List of Earls in the peerages of the British Isles
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Earl
An earl is a member of the nobility. The title is Anglo-Saxon, akin to the Scandinavian form jarl, and meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages and was replaced with duke...

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The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...

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England
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Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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. Note that it does not include those still-extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles. For a more complete list, which adds these "hidden" earldoms as well as extinct, dormant, abeyant, and forfeit ones, see List of Earldoms.

Order of precedence

The general order of precedence among Earls is:
  1. Earls of England
  2. Earls of Scotland
  3. Earls of Great Britain
  4. Earls of Ireland created before 1801
  5. Earls of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801

Earls of England

  1. The Earl of Shrewsbury
    Earl of Shrewsbury
    Earl of Shrewsbury is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the peerage of England.-First creation, 1074:The first creation occurred in 1074 for Roger de Montgomerie, one of William the Conqueror's principal counselors...

     (1442), Earl Talbot
    Earl Talbot
    Earl Talbot is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. This branch of the Talbot family descends from the Hon. Sir Gilbert Talbot , third son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. His great-great-great-grandson the Right Reverend William Talbot was Bishop of Oxford,...

     (GB
    Peerage of Great Britain
    The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

     1784) and Earl of Waterford (Ire
    Peerage of Ireland
    The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

     1446)
    • Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury
      Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury
      Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl Talbot and 22nd Earl of Waterford is the son of the 21st Earl of Shrewsbury - Died 12th November 1980 and the former Nadine Crofton .He was educated at Harrow School.On 5th January 1973 he married...

  2. The Earl of Derby
    Earl of Derby
    Earl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end of the reign of Henry III and died in 1279...

     (1485)
    • Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
      Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
      Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby is a British peer. He is known for ownership of the racehorse Ouija Board and for his controversial plans to build houses and an industrial estate on of greenfield land he inherited in Newmarket, Suffolk...

  3. The Earl of Huntingdon
    Earl of Huntingdon
    Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is associated with the ruling house of Scotland, and latterly with the Hastings family.-Early history:...

     (1529)
    • William Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon
  4. The Earl of Pembroke
    Earl of Pembroke
    Earl of Pembroke is a title created ten times, all in the Peerage of England. It was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, which is the site of Earldom's original seat Pembroke Castle...

     (1551) and Montgomery
    Earl of Montgomery
    The title Earl of Montgomery was created in the Peerage of England in 1605 for Sir Philip Herbert, younger son of the 2nd Earl of Pembroke. The first Earl inherited the Earldom of Pembroke in 1630 from his brother, the 3rd Earl, and the two titles have been united ever since.* Philip Herbert, 4th...

     (1605)
    • William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke
      William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke
      William Alexander Sidney Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke, 15th Earl of Montgomery , inherited the title in 2003 following the death of Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke.-Estate:...

  5. The Earl of Devon
    Earl of Devon
    The title of Earl of Devon was created several times in the Peerage of England, and was possessed first by the de Redvers family, and later by the Courtenays...

     (1553)
    • Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon
      Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon
      Hugh Rupert Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon DL is a British peer.Lord Devon is the son of the 17th Earl of Devon and was educated at Winchester College and graduated with a BA degree from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1964. On 9 September 1967, he married Dianna Frances Watherston, and they have...

  6. The Earl of Lincoln
    Earl of Lincoln
    Earl of Lincoln is a title that has been created eight times in the Peerage of England.-Earls of Lincoln, First Creation :*William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Lincoln and 1st Earl of Arundel Earl of Lincoln is a title that has been created eight times in the Peerage of England.-Earls of Lincoln, First...

     (1572)
    • Robert Fiennes-Clinton, 19th Earl of Lincoln
  7. The Earl of Suffolk
    Earl of Suffolk
    Earl of Suffolk is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfeited by his heir, Ralph de Guader, in 1074...

     (1603) and Berkshire
    Earl of Berkshire
    Earl of Berkshire is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was created for the first time in 1621 for Francis Norris, 2nd Baron Norris of Rycote. For more information on this creation , see the Earl of Abingdon and also the Earl of Lindsey...

     (1626)
    • Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk
      Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk
      Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire , styled Viscount Andover until 1941, is an English peer...

  8. The Earl of Denbigh
    Earl of Denbigh
    Earl of Denbigh is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1622 for the courtier and soldier William Feilding, 1st Viscount Feilding. He was Master of the Great Wardrobe under King James I and also took part in the Expedition to Cádiz of 1625...

     (1622) and Desmond
    Earl of Desmond
    The title of Earl of Desmond has been held historically by lords in Ireland, first as a title outside of the peerage system and later as part of the Peerage of Ireland....

     (Ire
    Peerage of Ireland
    The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

     1628)
    • Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh
      Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh
      Alexander Stephen Rudolph Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh, 11th Earl of Desmond , styled Viscount Feilding until 1995, is a member of the British aristocracy and son of William Feilding, 11th Earl of Denbigh.-Marriage:...

  9. The Earl of Westmorland
    Earl of Westmorland
    Earl of Westmorland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. The title was first created in 1397 for Ralph Neville. It was forfeited in 1571 by Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland for leading the Rising of the North. It was revived in 1624 in favour of Sir Francis...

     (1624)
    • Anthony Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland
  10. The Earl of Lindsey
    Earl of Lindsey
    Earl of Lindsey is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for the 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby . He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1635 to 1636 and also established his claim in right of his mother to the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England...

     (1626) and Abingdon
    Earl of Abingdon
    Earl of Abingdon is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 30 November 1682 for James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote. He was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his second marriage to Bridget, 4th Baroness Norreys de Rycote, and the younger half-brother of...

     (1682)
    • Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey
  11. The Earl of Winchelsea (1628) and Nottingham (1681)
    • Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea
  12. The Earl of Sandwich
    Earl of Sandwich
    Earl of Sandwich is a 17th century title in the Peerage of England, nominally associated with Sandwich, Kent. It was created in 1660 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir Edward Montagu. He was made Baron Montagu, of St Neots in the County of Huntingdon, and Viscount Hinchingbrooke, at the...

     (1660)
    • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich
      John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich
      John Edward Hollister Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich is a British entrepreneur, politician and nobleman.Montagu is the eldest son of Victor Montagu, who disclaimed the earldom of Sandwich in 1964, and his first wife Maud Rosemary...

  13. The Earl of Essex
    Earl of Essex
    Earl of Essex is a title that has been held by several families and individuals. The earldom was first created in the 12th century for Geoffrey II de Mandeville . Upon the death of the third earl in 1189, the title became dormant or extinct...

     (1661)
    • Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex
      Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex
      Frederick Paul de Vere Capell, 11th Earl of Essex is the current Earl of Essex. He succeeded his father Robert Capell, 10th Earl of Essex, in 2005....

  14. The Earl of Carlisle
    Earl of Carlisle
    Earl of Carlisle is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1322 when the soldier Andrew Harclay, 1st Baron Harclay was made Earl of Carlisle. He had already been summoned to Parliament as Lord Harclay in 1321...

     (1661)
    • George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle
      George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle
      George William Beaumont Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle , styled Viscount Morpeth from 1963 to 1994, is an English hereditary peer. He inherited the earldom of Carlisle in 1994, upon the death of his father, Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle...

  15. The Earl of Shaftesbury
    Earl of Shaftesbury
    Earl of Shaftesbury is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1672 for Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, a prominent politician in the Cabal then dominating the policies of King Charles II...

