Earl of Merioneth | |
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Creation date | 20 November 1947 |
Creation | First |
Created by | George VI |
Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
First holder | Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
Last holder | Charles, Prince of Wales |
Remainder to | the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
Status | Merged with crown |
Extinction date | 8 September 2022 |
Former seat(s) | Clarence House |
Earl of Merioneth was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1947 along with the Duke of Edinburgh and the Baron Greenwich for Philip Mountbatten, later Prince Philip, upon his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II.[1]
Merionethshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, a vice county and a former administrative county.