Earl Jellicoe is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Brocas, of Southampton in the County of Southampton, on 29 June 1925 for Admiral of the FleetJohn Jellicoe, 1st Viscount Jellicoe, on his return from being Governor-General of New Zealand, with remainder to the heirs maleof his body. He had already been created Viscount Jellicoe, of Scapa in the County of Orkney, on 15 January 1918, created with remainder to the heirs male of his body, and in default of such issue to his eldest daughter and the heirs male of her body, with the like remainder in default of such issue to every other daughter successively in order of priority of birth, and to the heirs male of their bodies.[1][2] The Jellicoe viscountcy was created with remainder to his daughters and their heirs male because, at the time of the creation, Jellicoe had five daughters and no sons. His only son was born three months later.
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Earldom of Jellicoe
Argent, three Bars wavy Azure, over all a Whale hauriant Sable. Crest: Out of a Naval Crown Or, a Demi-Wolf Azure. Supporters: On either side a Sea-Griffin Or.
The title of Viscount Brocas is used as a courtesy title for the earl's eldest son and heir apparent. Brocas was chosen due to the descent of Admiral Jellicoe's great-grandmother, Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Whalley-Smythe-Gardiner, 2nd Baronet, of Roche Court, Fareham, from the last of the Brocases of Beaurepaire (purchased 1353, sold 1873), Sherborne St John, Hampshire. This was a family with Gascon roots that produced two masters of the horse and a 300-year (14th to 17th century) line of hereditary masters of the king's buckhounds.[3]
Patrick John Bernard Jellicoe, 3rd Earl Jellicoe (b. 1950).[4]
Present peer
Patrick John Bernard Jellicoe, 3rd Earl Jellicoe (born 29 April 1950), is the son of the 2nd Earl and his wife Patricia Christine O'Kane. Formally styled as Viscount Brocas from birth, he was educated at Eton College. In 2003 he was living in Tiverton, Devon.[4]
On 22 February 2007, he succeeded his father as Earl Jellicoe (U.K., 1925), Viscount Brocas (U.K., 1925) and Viscount Jellicoe, of Scapa, Orkney (U.K., 1918).[4]
In 1971, as Lord Brocas, he married Geraldine Ann FitzGerald Jackson; they were divorced in 1981, having one son, Justin Amadeus Jellicoe (born 1970).
Jellicoe also has a son with Clare Fisher, Jack Jellicoe (born 1977).[4]
As both sons were born outside wedlock, the heir presumptive to the peerages is the present holder's brother, the Hon. Nicholas Charles Joseph Jellicoe (born 1953).[7][8]
Line of succession
Hon. Nicholas Charles Joseph John Jellicoe (b. 1953), second son of the 2nd earl
Hon. John Philip Jellicoe (b. 1966), third and youngest son of the 2nd earl
The above are in the line of succession for both the earldom and the viscountcies. There are further heirs to the viscountcy of Jellicoe (but not that of Brocas) in accordance with the special remainder granted in that title to the heirs male of the first viscount's daughters in order of birth.
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