     (1672)
    • Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
      Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
      Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, also known as Nick Ashley-Cooper, succeeded his brother as Earl of Shaftesbury...

  16. The Earl of Portland
    Earl of Portland
    Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, first in 1633 and again in 1689.-First creation :The title of Earl of Portland was first created for the politician Richard Weston, 1st Baron Weston, in 1633...

     (1689)
    • Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland
      Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland
      Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, 8th Count Bentinck und Waldeck Limpurg is an English peer and member of the House of Bentinck...

  17. The Earl of Scarbrough
    Earl of Scarbrough
    Earl of Scarbrough is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1690 for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley. He is best remembered as one of the Immortal Seven who invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father-in-law James II...

     (1690)
    • Richard Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough
  18. The Earl of Albemarle
    Earl of Albemarle
    Earl of Albemarle is a title created several times from Norman times onwards. The word Albemarle is the Latinised form of the French county of Aumale in Normandy , other forms being Aubemarle and Aumerle...

     (1697)
    • Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle
      Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle
      Rufus Arnold Alexis Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle is an award-winning product designer and the founder of the men's-shirt company Albemarle of London.-Early life and education:...

  19. The Earl of Coventry
    Earl of Coventry
    Earl of Coventry is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was created for the first time in 1623 in favour of George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham. He was made Duke of Buckingham at the same time. For more information on this creation of the earldom, see the...

     (1697)
    • George Coventry, 13th Earl of Coventry
  20. The Earl of Jersey
    Earl of Jersey
    Earl of the Island of Jersey, usually shortened to Earl of Jersey, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1697 for the statesman Edward Villiers, 1st Viscount Villiers, Ambassador to France from 1698 to 1699 and Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1699 to 1700...

     (1697)
    • William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey
      William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey
      George Francis William Child Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey , known professionally as William Villiers, is a British peer, and former producer, actor and writer....


Earls of Scotland

Note: The Precedence of the older Scottish earldoms is determined by the Decreet of Ranking of 1606, and not by seniority.
  1. The Earl of Crawford
    Earl of Crawford
    The title Earl of Crawford is one of the most ancient extant titles in Great Britain, having been created in the Peerage of Scotland for Sir David Lindsay in 1398. It is the premier earldom recorded on the Union Roll.The title has a very complex history...

     (1398) and Balcarres
    Earl of Balcarres
    The title Earl of Balcarres was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1651 for Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Balcarres. The title has descended since in the Lindsay family....

     (1651)
    • Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford
      Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford
      Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres, , styled Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975, is a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician. The elder son of the 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, he succeeded to the titles in 1975...

  2. The Earl of Erroll
    Earl of Erroll
    The Earl of Erroll is an ancient title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1453 for Sir William Hay.The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Erroll are Lord Hay and Lord Slains , both in the Peerage of Scotland. The Earls of Erroll also hold the hereditary office of Lord High Constable...

     (1453)
  3. The Countess of Sutherland
    Earl of Sutherland
    Earl of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created circa 1230 for William de Moravia. The Earl of Sutherland is also the Chief of Clan Sutherland...

     (1230 or 1275 or 1347)
    • Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland
      Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland
      Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland is a British peeress.-Early life:She was born Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the only child of Major Lord Alastair Sutherland-Leveson-Gower , a son of the 4th Duke of Sutherland, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Demarest...

  4. The Countess of Mar (1114 or 1457)
    • Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar
  5. The Earl of Rothes
    Earl of Rothes
    Earl of Rothes is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for George Leslie, 1st Lord Leslie. He had already been created Lord Leslie in 1445, also in the Peerage of Scotland. His grandson, the third Earl, having only succeeded his elder brother in March 1513, was killed at the...

     (1458)
    • James Leslie, 22nd Earl of Rothes
  6. The Earl of Morton
    Earl of Morton
    The title Earl of Morton was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1458 for James Douglas of Dalkeith. Along with it, the title Lord Aberdour was granted. This latter title is the courtesy title for the eldest son and heir to the Earl of Morton....

     (1458)
    • John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton
      John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton
      John Charles Sholto Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton is a Scottish peer and landowner.Douglas was educated at Bryanston School and Canford School. He succeeded to the earldom in 1976, upon the death of his first cousin, the 20th Earl...

  7. The Earl of Buchan
    Earl of Buchan
    The Mormaer or Earl of Buchan was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male line. The earldom had three lines in its history, not counting...

     (1469)
    • Malcolm Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan
  8. The Earl of Eglinton
    Earl of Eglinton
    Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.Some authorities spell the title: Earl of Eglintoun In 1859 the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton, Archibald Montgomerie, was also created Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords,...

     (1508) and Winton
    Earl of Winton
    The title Earl of Winton was once created in the Peerage of Scotland, and again the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It is presently held by the Earl of Eglinton....

     (UK
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

     1859)
    • Archibald Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton
      Archibald Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton
      Archibald George Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton , styled Lord Montgomerie until 1966, is the son of Archibald William Alexander Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton and Ursula Joan Watson.He was educated at Eton College....

  9. The Earl of Caithness
    Earl of Caithness
    Earl of Caithness is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, and has a very complex history. Its first grant, in the modern sense as to have been counted in strict lists of peerages, is now generally held to have taken place in favor of Maol Íosa V, Earl of...

     (1455)
    • Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness
      Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness
      Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, PC is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He is also chief of Clan Sinclair...

  10. The Earl of Mar and Kellie
    Earl of Kellie
    The title Earl of Kellie or Kelly is one of the peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Sir Thomas Erskine, who was Captain of the Guard and Groom of the Stool for James VI...

     (1404 or 1565)
    • James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar
      James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar
      James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of Kellie, DL is a British peer and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords....

  11. The Earl of Moray
    Earl of Moray
    The title Earl of Moray has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland.Prior to the formal establishment of the peerage, Earl of Moray, numerous individuals ruled the kingdom of Moray or Mormaer of Moray until 1130 when the kingdom was destroyed by David I of Scotland.-History of the...

     (1562)
    • John Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray
  12. The Earl of Home
    Earl of Home
    The title Earl of Home was created in 1605 in the Peerage of Scotland for Alexander Home of that Ilk, who was already the 6th Lord Home.The Earl of Home holds the subsidiary titles of Lord Home , and Lord Dunglass , in the Peerage of Scotland; and Baron Douglas, of Douglas in the County of Lanark ...

     (1605)
    • David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home
      David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home
      David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, CVO, CBE is a Scottish peer, the only son of former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home...

  13. The Earl of Perth
    Earl of Perth
    The title Earl of Perth was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1605 for James Drummond, 4th Lord Drummond.The Drummond family claim descent from Maurice, son of George, a younger son of King Andrew I of Hungary...

     (1605)
    • John Drummond, 9th Earl of Perth
  14. The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
    Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
    The title Earl of Kinghorne was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1606 for Patrick Lyon. In 1677, the designation of the earldom changed to "Strathmore and Kinghorne". A second Earldom was bestowed on the fourteenth Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1937, the title being Strathmore...

     (1606)
    • Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
      Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
      Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, DL , is a former politician in the House of Lords and former British Army officer.-Family and Background:...

  15. The Earl of Haddington
    Earl of Haddington
    Earl of Haddington is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for the noted Scottish lawyer and judge Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Melrose. He was Lord President of the Court of Session from 1616 to 1625...

     (1619)
    • John Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington
  16. The Earl of Galloway
    Earl of Galloway
    Earl of Galloway is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1623 for Alexander Stewart, 1st Lord Garlies, with remainder to his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Stewart. He had already been created Lord Garlies in the Peerage of Scotland in 1607, with remainder to the heirs...

