Earl of Snowdon

Earldom of Snowdon
Sable on a chevron argent, between in chief two fleurs-de-lis Or, and in base an eagle displayed Or, four pallets gules.
Creation date	6 October 1961
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Anthony Armstrong-Jones
Present holder	David Armstrong-Jones
Heir apparent	Charles Armstrong-Jones
Remainder to	the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Linley

Earl of Snowdon is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961, together with the subsidiary title Viscount Linley, of Nymans in the County of Sussex, by Queen Elizabeth II for her then brother-in-law Antony Armstrong-Jones, who married Princess Margaret in 1960. Snowdon as a peerage title had previous royal associations; the title of Baron Snowdon had been conferred along with the Dukedom of Edinburgh on Prince Frederick Louis, grandson of George I and future Prince of Wales, in 1726. The title merged in the crown in 1760 when its holder acceded as George III.

In November 1999, Lord Snowdon received a life peerage as Baron Armstrong-Jones, under a device designed to allow first-generation hereditaries to retain their seats in the House of Lords, after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son, Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (b. 1999). There are no other heirs in the line of succession.

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