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{{short description|Extinct earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}

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[[Image:Earl Roberts of Kandahar.jpg|thumb|200px|Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.]]

'''Earl Roberts''', of [[Kandahar]] in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pretoria]] in the [[Transvaal Colony]] and of the [[City of Waterford]], was a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1901 for [[Field Marshal]] [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts]]. He had already been created '''Baron Roberts''', of Kandahar in Afghanistan, and of the City of Waterford, in 1892, and was made '''Viscount St Pierre''' at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The [[baron]]y was created with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body while the viscountcy and earldom were created with special remainders to his daughters and the heirs male of their bodies, as his sons had already predeceased him. The barony became extinct on Lord Roberts's death in 1914. He was succeeded in the viscountcy and earldom according to the special remainders by his eldest daughter, the second Countess. She died unmarried and was succeeded by her younger sister, the third Countess. The latter’s son and only child Lieutenant Frederick Roberts Alexander Lewin was killed in action in the [[Second World War]] and consequently the viscountcy and earldom became extinct on the third Countess’s death in 1955.

==Family==
Frederick Roberts was the son of [[Abraham Roberts|Sir Abraham Roberts]], who was also a distinguished soldier and general.<ref>{{cite web |title=Will on Genealogy.com |url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/l/Janine-Jol/GENE6-0002.html |accessdate=8 January 2023 |quote=This is the last Will of me, General Sir Abraham Roberts KGB. of number 25 Royal York & Crescent Clifton Bristol. I bequeath unto and equally between my dearest Wife, Isabella Roberts and mu Daughter, Harriet Mercer Roberts […]}}</ref>

== Earl Roberts (1901) ==
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* [[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|15px]] '''[[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts]]''' (1832–1914)
** [[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|15px]] '''[[Aileen Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts|Aileen Mary Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts]]''' (1870–1944)
** The Hon. [[Frederick Roberts (British Army officer, born 1872)|Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts]] (1872–1899)
** [[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|15px]] '''Ada Edwina Stewart Lewin, 3rd Countess Roberts''' (1875–1955)
*** Frederick Roberts Alexander Lewin (1915–1940)
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==Arms==
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|image={{center|[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|200px|centre]][[File:Arms of Roberts, Earl Roberts.svg|200px|centre]]}}
|escutcheon =  Azure, three stars or; on a chief wavy or, an eastern crown gules.
|coronet = A [[Coronet#British coronet rankings|Coronet of an Earl]]
|crest = A lion rampant or, holding in its paw an ancient sword in bend proper, and charged on the shoulder with an eastern crown gules. 
|supporters = Dexter, a soldier of the [[92nd_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot|92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment]]; sinister, a soldier of the [[5th_Gorkha_Rifles_(Frontier_Force)|5th Ghurka Rifles]], each costumed and accoutred proper.
|motto = '''VIRTUTE ET VALOR''' <br>''By virtue and valor'' <ref>{{cite book |last=|first= |author-link=|date=1903 |title= Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage |url=https://archive.org/details/b24883797/page/n737/mode/1up?q=roberts&view=theater|location=London |publisher=Dean & Son |pages=692–693|isbn=}}</ref>
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== References ==
*Hannah, W. H. ''Bobs, Kipling's General: The Life of Field-Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar, V.C.'' London: Lee Cooper, 1972. {{ISBN|085052038X}} {{OCLC|2681649}}
* {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

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[[Category:Noble titles created in 1901]]
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