     (1623)
    • Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway
  17. The Earl of Lauderdale
    Earl of Lauderdale
    Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire. The second Earl was created Duke of Lauderdale but died without male issue when the dukedom became extinct. The earldom passed to his brother Charles,...

     (1624)
    • Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale
  18. The Earl of Lindsay
    Earl of Lindsay
    Earl of Lindsay is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay, who later inherited the ancient Earldom of Crawford. The two earldoms remained united until the death of the twenty-second Earl of Crawford, also sixth Earl of Lindsay...

     (1633)
  19. The Earl of Loudoun
    Earl of Loudoun
    Earl of Loudoun , named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline....

     (1633)
    • Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun
      Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun
      Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun is a British Australian, who is most noted due to the documentary Britain's Real Monarch, which alleges him to be the rightful monarch of England instead of Queen Elizabeth II...

  20. The Earl of Kinnoull
    Earl of Kinnoull
    Earl of Kinnoull is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for George Hay, 1st Viscount of Dupplin. Other associated titles are: Viscount Dupplin , Lord Hay of Kinfauns and Baron Hay of Pedwardine . The former two are in the Peerage of Scotland, while the last is in the Peerage...

     (1633)
    • Arthur Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull
  21. The Earl of Elgin
    Earl of Elgin
    The title Earl of Elgin was created on June 21, 1633 in the Peerage of Scotland for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss. He was later created Baron Bruce of Whorlton in the Peerage of England on July 30, 1641. His son, Robert, succeeded him, and was also created Earl of Ailesbury in the Peerage of...

     (1633) and Kincardine
    Earl of Kincardine
    The title Earl of Kincardine was created in 1643 in the Peerage of Scotland for Edward Bruce. The English Civil War between King Charles I and the English Parliament started in 1642...

     (1643)
    • Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
      Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
      Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD, JP , styled Lord Bruce before 1968, is a Scottish peer.-Biography:...

  22. The Earl of Wemyss (1633) and March (1697)
    • James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss
  23. The Earl of Dalhousie
    Earl of Dalhousie
    Earl of Dalhousie, in the County of Midlothian, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, held by the Chief of Clan Ramsay.-History:This family descends from Sir George Ramsay, who represented Kincardineshire in the Scottish Parliament in 1617. He received a charter of the barony of Dalhousie and also...

     (1633)
    • James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie
  24. The Earl of Airlie
    Earl of Airlie
    Earl of Airlie is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created on 2 April 1639 for James Ogilvy, 7th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, along with the title Lord Ogilvy of Alith and Lintrathen...

     (1639)
    • David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
      David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
      David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 8th Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, PC, JP is the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke. His younger brother was Sir Angus Ogilvy, the husband of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent.Born in London, Lord Airlie was educated at Eton, and...

  25. The Earl of Leven
    Earl of Leven
    Earl of Leven is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1641 for Alexander Leslie. He was succeeded by his grandson Alexander, who was in turn followed by his daughters Margaret and Catherine...

     (1641) and Melville
    Earl of Melville
    Earl of Melville is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1690 for the Scottish soldier and statesman George Melville, 4th Lord Melville. He was made Lord Raith, Monymaill and Balwearie and Viscount of Kirkcaldy at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland...

     (1690)
    • Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven
  26. The Earl of Dysart
    Earl of Dysart
    Earl of Dysart is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1643 for William Murray, who had earlier represented Fowey and East Looe in the English House of Commons. He was made Lord Huntingtower at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. He was succeeded by his daughter, the...

     (1643)
    • John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart
      John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart
      John Peter Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart, DL , styled Lord Huntingtower from 2003 to 2011, is a Scottish peer, landowner and conservationist. He owns the Rothiemurchus estate, including Rothiemurchus Forest, in the Scottish Highlands....

  27. The Earl of Selkirk
    Earl of Selkirk
    Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was created on 4 August 1646 for Lord William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch...

     (1646)
    • Presently disclaimed by James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas
      James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas
      James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...

  28. The Earl of Northesk
    Earl of Northesk
    Earl of Northesk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1662 for John Carnegie, who notably served as Sheriff of Forfarshire. He was given the subsidiary title of Lord Rosehill and Eglismauldie at the same time. Carnegie had already been created Earl of Ethie and Lord Lour in...

     (1647)
    • Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
      Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
      Patrick Charles Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk is a British hereditary peer, journalist and scholar.Carnegy was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matriculating in 1960...

  29. The Earl of Dundee
    Earl of Dundee
    Earl of Dundee is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1660 for John Scrymgeour, 3rd Viscount Dudhope. At his death in 1668, Duke of Lauderdale declared that the first Earl had no heirs-male, and had the crown seize all of his lands...

     (1660)
    • Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee
      Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee
      Alexander Henry Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee is a Scottish nobleman. He is also 12th Lord of Inverkeithing, 2nd Baron of Glassary, Hereditary Royal Standard Bearer of Scotland, Constable of Dundee, and Chief of the Name and Arms of Scrymgeour...

  30. The Earl of Newburgh
    Earl of Newburgh
    The title Earl of Newburgh was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1660 for James Livingston, 1st Viscount of Newburgh, along with the subsidiary titles Viscount of Kynnaird and Lord Levingston....

     (1660)
    • Filippo, Prince Rospigliosi, 12th Earl of Newburgh
  31. The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
    Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
    The title Earl of Annandale and Hartfell was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1661 for James Johnstone.In 1625, the title of Earl of Annandale had been created for John Murray, but it became extinct when his son James died without heirs....

     (1662)
    • Patrick Hope-Johnstone, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
  32. The Earl of Dundonald
    Earl of Dundonald
    Earl of Dundonald is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.The Earldom was created in 1669 for the Scottish soldier and politician William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree, with remainder to his heirs male, failing which to his...

     (1669)
    • Iain Cochrane, 15th Earl of Dundonald
  33. The Earl of Kintore
    Earl of Kintore
    Earl of Kintore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1677 for Sir John Keith, third son of William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal . He was made Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland...

     (1677)
    • James Keith, 14th Earl of Kintore
  34. The Earl of Dunmore
    Earl of Dunmore
    Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray, second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. He was made Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet and Viscount of Fincastle at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. He was...

     (1686)
    • Malcolm Murray, 12th Earl of Dunmore
  35. The Earl of Orkney
    Earl of Orkney
    The Earl of Orkney was originally a Norse jarl ruling Orkney, Shetland and parts of Caithness and Sutherland. The Earls were periodically subject to the kings of Norway for the Northern Isles, and later also to the kings of Alba for those parts of their territory in mainland Scotland . The Earl's...

     (1696)
    • Oliver St John, 9th Earl of Orkney
  36. The Earl of Seafield
    Earl of Seafield
    Earl of Seafield is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1701 for James Ogilvy, who in 1711 succeeded his father as Earl of Findlater. The titles remained united until the earldom of Findlater became extinct in 1811. The earldom of Seafield is still extant, however...

     (1701)
    • Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield
  37. The Earl of Stair
    Earl of Stair
    Earl of Stair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the lawyer and statesman John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount of Stair. He actively supported William III's claim to the throne and served as Secretary of State for Scotland. However, he was forced to resign after he authorised...

     (1703)
    • John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair
      John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair
      John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair is a British politician who, since 2008, has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords.-Biography:...

