Eric Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez

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The Lord de Saumarez
Born
Eric Douglas Saumarez

13 August 1956
England
NationalityBritish

Eric Douglas Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez (born 13 August 1956), is a British hereditary peer.

Life

Born and brought up in Suffolk, Saumarez is the son of James Victor Broke Saumarez, 6th Baron de Saumarez, by his marriage to Joan Beryl Charlton. He was educated at Milton Abbey School in Dorset, the University of Nottingham, and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

He married, firstly, Christine Elizabeth Halliday, daughter of Bernard Neil Halliday, on 14 July 1982, and they had two children, Claire (born 23 February 1984) and Emily (born 14 June 1985). They were divorced in 1990. On 2 September 1991 Saumarez married secondly Susan Hearn, daughter of Joseph Hearn.

Also in 1991 Saumarez succeeded to the title of

Shrubland Park, Coddenham
, but sold it in 2006. He later settled on the island of Guernsey, where his family originated.

Historical context

Baron de Saumarez, of the Island of Guernsey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created on 15 September 1831 for the naval commander Admiral Sir James Saumarez, 1st Baronet. He was succeeded by his eldest son. James, the second Baron, a clergyman, who was succeeded by his younger brother, John, the third Baron.

The ancestral family seat was at Le Guet, Castel, on the island of Guernsey, with a second seat from 1882 at Shrubland Park, near Ipswich, Suffolk. Shrubland Park was sold by the present Lord de Saumarez in 2006 after the death of his mother. The Saumarez Manor estate in Guernsey belongs to a senior line of the family from which the Barons de Saumarez are descended: Matthew de Sausmarez (1718–1778), father of the first baron, was the younger brother of John (1706–1774), of Sausmarez Manor.

Arms

Coat of arms of Eric Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez
Crest
A falcon displayed Proper.
Escutcheon
Argent on a chevron Gules between three leopards' faces Sable as many castles triple-towered Or.
Supporters
Dexter a unicorn tail between the legs Argent navally gorged Azure charged on the shoulder with a castle triple-towered Or sinister a greyhound Argent collared Gules rimmed Or charged on the shoulder with a wreath of laurel Vert encircling an anchor Sable.
Motto
In Deo Spero (I Hope In God)[1]

Sources

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [
    better source needed
    ]

References

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2341.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron de Saumarez
1991–present
Member of the House of Lords
(1991–1999) 		Incumbent
Heir presumptive:
Hon. Victor Saumarez


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