Paul Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth

Paul Edward Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth, 9th Marquess of Olías (born 8 October 1940[1]), is a British hereditary peer,[2] who succeeded his father, Pownoll Pellew, 9th Viscount Exmouth (1908–1970), upon the latter's death.

[3] Despite succeeding to the family titles in 1970, Lord Exmouth did not make his maiden speech in the House of Lords until 20 December 1995.

[4] He opened his speech, which was on the subject of chequebook journalism, with a statement that his main interests lay with the tourist industry.

[5] In 1999, Viscount Exmouth was recognized by the Spanish government as the Marquess of Olías, a title in the Spanish nobility dating from 1652 and previously held by his mother, María Luisa de Urquijo y Losada (1911–1994).

Paul Pellew, as he was then, married firstly in 1964 (divorced 1974) Maria Krystina de Garay y Garay (1943–2005),[7] by whom he had an only child: Viscount Exmouth married secondly in 1975 (divorced 2000), as her second husband, Rosemary Frances Beauclerk, Countess of Burford (who married thirdly in 2020 William Coleridge, 5th Baron Coleridge), only daughter of Dr Francis Harold Scoones, having twin sons: He married thirdly in 2002 (divorced 2003) Sarah née Goalen (1942–2013; widow of Anthony Samuel Edgar).