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Exmouth, of Canonteign in the County of Devon, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1816 for the
prominent naval officer Edward Pellew, 1st Baron Exmouth. He had
already been created a baronet in the Baronetage of Great
Britain on 18 March 1796 for rescuing the crew of the East
Indiaman Dutton. After a succession of commands culminating as
Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet he was created Baron
Exmouth, of Canonteign in the County of Devon, in the Peerage of
the United Kingdom in 1814. He was created a Viscount, with the
same designation, for the successful Bombardment of Algiers in
1816 which secured the release of the 1,000 Christian slaves in
the city.  He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second
Viscount, who represented Launceston in Parliament. On the death
in 1922 of his great-great-grandson, the fifth Viscount, this
line of the family fail