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Earl Beatty
Arms: Azure, a Beehive, beset with nine Bees volant Or, a Chief Argent, charged with a Cross of St George Gules. Crest: A Demi-Lion Gules, holding in the dexter paw a Crescent Or. Supporters: Dexter: a Sailor of the Royal Navy proper. Sinister: a Soldier of the Royal Marines proper.
Creation date	18 October 1919
Monarch	George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
Present holder	David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty
Heir apparent	Sean Beatty, Viscount Borodale
Remainder to	1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Borodale Baron Beatty
Status	Extant
Motto	NON VI SED ARTE Not by force but by art

David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

Earl Beatty is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the prominent naval commander Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty.^[1] He was created Baron Beatty, of the North Sea and of Brooksby in the County of Leicester, and Viscount Borodale, of Wexford in the County of Wexford, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The latter title is used as a courtesy title for the Earl's eldest son and heir apparent. Lord Beatty was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented Peckham in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 1931 to 1936 and briefly served as Under-Secretary of State for Air in Winston Churchill's 1945 caretaker government. As of 2014^[update] the titles are held by his eldest son, the third Earl, who succeeded in 1972.

Earls Beatty (1919)

• 
  David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871–1936)


• 
  David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty (1905–1972)


• David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty (b. 1946)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Sean David Beatty, Viscount Borodale (b. 1973). Sean Borodale works as a poet and artist, making scriptive and documentary poems written on location.^[2]

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his elder son, the Honourable Orlando Thomas Beatty (b. 2003).

Notes

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,^{[page needed]}


• 
  Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source][better source needed]}

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty