Arms of Fermor: Argent, a fess sable between three lions' heads erased gules
Creation date
27 December 1721
Created by
George I
Peerage
Peerage of Great Britain
First holder
Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster
Last holder
George Fermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret
Remainder to
1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
Baron Leominster
Status
Extinct
Extinction date
8 June 1867
Seat(s)
Easton Neston
Motto
Hora e Sempre (Latin for 'Now and Always')[1]
George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret
Earl of Pomfret (alias Pontefract)[n 1] was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1721 for Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster. The title became extinct upon the death of the fifth earl in 1867.
^Debrett, John (1840). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. p. 578. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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