Earl of Carnarvon

Earldom of Carnarvon
Arms of Herbert: Per pale azure and gules three lions rampant argent a crescent for difference
Creation date3 July 1793[1]
CreationThird
Created byGeorge III
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderHenry Herbert, 1st Baron Porchester
Present holderGeorge Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon
Heir apparentGeorge Herbert, Lord Porchester
Remainder to1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesBaron Porchester (17 October 1780)
Seat(s)Highclere Castle
MottoUng je serviray ('I will serve but one master')[1]

Earl of Carnarvon is a title that has been created three times in British history.[2] The current holder is George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon. The town and county in Wales to which the title refers are historically spelled Caernarfon, having been Anglicised to Carnarvon or Caernarvon. The traditional Welsh spelling is itself a modified form of the original name of antiquity, Caer-yn-Arfon, meaning fortification opposite the island of Mona (now called Ynys Môn, Anglesey, in English).[3]

  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 697. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carnarvon, Earldom of" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  3. ^ "The History of Caernarfon". information Britain.