Earl of Wilton

Earldom of Wilton
Arms: Quarterly: 1st, Azure, a Garb Or (Grosvenor); 2nd, Argent, a Lion rampant Gules, between three Pheons ponts downwards Sable (Egerton); 3rd, Barry of six Argent and Azure, a Label of five points Gules (Grey de Wilton); 4th, Argent, a Mullet Sable, pierced Argent (Assheton). Crest: A Talbot statant Or. Supporters: On either side a Talbot reguardant Or, collared and charged on the shoulder with a Mullet Azure.
Creation date	26 June 1801
Created by	King George III
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton
Present holder	Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton
Heir apparent	Julian Grosvenor, Viscount Grey de Wilton
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Grey de Wilton Baron Ebury
Status	Extant
Motto	VIRTUS NON STEMMA (Virtue, not ancestry)

Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Herefordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Grey de Wilton, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Both titles were created with remainder to the second and all younger sons successively of his daughter Eleanor, wife of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster.^[1]