Frederick Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont

Frederick George Moore Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont (14 April 1914 – 8 December 2001), was a Canadian farmer and peer. Born in Calgary, Perceval and his father moved to Avon Castle in Ringwood, Hampshire upon the latter's ascension as the 10th Earl of Egmont. When he died in 1932, Perceval inherited his estate and title and promptly moved back to Canada. Marrying Geraldine Moodie in August, they soon built a home on a piece of land they bought right outside Priddis, Alberta, where Perceval was raised. When a fire destroyed that home, they built a new one and sold Avon Castle. They bought the Two-Dot Ranch in 1959 at Nanton, Alberta, where Perceval died in 2001. He was succeeded by his son Thomas as the 12th earl.

Life and career

Frederick George Moore Perceval was born on 14 April 1914 in Calgary, Alberta, to Frederick Joseph Travelyan and Cecilia Perceval. His parents had immigrated to Alberta in 1900. Perceval was raised in Priddis, where his parents had bought a ranch. Cecilia died two years after the birth of Perceval on 12 December 1916, which led to a closer relationship between Perceval and his father. In 1929, his father became the 10th Earl of Egmont after the death of their distant cousin Charles Perceval, 9th Earl of Egmont. —from 16 May 1932 to 11 November 1999, when the House of Lords Act 1999 was passed, excluding all but ninety-two hereditary peers from the House. Perceval never took his seat, described as having rather sit on a horse than in the House. Like his father, Perceval felt unhappy living in England and moved back to Canada in June. During their honeymoon, the couple was followed by journalists, and Perceval was described as being "the only member of the House of Lords who could rope, throw and brand a steer".

For a while the newly-wed couple were unsure where they wanted to live, and often moved between England and southern Alberta. As a result, Perceval sold the ranch to the Kelwood Corporation, reported at a price to be roughly £350,000 ($980,000) and he bought the Two-Dot Ranch at Nanton—sized at —from Claude Gallinger for $284,000. He was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Calgary in a private ceremony on 10 December.