Arms of Northcote: Argent, three crosses crosslet in bend sable. Crest: On a chapeau gules turned up Ermine a stag trippant argent. Supporters: On either side a stag proper suspended from the neck by a chain or an escutcheon ermine charged with a pine cone or.[1]
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He notably served as Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and a Justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant in Devonshire.[6] On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the third Earl. He was the youngest son of John Stafford Northcote, third son of the first Earl. His eldest son, the fourth Earl, served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon. As of 2017[update] the titles are held by the latter's only son, the fifth Earl, who succeeded in 2004.
The Northcote Baronetcy, of Haynes in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1641 for John Northcote. He represented Ashburton, Devon and Barnstaple in the House of Commons. His grandson, the third Baronet (who succeeded his father), died childless in 1709 and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He was a Medical Doctor. His son, the fifth Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Exeter. His great-great-grandson was the aforementioned eighth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1885.
John Stafford Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh (b. 1957)
Present Earl
The present holder of the peerages is John Stafford Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh (born 15 February 1957). The only son of the 4th Earl and his wife Maria Luisa Alvarez-Builla y Urquijo, Condesa del Real Agrado, he was educated at Downside School and the Royal Agricultural College and was styled as Viscount St Cyres between 1970 and 2004.
On 14 May 1983, he married firstly Fiona Caroline Elizabeth Wakefield, a daughter of Paul A. C. Wakefield. They were divorced in 1999, and on 9 June 2000 he married secondly Maria Ann Akaylar Lakin, daughter of John Lakin.[7] With his first wife he has two children:
Thomas Stafford Northcote, Viscount St Cyres (born 1985), the heir apparent;[7] and
Lady Elizabeth Rose Adèle Northcote (born 1989)[7]
In 2003, Lord St Cyres was living at Hayne Barton, Newton St Cyres.[7] On 8 July 2004, he succeeded to the peerages and the baronetcy.
Line of Succession
Only those in positions (1) to (6) are in line to the Earldom. All others are only in line to the Baronetcy.
Sir John Northcote of Hayne, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1676)[citation needed]
Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688)
Sir Francis Northcote, 3rd Baronet (1655–1709)
Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet (1655–1729/30)
Sir Henry Northcote, 5th Baronet (1710–1743)
Sir Stafford Northcote, 6th Baronet (1736–1770)
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 7th Baronet (1762–1851)
Henry Stafford Northcote (1792–1850)
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887)[citation needed]
Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh (1845–1927)
Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount Saint Cyres (1869–1926)
Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote (1846–1911)
John Stafford Northcote (1850–1920)
Henry Stafford Northcote, 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh (1901–1970)
Stafford Henry Northcote, 4th Earl of Iddesleigh (1932–2004)
John Stafford Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh (b. 1957)
(1) Thomas Stafford Northcote, Viscount Saint Cyres (b. 1985)
Edward Frederic Northcote (1934–2006)
(2) Edward Bede Robert Hornby Northcote (b. 1964)
(3) Robert Henry Basil Northcote (b. 2000)
(4) Alexander Benet Paul Hornby Northcote (b. 1971)
(5) Anthony Theodore Robert Michael Northcote (b. 2004)
