The Earl then lived with Beryl Cottrell from Millbrook, who he later married in 2017.

The earl and his immediate predecessor both moved to Cornwall on succeeding to the title.

Upon his death in 2021, the earl was succeeded by his half-brother, Christopher George Mortimer Edgcumbe.

In 1872 the Earl of Edgcumbe was the sixth largest landowner in Cornwall with 13,288 acres (5,377 ha).

[3] Mount Edgcumbe House was severely damaged by incendiary bombs in 1941.