| Earl of Athlone | |
|---|---|
  Quarterly quartered: 1st grandquarter, I and IV: Royal arms of England, II: of Scotland; III: of Ireland; in chief a label of three points argent, the centre point charged with a cross of St. George and each of the other points with two hearts in pale also gules; upon an escutcheon of pretence the arms of Hanover, gules, two lions passant guardant in pale or, impaling a semée of hearts gules, a lion rampant azure, on a point in point gules a horse courant; 2nd and 3rd grand quarters: Party per pale, on the dexter side three stags attirés fesseways in pale sable, on the sinister side three lions passant in pale sable, over all an inescutcheon of the arms of the Duchy of Teck; in the centre point a crescent for difference | |
| Creation date | 16 July 1917[1] |
| Creation | Third |
| Created by | King George V |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Prince Alexander of Teck (first and last holder of the 3rd creation) |
| Remainder to | Heirs male of the 1st earl's body lawfully begotten[2] |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Trematon |
| Status | Extinct |
| Extinction date | 16 January 1957 |
| Seat(s) | Brantridge Park[3] |
| Motto | "Fearless and Faithful"[3] |
The title of Earl of Athlone has been created three times.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Titles of Courtesy. London: Dean. 1921. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "No. 30374". The London Gazette. 9 November 1917. p. 11594.
- ^ a b Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 165–166.