Earl Beatty is a title in the

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. It was created in 1919 for the prominent naval commander

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Sir David Beatty Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, (17 January 1871 – 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the Battle Cruiser Fleet at t ...

. He was created Baron Beatty, of the North Sea and of

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in the

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, and Viscount Borodale, of

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in the County of Wexford, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The latter title is used as a

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for the Earl's eldest son and heir apparent. Lord Beatty was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented

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in the

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as a

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from 1931 to 1936 and briefly served as

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in Winston Churchill's 1945 caretaker government. the titles are held by his eldest son, the third Earl, who succeeded in 1972.

Earl Beatty (1919)

* David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871–1936) * David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty (1905–1972) *

David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty (born 21 November 1946) is a British peer and photographer. Known from birth by the courtesy title of Viscount Borodale, in 1972 he succeeded his father as Earl Beatty and gained a seat in the House of Lords, but rare ...

(born 1946) The

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is the present holder's son, Sean David Beatty, Viscount Borodale (born 1973), who works as a poet and artist, "making scriptive and documentary poems written on location."Two Poems by Sean Borodale, ''The London Magazine'', nd
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The heir apparent's heir apparent is his elder son,

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Orlando Thomas Beatty (born 2003).

Line of succession

''Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871–1936)'' ** Coronet of a British Earl

'' David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty (1905–1972)'' *** Coronet of a British Earl

David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty (born 1946) **** (1) Sean David Beatty, ''Viscount Borodale'' (born 1973) ***** (2) ''Hon.'' Orlando Thomas Beatty (born 2003) ***** (3) ''Hon.'' Louis David Beatty (born 2007) **** (4) ''Hon.'' Peter Wystan Beatty (born 1975) *** (5) ''Hon.'' Nicholas Duncan Beatty (born 1961) **** (6) David Brin Charles Beatty (born 1992)

Notes

References

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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beatty Earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1919