Arms of the 1st Earl of Snowdon at the time of the earldom's creation: Sable on a chevron argent, between in chief two fleurs-de-lis Or, and in base an eagle displayed Or, four pallets gules.[1]
Creation date
6 October 1961
Created by
Elizabeth II
Peerage
Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Present holder
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
Heir apparent
Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
Remainder to
the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
Viscount Linley Baron Armstrong-Jones (1999–2017)
Earl of Snowdon is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961, together with the subsidiary title of Viscount Linley, of Nymans in the County of Sussex, by Queen Elizabeth II for her then-brother-in-law, Antony Armstrong-Jones,[2] who married Princess Margaret in 1960.
^"Earl of Snowdon". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^"No. 42481". The London Gazette. 6 October 1961. p. 7199.
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