
St Aubyn Baronets, of St Michaels Mount (1866)
* Sir Edward St Aubyn, 1st Baronet (1799–1872)
* Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet (elevated to the peerage as the 1st Baron St Levan, created in 1887)
Barons St Levan (1887)
* John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan (1829–1908)
*John Townshend St Aubyn, 2nd Baron St Levan
Brigadier-General John Townshend St Aubyn, 2nd Baron St Levan, (23 September 1857 – 10 November 1940),St Levan, 2nd Baron, (John Townshend St Aubyn)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 December 2007. Oxford University Press. known as Hon. John Townshe ...
(1857–1940)
*Francis Cecil St Aubyn, 3rd Baron St Levan
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Places
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(1895–1978)
* John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, DSC (1919–2013)heir apparent
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is the present holder's son Hon. Hugh James St Aubyn (born 1983).
See also
* St Aubyn Baronets, of Clowance
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1887
Noble titles created for UK MPs
Cornish nobility