       
  38. The Earl of Rosebery
    Earl of Rosebery
    Earl of Rosebery is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for Archibald Primrose, 1st Viscount of Rosebery, with remainder to his issue male and female successively...

     (1703) and Midlothian (UK
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

     1911)
    • Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery
      Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery
      Neil Archibald Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery, 3rd Earl of Midlothian, 7th Viscount Inverkeithing, 3rd Viscount Mentmore, 4th Baron Rosebery and 3rd Baron Epsom , is a Scottish nobleman.-Biography:...

  39. The Earl of Glasgow
    Earl of Glasgow
    Earl of Glasgow is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for David Boyle, Lord Boyle, one of the commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Union uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

     (1703)
    • Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow
      Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow
      Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow DL is a British peer, politician and the current chief of Clan Boyle. The family seat is Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire...


Earls of Great Britain

  1. The Earl Ferrers
    Earl Ferrers
    Earl Ferrers is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Robert Shirley, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Shirley family descends from George Shirley of Astwell Castle, Northamptonshire....

     (1711)
    • Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers
      Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers
      Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers PC , styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, is British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers...

  2. The Earl of Dartmouth
    Earl of Dartmouth
    Earl of Dartmouth is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth. The Legge family descended from Edward Legge, Vice-President of Munster. His eldest son William Legge was a Royalist army officer and close associate of Prince Rupert of the...

     (1711)
    • William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth
      William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth
      William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth is a British peer and politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for South West England representing the United Kingdom Independence Party.-Early life:...

  3. The Earl of Tankerville
    Earl of Tankerville
    Earl of Tankerville is a title drawn from Tancarville in Normandy which has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston...

     (1714)
    • Peter Bennet, 10th Earl of Tankerville
  4. The Earl of Aylesford
    Earl of Aylesford
    Earl of Aylesford, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1714 for the lawyer and politician Heneage Finch, 1st Baron Guernsey. He had already been created Baron Guernsey in the Peerage of England in 1703...

     (1714)
    • Charles Finch-Knightley, 12th Earl of Aylesford
  5. The Earl of Macclesfield
    Earl of Macclesfield
    Earl of Macclesfield is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1679 in favour of the soldier and politician Charles Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard...

     (1721)
    • Richard Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield
  6. The Earl Waldegrave
    Earl Waldegrave
    Earl Waldegrave is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1729 for James Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Waldegrave. The Waldegrave family descends from Sir Richard Waldegrave, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1381 to 1382. His son and namesake, Sir Richard Waldegrave, was a soldier...

     (1729)
    • James Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave
      James Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave
      James "Jamie" Sherbrooke Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave is a British peer and businessman.Waldegrave is the son of the 12th Earl Waldegrave and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1986, he married Mary Furness , a daughter of Sir Robert Furness...

  7. The Earl of Harrington
    Earl of Harrington
    Earl of Harrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1742 for the former Secretary of State and then Lord President of the Council, William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington. He had already been created Baron Harrington, of Harrington in the County of Northampton, in 1730,...

     (1742)
    • Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington
  8. The Earl of Portsmouth
    Earl of Portsmouth
    Earl of Portsmouth is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1743 for John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington, who had previously represented Hampshire in the House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Wallop, of Farleigh Wallop in Hampshire in the County of Southampton,...

     (1743)
    • Quentin Wallop, 10th Earl of Portsmouth
  9. The Earl of Warwick
    Earl of Warwick
    Earl of Warwick is a title that has been created four times in British history and is one of the most prestigious titles in the peerages of the British Isles.-1088 creation:...

     (1759) and Brooke (1746)
    • Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick
  10. The Earl of Buckinghamshire
    Earl of Buckinghamshire
    Earl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart. The Hobart family descends from Henry Hobart, who served as Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Intwood in the...

     (1746)
    • George Hobart-Hampden, 10th Earl of Buckinghamshire
  11. The Earl of Guilford
    Earl of Guilford
    Earl of Guilford is a title that has been created three times in British history. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1660 for Elizabeth Boyle. She was the daughter of William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, and the widow of Lewis Boyle, 1st Viscount Boyle of...

     (1752)
    • Piers North, 10th Earl of Guilford
  12. The Earl of Hardwicke
    Earl of Hardwicke
    Earl of Hardwicke is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1754 for Philip Yorke, 1st Baron Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1737 to 1756. He had already been created Baron Hardwicke, of Hardwicke in the County of Gloucester, in 1733, and was made Viscount...

     (1754)
    • Joseph Yorke, 10th Earl of Hardwicke
  13. The Earl of Ilchester
    Earl of Ilchester
    Earl of Ilchester, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1756 for Stephen Fox, 1st Baron Ilchester, who had previously represented Shaftesbury in Parliament. He had already been created Baron Ilchester, of Ilchester in the County of Somerset in 1741, and Baron Ilchester and...

     (1756)
    • Robin Fox-Strangways, 10th Earl of Ilchester
  14. The Earl De La Warr
    Earl De La Warr
    Earl De La Warr is a title created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1761.In the United States, Thomas West, 3rd baron is often named in history books simply as Lord Delaware. He served as governor of the Jamestown Colony, and the Delaware Bay was named after him...

     (1761)
    • William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr
      William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr
      William Herbrand Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr is a British nobleman. He inherited on 9 February 1988 on the death of his father William Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr. He married Anne Pamela, Countess of Hopetoun, née Leveson, former wife of the Marquess of Linlithgow, and granddaughter of...

  15. The Earl of Radnor
    Earl of Radnor
    Earl of Radnor is a title which has been created two times. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1679 for John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II. He was made Viscount Bodmin at the same time. Robartes was the son of Richard Robartes,...

     (1765)
    • William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor
      William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor
      William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor , of Longford Castle, Wiltshire, is an English peer and landowner.The son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor and Anne Garden Seth-Smith, daughter of Donald Farquharson Seth-Smith, Pleydell-Bouverie was educated at Harrow and the Royal...

  16. The Earl Spencer
    Earl Spencer
    Earl Spencer is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created on 1 November 1765, along with the title Viscount Althorp, of Althorp in the County of Northamptonshire, for John Spencer, 1st Viscount Spencer, a great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Marlborough...

     (1765)
    • Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
      Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
      Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, DL , styled Viscount Althorp between 1975 and 1992, is a British peer and brother of Diana, Princess of Wales...

  17. The Earl Bathurst
    Earl Bathurst
    Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1772 for Allen Bathurst, 1st Baron Bathurst. He was a politician and an opponent of Sir Robert Walpole...

     (1772)
    • Allen Bathhurst, 9th Earl Bathurst
      Allen Bathhurst, 9th Earl Bathurst
      Allen Christopher Bertram Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst , known as Lord Apsley till 2011, is a British peer and conservationist.-Life:...

  18. The Earl of Clarendon
    Earl of Clarendon
    Earl of Clarendon is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1776. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1661 for the statesman Edward Hyde, 1st Baron Hyde...

     (1776)
    • George Villiers, 8th Earl of Clarendon
  19. The Earl of Mansfield (1776) and Mansfield (1792)
    • William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
      William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
      William David Mungo James Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, DL, JP , styled Lord Scone until 1970, is a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician....

  20. The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
    Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
    Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. The Edgcumbe family descends from Sir Piers Edgcumbe of Cotehele in Cornwall, who acquired the Mount Edgcumbe estate near Plymouth through marriage in the early 16th...

