Paul Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth
British peer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Edward Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth, 9th Marquess of Olías (born 8 October 1940[1], died before 2026[2]), was a British hereditary peer,[3] who succeeded his father, Pownoll Pellew, 9th Viscount Exmouth (1908–1970), upon the latter's death.[4]
8 October 1940
The Viscount Exmouth | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 2 December 1970 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 9th Viscount Exmouth |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul Edward Pellew 8 October 1940 |
| Died | before 2026 |
| Party | Crossbencher (non-affiliated) |
| Relations | Earls of Iddesleigh; Marqueses de Amurrio |
| Education | Downside School |
Despite succeeding to the family titles in 1970, Lord Exmouth did not make his maiden speech in the House of Lords until 20 December 1995.[5] He opened his speech, which was on the subject of chequebook journalism, with a statement that his main interests lay with the tourist industry.[6]
In 1999, Viscount Exmouth was recognized by the Spanish government as the Marquess of Olías, a title in the Spanish nobility dating from 1652 and previously held by his mother, María Luisa de Urquijo y Losada (1911–1994).[7]
Family
The Hon. Paul Pellew, as he was then, married firstly in 1964 (divorced 1974) Maria Krystina de Garay y Garay (1943–2005),[8] by whom he had an only child:
- Hon. Patricia Sofia Pellew (born 14 April 1966)[9]
Viscount Exmouth married secondly in 1975 (divorced 2000), as her second husband, Rosemary Frances Beauclerk, Countess of Burford (who married thirdly in 2020 William Coleridge, 5th Baron Coleridge), only daughter of Dr Francis Harold Scoones, having twin sons:
- Edward Francis Pellew, 11th Viscount Exmouth (born 30 October 1978), married 2023 Catherine Mary Reed, daughter of Simon and Elizabeth Reed from Shropshire.
- Hon. Alexander Paul Pellew (born 30 October 1978).[10]
He married thirdly in 2002 (divorced 2003) Sarah née Goalen (1942–2013; widow of Anthony Samuel Edgar).
Arms
  |
|
See also
Notes
- Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.