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Earldom of Wilton
Arms of the Earl of Wilton
Arms: Quarterly: 1st, Azure, a Garb Or (Grosvenor); 2nd, Argent, a Lion rampant Gules, between three Pheons ponts downwards Sable (Egerton); 3rd, Barry of six Argent and Azure, a Label of five points Gules (Grey de Wilton); 4th, Argent, a Mullet Sable, pierced Argent (Assheton). Crest: A Talbot statant Or. Supporters: On either side a Talbot reguardant Or, collared and charged on the shoulder with a Mullet Azure.
Creation date26 June 1801
Created byKing George III
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderThomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton
Present holderFrancis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton
Heir apparentJulian Grosvenor, Viscount Grey de Wilton
Subsidiary titlesViscount Grey de Wilton
Baron Ebury
StatusExtant
MottoVIRTUS NON STEMMA
(Virtue, not ancestry)

Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Herefordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Grey de Wilton, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Both titles were created with remainder to the second and all younger sons successively of his daughter Eleanor, wife of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster.[1]

  1. ^ "No. 15375". The London Gazette. 13 June 1801. p. 657.

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