     (1789)
    • Robert Edgcumbe, 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
      Robert Edgcumbe, 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
      Robert Charles Edgcumbe, 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is the eighth Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in south-east Cornwall, United Kingdom. He is the son of George Aubrey Valletort Edgcumbe and Meta Lhoyer. Robert Charles Edgcumbe married Joan Ivy Wall, daughter of Ernest Wall, in 1960, but they divorced in...

  21. The Earl Fortescue
    Earl Fortescue
    Earl Fortescue is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1789. The Fortescue family descends from Sir Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh, Devon, who died in 1719. His first wife's first cousin had been 13th Baron Clinton and 5th Earl of Lincoln...

     (1789)
    • Charles Fortescue, 8th Earl Fortescue
  22. The Earl of Carnarvon
    Earl of Carnarvon
    Earl of Carnarvon is a title that has been created three times in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1628 in favour of Robert Dormer, 2nd Baron Dormer. For more information on this creation, which became extinct in 1709, see the Baron Dormer.The title was created...

     (1793)
    • George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon
  23. The Earl Cadogan
    Earl Cadogan
    Earl Cadogan is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Cadogan family descends from Major William Cadogan, a cavalry officer in Oliver Cromwell's army. His son Henry Cadogan was a barrister in Dublin. His eldest son William Cadogan was a noted soldier, politician...

     (1800)
    • Charles Gerald John Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan
  24. The Earl of Malmesbury
    Earl of Malmesbury
    Earl of Malmesbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1800 for the diplomat James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury. The son of the grammarian and politician James Harris, he served as Ambassador to Spain, Prussia, Russia and France and also represented Christchurch in the...

     (1800)
    • James Harris, 7th Earl of Malmesbury

Earls of Ireland

Earls of Ireland created after 1801 yield precedence to older Earldoms of the United Kingdom
  1. The Earl of Cork
    Earl of Cork
    Earl of the County of Cork, usually shortened to Earl of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for the Anglo-Irish politician Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle...

     (1620) and Orrery
    Earl of Orrery
    Earl of Orrery is a title in the Peerage of Ireland that has been united with the earldom of Cork since 1753 . It was created in 1660 for the soldier, statesman and dramatist Roger Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle, third but eldest surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork...

     (1660)
    • John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork
  2. The Earl of Westmeath
    Earl of Westmeath
    Earl of Westmeath is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1621 for Richard Nugent, Baron Delvin. During the Tudor era the loyalty of the Nugent family was often in question, and Richard's father, the sixth baron, died in prison while awaiting trial for treason...

     (1621)
    • William Nugent, 13th Earl of Westmeath
  3. The Earl of Meath
    Earl of Meath
    Earl of Meath is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1627 and held by the head of the Brabazon family. This family descends from Sir Edward Brabazon, who represented County Wicklow in the Irish House of Commons and served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1606. In 1616 he was raised to...

     (1627)
    • John Brabazon, 15th Earl of Meath
  4. The Earl of Cavan
    Earl of Cavan
    Earl of Cavan is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1647 for Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron Lambart. He was made Viscount Kilcoursie, in the King's County, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland...

     (1647)
    • Roger Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan
      Roger Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan
      Roger Cavan Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan is an hereditary peer.He was educated at Wilson's School, Surrey, St Clare's International School and at King's College London....

  5. The Earl of Drogheda
    Earl of Drogheda
    The title Earl of Drogheda was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1661 for the 3rd Viscount Moore, and is extant.Lord Drogheda also holds the titles Viscount Moore, of Drogheda , and Baron Moore, of Mellefont in the County of Louth in the Peerage of Ireland and Baron Moore, of Cobham in the...

     (1661)
    • Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
      Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
      Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda is a British photographer known professionally as Derry Moore.He inherited the title of Earl of Drogheda from his father, Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda...

  6. The Earl of Granard
    Earl of Granard
    Earl of Granard is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1684 for Arthur Forbes, 1st Viscount Granard. He was a Lieutenant-General in the army and served as Marshal of the Army in Ireland after The Restoration and was later Lord Justice of Ireland...

     (1684)
    • Peter Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard
  7. The Earl of Darnley
    Earl of Darnley
    Earl of Darnley is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation in the Peerage of Scotland came in 1580 in favour of Esme Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox. He was created Duke of Lennox at the same time. See the latter...

     (1725)
    • Adam Bligh, 11th Earl of Darnley
  8. The Earl of Egmont
    Earl of Egmont
    Earl of Egmont is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1733 for John Perceval, 1st Viscount Perceval. This Perceval descends from John Perceval, who on 9 September 1661 was created a Baronet, of Kanturk in the County of Cork, in the Baronetage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his...

     (1733)
    • Thomas Perceval, 12th Earl of Egmont
  9. The Earl of Bessborough
    Earl of Bessborough
    Earl of Bessborough is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1739 for Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, who had previously represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons...

     (1739)
    • Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough
  10. The Earl of Carrick
    Earl of Carrick (Ireland)
    Earl of Carrick, in the barony of Iffa and Offa East, South Tipperary, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.-First creation:The title was first created in 1315 for Sir Edmund Butler, Justiciar of Ireland, by King Edward II. The title is linked to the manor of Karryk Mac Gryffin in the barony of...

     (1748)
    • David Butler, 10th Earl of Carrick
  11. The Earl of Shannon
    Earl of Shannon
    Earl of Shannon is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for the prominent Irish politician Henry Boyle, who served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer. He was made Viscount Boyle, of Bandon, and Baron Castle Martyr at the same time,...

     (1756)
    • Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon
  12. The Earl of Arran
    Earl of Arran
    Earl of Arran is a title in both the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland. The two titles refer to different places, the Isle of Arran in Scotland, and the Aran Islands in Ireland...

     (1762)
    • Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran
      Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran
      Arthur Colum Michael Connolly-Gore, 9th Earl of Arran , styled Viscount Sudley before 1983, is a British peer and an elected hereditary member of the House of Lords for the Conservative Party....

  13. The Earl of Courtown
    Earl of Courtown
    Earl of Courtown, in the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1762 for James Stopford, 1st Baron Courtown. He had previously represented County Wexford and Fethard in the Irish House of Commons...

     (1762)
    • James Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown
      James Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown
      James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown is an Irish peer and politician. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 and sits for the Conservatives.The son of the 8th Earl of Courtown and Patricia...

  14. The Earl of Mexborough
    Earl of Mexborough
    Earl of Mexborough, of Lifford in the County of Donegal, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1766 for John Savile, 1st Baron Pollington, Member of Parliament for Hedon and New Shoreham...

     (1766)
    • John Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough
  15. The Earl Winterton
    Earl Winterton
    Earl Winterton, in the County of Galway, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1766 for Edward Turnour, 1st Baron Winterton, who represented Bramber in the House of Commons...

     (1766)
    • David Turnour, 8th Earl Winterton
  16. The Earl of Kingston
    Earl of Kingston
    Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. He had already succeeded his father as fifth Baronet of Boyle Abbey and been created Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon in 1764 and Viscount Kingston in 1766,...

     (1768)
    • Robert King-Tenison, 12th Earl of Kingston
  17. The Earl of Roden
    Earl of Roden
    Earl of Roden is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1771 for Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Viscount Jocelyn. This branch of the Jocelyn family descends from the 1st Viscount, prominent Irish lawyer and politician Robert Jocelyn, the son of Thomas Jocelyn, third son of Sir Robert Jocelyn,...

     (1771)
    • Robert Jocelyn, 10th Earl of Roden
  18. The Earl of Lisburne
    Earl of Lisburne
    Earl of Lisburne is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for Wilmot Vaughan, 4th Viscount Lisburne. He notably represented Cardiganshire and Berwick-upon-Tweed in the House of Commons and held minor governmental office. His younger son, the third Earl, sat as Member of...

