- Earl Sondes
Earl Sondes, of Lees Court in the County of Kent, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1880 for the former ConservativeMember of Parliament for East Kent, George Watson Milles, 5th Baron Sondes. He was made Viscount Throwley, of the County of Kent, at the same time, which title was used as acourtesy title by the eldest son and heir apparent of the Earl. The titles became extinct on the death of his great-grandson, the fifth Earl, in 1996. HelloThe title of Baron Sondes, of Lees Court in the County of Kent, was created in the
Peerage of Great Britain in 1760 for Lewis Watson. Born the Hon. Lewis Monson, he was the second son ofJohn Monson, 1st Baron Monson , and his wife Lady Margaret Watson, youngest daughter ofLewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham (see these titles for earlier history of the families). In 1746 he assumed the surname of Watson on succeeding to the estates of his cousin,Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham (who was also Viscount Sondes). His son, the second Baron, represented Hedon in the House of Commons. His younger son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his brother in 1836, assumed in 1820 by Royal license the surname of Milles only. On his death the title passed to his son, the aforementioned fifth Baron, who was created Earl Sondes in 1880.The family seat of the Earls Sondes was Lees Court, near Faversham, in Kent, England. The Lees Court Estate is today (2008) owned by the Countess Sondes, widow of the 5th and last Earl Sondes. The manor house itself, however, has been subdivided into flats.
Barons Sondes (1760)
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Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Sondes (1728-1795)
*Lewis Thomas Watson, 2nd Baron Sondes (1754-1806)
*Lewis Richard Watson, 3rd Baron Sondes (1792-1836)
*George John Milles, 4th Baron Sondes (1794-1874)
*George Watson Milles, 5th Baron Sondes (1824-1894) (created Earl Sondes in 1880)Earls Sondes (1880)
*George Watson Milles, 1st Earl Sondes (1824-1894)
*George Edward Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes (1861-1907)
*Lewis Arthur Milles, 3rd Earl Sondes (1866-1941)
*George Henry Milles, 4th Earl Sondes (1914-1970)
*Henry George Herbert Milles-Lade, 5th Earl Sondes (1940-1996)ee also
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Baron Monson
*Viscount Monson
*Monson Baronets
*Earl of Rockingham References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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