Arms: Per pale Argent and Sable, a Chevron and in base a Crescent all counter-changed, on a Canton Azure, a Harp Or, stringed Argent. Crest: Arm in armour embowed, the hand holding a Sword proper, hilt and pommel Or. Supporters: Dexter: a Piper of the Irish Guards, holding under the interior arm a Bagpipe proper, charged on the shoulder with an Escutcheon barry nebuly of six Argent and Azure. Sinister: a Sepoy of the 3rd/2nd Punjabi Regiment, holding in the exterior hand a rifle proper, charged on the shoulder with an Escutcheon barry nebuly of six Argent and Azure.
Creation date
14 March 1952
Created by
Queen Elizabeth II
Peerage
Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder
Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis
Present holder
Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl
Heir presumptive
The Hon. Brian James Alexander
Remainder to
the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
Viscount Alexander of Tunis Baron Rideau
Status
Extant
Motto
MARE, PER TERRAS, PER ASTRA (By sea, by land, by the stars)
Earl Alexander of Tunis is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 March 1952 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis.[1] He had already been created Viscount Alexander of Tunis, of Errigal in the County of Donegal, on 1 March 1946,[2] and was made Baron Rideau, of Ottawa and of Castle Derg in the County of Tyrone, at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Alexander was the third son of James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second and present holder of the titles. He briefly served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) under Edward Heath from January to March 1974. However, he lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. As a male line descendant of the fourth Earl of Caledon, he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.
^"No. 39491". The London Gazette. 14 March 1952. p. 1468.
^"No. 37491". The London Gazette. 5 March 1946. p. 1241.
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