     (1776)
    • John Vaughan, 8th Earl of Lisburne
  19. The Earl of Clanwilliam
    Earl of Clanwilliam
    Earl of Clanwilliam is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for John Meade, 1st Viscount Clanwilliam. The Meade family descends from John Meade, who represented Dublin University and County Tipperary in the Irish House of Commons and served as Attorney-General for Ireland...

     (1776)
    • Patrick Meade, 8th Earl of Clanwilliam
  20. The Earl of Antrim
    Earl of Antrim
    Earl of Antrim is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of Ireland and both times for members of the MacDonnell family, originally of Scottish origins. This family descends from Sorley Boy MacDonnell, who established the family in County Antrim...

     (1785)
    • Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim
  21. The Earl of Longford
    Earl of Longford
    Earl of Longford is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. It was first bestowed upon Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, in 1677, with remainder to his younger brother Ambrose. He had previously represented Surrey in the House of Commons and had already been...

     (1785)
    • Thomas Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford
  22. The Earl of Portarlington
    Earl of Portarlington
    Earl of Portarlington is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1785 for John Dawson, 2nd Viscount Carlow, who had earlier represented Portarlington in the Irish House of Commons...

     (1785)
    • George Dawson-Damer, 7th Earl of Portarlington
  23. The Earl of Mayo
    Earl of Mayo
    Earl of the County of Mayo, usually known simply as Earl of Mayo, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1785 for John Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo, for many years First Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland...

     (1785)
    • Charles Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo
  24. The Earl Annesley
    Earl Annesley
    Earl Annesley, of Castlewellan in the County of Down, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 17 August 1789 for Francis Annesley, 2nd Viscount Glerawly, with special remainder to his younger brother the Hon. Richard Annesley. He had previously represented Downpatrick in the Irish...

     (1789)
    • Michael Annesley, 12th Earl Annesley
  25. The Earl of Enniskillen
    Earl of Enniskillen
    Earl of Enniskillen is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for William Cole, 1st Viscount Enniskillen. He had already been created Viscount Enniskillen in the Peerage of Ireland in 1776 and had inherited the title Baron Mount Florence, of Florence Court in the County of...

     (1789)
    • Andrew Cole, 7th Earl of Enniskillen
  26. The Earl Erne
    Earl Erne
    Earl Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for John Creighton, 2nd Baron Erne, who had earlier represented Lifford in the Irish House of Commons...

     (1789)
    • Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne
      Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne
      Henry George Victor John Crichton, 6th Earl Erne , is an Irish peer and the current Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh. He often styles himself simply as Harry Erne....

  27. The Earl of Lucan
    Earl of Lucan
    Earl of Lucan was a title in the Peerage of Ireland which has been possessed by two related Irish families in creations of 1691 and 1795. The current holder is presumed to be Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, who vanished in 1974....

     (1795)
    • Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
      Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
      Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan , popularly known as Lord Lucan, as Lord Bingham before 1964, and sometimes colloquially called "Lucky" Lucan, was a British peer, who disappeared in the early hours of 8 November 1974, following the murder of Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny, the previous...

       (legally dead
      Death in absentia
      Death in absentia is a legal declaration that a person is deceased in the absence of remains attributable to that person...

      )
      • Heir: George Bingham, Lord Bingham
        George Bingham, Lord Bingham
        George Charles Bingham, Lord Bingham is a British peer, the only son of Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, and his wife, the Countess of Lucan, born Veronica Mary Duncan. He has two sisters: Lady Frances Bingham and Lady Camilla Bloch , a barrister who married QC Michael Bloch in 1998...

         (8th Earl of Lucan)
  28. The Earl Belmore
    Earl Belmore
    Earl Belmore is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1797 for Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Viscount Belmore, who had previously represented County Tyrone in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Belmore, of Castle Coole in County Fermanagh, in 1781 and Viscount Belmore in...

     (1797)
    • John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore
  29. The Earl Castle Stewart
    Earl Castle Stewart
    Earl Castle Stewart, in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Andrew Stuart, 1st Viscount Castle Stuart. The Stewart family descends from Sir Walter Stewart , younger son of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, son of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of...

     (1800)
    • Arthur Stuart, 8th Earl Castle Stewart
  30. The Earl of Donoughmore
    Earl of Donoughmore
    Earl of Donoughmore is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Viscount Donoughmore, with remainder to the heirs male of his mother. He was a General in the British Army and sat in the House of Lords as one of the 28 original Irish Representative...

     (1800)
  31. The Earl of Caledon
    Earl of Caledon
    Earl of Caledon, of Caledon, County Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for James Alexander, 1st Viscount Caledon. He was a merchant who had made an enormous fortune in India. He also represented the constituency of Londonderry City in the Irish House of Commons...

     (1800)
    • Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon
      Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon
      Nicholas James Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon is the son of Denis Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon and Baroness Anne Louise de Graevenitz ....

  32. The Earl of Limerick
    Earl of Limerick
    Earl of Limerick is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. The earldom was created for the first time in 1686 for Sir William Dongan, 4th Baronet, with remainder, failing male issue of his own, to his brothers Robert, Michael and Thomas and the heirs male of their bodies...

     (1803)
    • Edmund Pery, 7th Earl of Limerick
      Edmund Pery, 7th Earl of Limerick
      Edmund Christopher Pery, 7th Earl of Limerick is a Irish peer and son of Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick. He was educated at Eton College and at New College, Oxford...

  33. The Earl of Clancarty
    Earl of Clancarty
    Earl of Clancarty, in the Irish counties of Cork and of Galway, is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland.-First creation: MacCarty family of Muskerry:...

     (1803)
    • Nicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty
      Nicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty
      Nicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty, 8th Marquess of Heusden is an Irish peer, as well a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. He serves as an elected Crossbench member of the British House of Lords....

  34. The Earl of Gosford
    Earl of Gosford
    Earl of Gosford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Arthur Acheson, 2nd Viscount Gosford. The Acheson family descends from the Scottish statesman Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh, who later settled in Markethill, County Armagh...

     (1806)
    • Charles Acheson, 7th Earl of Gosford
  35. The Earl of Rosse
    Earl of Rosse
    Earl of Rosse is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for members of the Parsons family. It is not to be confused with the Scottish title of Earl of Ross. The Parsons family were originally an English family of which five brothers settled in Ireland during the...

     (1806)
    • William Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse
      William Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse
      William Clere Leonard Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse is an Irish peer. He was the eldest son of Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse and Anne Messel, mother of Lord Snowdon by an earlier marriage. He was educated at Eton College, Aiglon College, Grenoble University and Christ...

  36. The Earl of Normanton
    Earl of Normanton
    Earl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Viscount Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in...

     (1806)
    • Shaun Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton
  37. The Earl of Kilmorey
    Earl of Kilmorey
    Earl of Kilmorey is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1822 for Francis Needham, 12th Viscount Kilmorey, a General in the British Army and former Member of Parliament for Newry. He was made Viscount Newry and Mourne, in the County of Down, at the same time, also in the Peerage of...

     (1822)
    • Sir Richard Needham
      Richard Needham
      Richard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey, Kt, PC usually known as Sir Richard Needham is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...

       (6th Earl of Kilmory)
  38. The Earl of Listowel
    Earl of Listowel
    Earl of Listowel is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1822 for William Hare, 1st Viscount Ennismore and Listowel, who had earlier represented Cork City and Athy in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Ennismore, in the County of Kerry, in 1800, and...

