Baron St Levan

St. Michael's Mount

Baron St Levan, of St Michael's Mount in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 July 1887 for the former Member of Parliament Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet. He had previously represented Cornwall West in House of Commons as a Liberal and St Ives as a Liberal Unionist. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was a Colonel and Honorary Brigadier-General in the Grenadier Guards. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Sir Arthur James Dudley Stuart St Aubyn (1867–1897), second son of the first Baron. As of 2010 the titles are held by the third Baron's son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1978. The St Aubyn Baronetcy, of St Michael's Mount in the County of Cornwall, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1866 for the first Baron's father, Edward St Aubyn. He was the illegitimate son of Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, of Clowance, on whose death in 1839 the baronetcy of Clowance had become extinct (see St Aubyn Baronets).

The ancestral seat of the St Aubyn family is the castle on St Michael's Mount, Cornwall. The castle was sold to the National Trust in 1954 but is still the home of the family.

St Aubyn Baronets, of St Michaels Mount (1866)

• Sir Edward St Aubyn, 1st Baronet (1799–1872)
• Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet (created Baron St Levan in 1887)

Barons Saint Levan (1887)

• John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan (1829–1908)
• John Townshend St Aubyn, 2nd Baron Saint Levan (1857–1940)
• Francis Cecil St Aubyn, 3rd Baron Saint Levan (1895–1978)
• John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron Saint Levan (b. 1919)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's nephew James Piers Southwell St Aubyn (b. 1950)

The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Hugh James St Aubyn (b. 1983)

See also

• St Aubyn Baronets, of Clowance

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs