Edward St John de Nobbes

A previous Earl of Ankh, some 80-100 years before the "present day", who, despite dalliances with chambermaids and other members of the lower orders, "died without issue", and the line died out.

However, one of those dalliances with a "parlourmaid of unknown lineage" had the inconvenient long-term result of Slope Nobbs...

Feet of Clay