     (1822)
    • Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel
      Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel
      Francis Michael Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel , is a British peer. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999...

  39. The Earl of Norbury
    Earl of Norbury
    Earl of Norbury, in the County of Tipperary, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1827, along with the title Viscount Glandine, of Glandine in the King's County, for the Irish politician and judge John Toler, 1st Baron Norbury upon his retirement as Chief Justice of the Common...

     (1827)
    • Richard Graham-Toler, 7th Earl of Norbury
  40. The Earl of Ranfurly
    Earl of Ranfurly
    Earl of Ranfurly, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1831 for Thomas Knox, 2nd Viscount Northland. He had earlier represented County Tyrone in the House of Commons, and had already been created Baron Ranfurly, of Ramphorlie in the County of...

     (1831)
    • Gerald Knox, 7th Earl of Ranfurly
      Gerald Knox, 7th Earl of Ranfurly
      Gerald Francoys Needham Knox, 7th Earl of Ranfurly is a British noble. He served as a Lt. Commander in the Royal Navy.-References:...


Earls of the United Kingdom

Precedence of Irish Earldoms shown in italics.
  1. The Earl of Rosslyn
    Earl of Rosslyn
    Earl of Rosslyn is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough, Lord Chancellor from 1793 to 1801, with special remainder to his nephew Sir James St Clair-Erskine, 6th Baronet...

     (1801)
  2. The Earl of Craven
    Earl of Craven
    Earl of Craven, in the County of York, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1664 in favour of the soldier William Craven, the eldest son of Sir William Craven, Lord...

     (1801)
  3. The Earl of Onslow
    Earl of Onslow
    Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow. The Onslow family descends from Arthur Onslow, who represented Bramber, Sussex and Guildford in the House of Commons...

     (1801)
  4. The Earl of Romney
    Earl of Romney
    Earl of Romney is a title that has been created twice. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1694 in favour of the soldier and politician Henry Sydney. He had been made Baron Milton and Viscount Sidney at the same time in 1689. Sydney was the younger son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of...

     (1801)
  5. The Earl of Chichester
    Earl of Chichester
    Earl of Chichester is a title that has been created three times in British history. It was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1644 when Francis Leigh, 1st Baron Dunsmore, was made Earl of Chichester, in the County of Sussex, with remainder to his son-in-law Thomas Wriothesley,...

     (1801)
  6. The Earl of Wilton
    Earl of Wilton
    Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Grey de Wilton, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...

     (1801)
    The Earl of Limerick (Ireland)
    The Earl of Clancarty (Ireland)
  7. The Earl of Powis
    Earl of Powis
    Earl of Powis is a title that has been created three times. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 in favour of William Herbert, 3rd Baron Powis. In 1687 he was further honoured when he was made Marquess of Powis...

     (1804)
  8. The Earl Nelson
    Earl Nelson
    Earl Nelson, of Trafalgar and of Merton in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 November 1805 for William Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson, older brother of the famous Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. The Nelson family had been settled in...

     (1805)
    The Earl of Gosford (Ireland)
    The Earl of Rosse (Ireland)
    The Earl of Normanton (Ireland)
  9. The Earl Grey
    Earl Grey
    Earl Grey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for General Charles Grey, 1st Baron Grey. He had already been created Baron Grey, of Howick in the County of Northumberland, in 1801, and was made Viscount Howick, in the County of Northumberland, at the same time as...

     (1806)
  10. The Earl of Lonsdale
    Earl of Lonsdale
    Earl of Lonsdale is a title that has been created twice in British history, firstly in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 , and then in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1807, both times for members of the Lowther family....

     (1807)
  11. The Earl of Harrowby
    Earl of Harrowby
    Earl of Harrowby, in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1809 for the prominent politician and former Foreign Secretary, Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby. He was made Viscount Sandon, of Sandon in the County of Stafford, at the same time, which...

     (1809)
  12. The Earl of Harewood
    Earl of Harewood
    Earl of Harewood, in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for Edward Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy sugar plantation owner and former Member of Parliament for Northallerton...

     (1812)
  13. The Earl of Minto
    Earl of Minto
    Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto. The family descends from the politician and judge Gilbert Elliot, who served as a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord...

     (1813)
  14. The Earl Cathcart
    Earl Cathcart
    Earl Cathcart is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1814 for the soldier and diplomat William Cathcart, 1st Viscount Cathcart. The Cathcart family descends from Sir Alan Cathcart, who sometime between 1447 and 1460 was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Cathcart....

     (1814)
  15. The Earl of Verulam
    Earl of Verulam
    Earl of Verulam is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for James Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston. He was made Viscount Grimston at the same time. Verulam had previously represented St Albans in the House of Commons. In 1808 he had also succeeded his maternal cousin...

     (1815)
  16. The Earl of Saint Germans (1815)
  17. The Earl of Morley
    Earl of Morley
    Earl of Morley, in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for the politician John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon. He was made Viscount Boringdon, of North Molton in the County of Devon, at the same time, which title is used as a courtesy title by...

     (1815)
  18. The Earl of Bradford
    Earl of Bradford
    Earl of Bradford is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in 1694 for Francis Newport, 2nd Baron Newport. However, all the Newport titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Earl in 1762. The...

     (1815)
  19. The Earl of Eldon
    Earl of Eldon
    Earl of Eldon, in the County Palatine of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for the lawyer and politician John Scott, 1st Baron Scott, Lord Chancellor from 1801 to 1806 and from 1807 to 1827...

     (1821)
  20. The Earl Howe
    Earl Howe
    Earl Howe is a title that has been created twice in British history, for members of the Howe and Curzon-Howe family respectively.The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was in 1788 for Richard Howe, but became extinct on his death in 1799....

     (1821)
  21. The Earl of Stradbroke
    Earl of Stradbroke
    Earl of Stradbroke, in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for John Rous, 1st Baron Rous, who had earlier represented Suffolk in the House of Commons...

     (1821)
  22. The Earl Temple of Stowe
    Earl Temple of Stowe
    Earl Temple of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1822 for the 2nd Marquess of Buckingham. He was created Marquess of Chandos and Duke of Buckingham and Chandos at the same time...

     (1822)
    The Earl of Kilmorey (Ireland)
    The Earl of Listowel (Ireland)
    The Earl of Norbury (Ireland)
  23. The Earl Cawdor
    Earl Cawdor
    Earl Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1827 for John Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor...

     (1827)
    The Earl of Ranfurly (Ireland)
  24. The Earl of Lichfield
    Earl of Lichfield
    Earl of Lichfield is a title that has been created three times in British history. Lord Bernard Stewart, youngest son of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, was to be created Earl of Lichfield by Charles I for his actions at the battles of Newbury and Naseby but died before the creation could...

     (1831)
  25. The Earl of Durham
    Earl of Durham
    Earl of Durham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1833 for the prominent Whig politician and colonial official John Lambton, 1st Baron Durham. Known as "Radical Jack", he played a leading role in the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832...

     (1833)
  26. The Earl Granville
    Earl Granville
    Earl Granville is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.-First Creation:...

     (1833)
  27. The Earl of Effingham
    Earl of Effingham
    Earl of Effingham, in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Kenneth Alexander Howard, 11th Baron Howard of Effingham. This branch of the Howard family descends from the noted naval commander and politician Lord William Howard, eldest son...

     (1837)
  28. The Earl of Ducie
    Earl of Ducie
    Earl of Ducie is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 4th Baron Ducie. The family descends from Edward Moreton , who married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Ducie. Their son Matthew Ducie Moreton represented Gloucestershire in the House of...

     (1837)
  29. The Earl of Yarborough
    Earl of Yarborough
    Earl of Yarborough is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Baron Yarborough. The Anderson-Pelham family descends from Francis Anderson of Manby, Lincolnshire. He married Mary, daughter of Charles Pelham of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire...

     (1837)
  30. The Earl of Leicester
    Earl of Leicester
    The title Earl of Leicester was created in the 12th century in the Peerage of England , and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837.-Early creations:...

     (1837)
  31. The Earl of Lovelace
    Earl of Lovelace
    Earl of Lovelace is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1838 for William King-Noel, 8th Baron King. The King family descends from Jerome King, a grocer, of Exeter, and his wife Anne, daughter of Peter Locke, nephew of the philosopher John Locke...

     (1838)
  32. The Earl of Gainsborough
    Earl of Gainsborough
    Earl of Gainsborough is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation ended in extinction when the sixth Earl died without heirs...

     (1841)
  33. The Earl of Strafford
    Earl of Strafford
    Earl of Strafford is a title that has been created three times in English and British history.The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1640 for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, the close advisor of King Charles I...

     (1847)
  34. The Earl of Cottenham
    Earl of Cottenham
    Earl of Cottenham , of Cottenham in the County of Cambridge, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1850 for the prominent lawyer and Whig politician Charles Pepys, 1st Baron Cottenham. He served as Lord Chancellor from 1836 to 1841 and from 1846 to 1850...

     (1850)
  35. The Earl Cowley
    Earl Cowley
    Earl Cowley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1857 for the diplomat Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley. He was Ambassador to France from 1852 to 1867. He was made Viscount Dangan, of Dangan in the County of Meath, at the same time as he was given the earldom. This...

     (1857)
  36. The Earl of Dudley
    Earl of Dudley
    Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford, is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ward family. This family descends from Sir Humble Ward, the son of a wealthy goldsmith and jeweller to King Charles I...

     (1860)
  37. The Earl Russell
    Earl Russell
    Earl Russell, of Kingston Russell in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 July 1861 for the prominent Liberal politician Lord John Russell. He was Home Secretary from 1835 to 1839, Foreign Secretary from 1852 to 1853 and 1859 to 1865 and Prime...

     (1861)
  38. The Earl of Cromartie
    Earl of Cromartie
    Earl of Cromartie is a title that has been created twice, both times for members of the Mackenzie family. This branch of the family descends from Sir Roderick Mackenzie, whose elder brother Kenneth Mackenzie was created Lord Mackenzie of Kintail in 1609 and was the father of Colin Mackenzie, 1st...

     (1861)
  39. The Earl of Kimberley
    Earl of Kimberley
    Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1866 for the prominent Liberal politician John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse...

     (1866)
  40. The Earl of Wharncliffe
    Earl of Wharncliffe
    Earl of Wharncliffe, in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1876 for Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Baron Wharncliffe. He was a descendant of Edward Wortley Montagu and his wife, the authoress Lady Mary Wortley...

     (1876)
  41. The Earl Cairns
    Earl Cairns
    Earl Cairns is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1878 for the prominent lawyer and Conservative politician Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns. He was Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880...

     (1878)
  42. The Earl of Lytton
    Earl of Lytton
    Earl of Lytton, in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1880 for the diplomat and poet Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton. He was Viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880 and British Ambassador to France from 1887 to 1891...

     (1880)
  43. The Earl of Selborne
    Earl of Selborne
    Earl of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1882 for the lawyer and Liberal politician Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Wolmer, of Blackmoor in the County of Southampton...

     (1882)
  44. The Earl of Iddesleigh
    Earl of Iddesleigh
    Earl of Iddesleigh, in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the Conservative politician Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet...

     (1885)
  45. The Earl of Cranbrook
    Earl of Cranbrook
    Earl of Cranbrook, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1892 for the prominent Conservative politician Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook. He notably held office as Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State...

     (1892)
  46. The Earl of Cromer
    Earl of Cromer
    Earl of Cromer is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1901 for Evelyn Baring, 1st Viscount Cromer, the long-time British Consul-General in Egypt...

     (1901)
  47. The Earl of Plymouth
    Earl of Plymouth
    Earl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...

     (1905)
  48. The Earl of Liverpool
    Earl of Liverpool
    Earl of Liverpool is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first time was in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1796 for Charles Jenkinson, 1st Baron Hawkesbury, a favourite of King George III...

     (1905)
  49. The Earl Kitchener
    Earl Kitchener
    Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles Viscount Broome, of Broome in the County of Kent, and Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent, were granted along with the earldom...

     (1914)
  50. The Earl Saint Aldwyn (1915)
  51. The Earl Beatty
    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 David Beatty. 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...

     (1919)
  52. The Earl Haig
    Earl Haig
    Earl Haig is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. During the World War I, he was Commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium...

     (1919)
  53. The Earl of Iveagh
    Earl of Iveagh
    Earl of Iveagh is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the businessman and philanthropist Edward Guinness, 1st Viscount Iveagh. He was the third son of Sir Benjamin Guinness, 1st Baronet, of Ashford, and the great-grandson of Arthur Guinness, the founder of the...

     (1919)
  54. The Earl of Balfour
    Earl of Balfour
    Earl of Balfour is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 for the prominent Conservative politician Arthur Balfour. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905 and Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919...

     (1922)
  55. The Earl of Oxford and Asquith
    Earl of Oxford and Asquith
    Earl of Oxford and Asquith is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the Liberal politician H. H. Asquith. He was Home Secretary from 1892 to 1895, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1905 to 1908, Leader of the Liberal Party from 1908 to 1926 and Prime Minister of...

     (1925)
  56. The Earl Jellicoe
    Earl Jellicoe
    Earl Jellicoe is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Brocas, of Southampton in the County of Southampton, on 29 June 1925 for Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, 1st Viscount Jellicoe, on his return from being Governor-General of...

     (1925)
  57. The Earl of Inchcape
    Earl of Inchcape
    Earl of Inchcape is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Scottish shipping magnate and public servant James Mackay, 1st Viscount Inchcape. He was Chairman of the P and O Steam Navigation Company...

     (1929)
  58. The Earl Peel
    Earl Peel
    Earl Peel is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Conservative Party politician William Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1921 to 1922, Secretary of State for India from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1929 and First...

     (1929)
  59. The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
    Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
    Earl Baldwin of Bewdley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the Conservative politician Stanley Baldwin. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1923 to 1924, from 1924 to 1929 and from 1935 to 1937. Baldwin was made Viscount Corvedale, of Corvedale...

     (1937)
  60. The Earl of Halifax
    Earl of Halifax
    Earl of Halifax is a title that has been created four times in British history, once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the peerage refers to Halifax, West Yorkshire....

     (1944)
  61. The Earl of Gowrie
    Earl of Gowrie
    Earl of Gowrie is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ruthven family. It takes its name from Gowrie, a historical region and ancient province of Scotland. On 23 August 1581 William Ruthven,...

     (1945)
  62. The Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
    Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
    Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for the famous Liberal politician David Lloyd George. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922...

     (1945)
  63. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
    Earl Mountbatten of Burma
    The title Earl Mountbatten of Burma was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1947 for Rear Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India....

     (1947)
  64. The Earl Alexander of Tunis
    Earl Alexander of Tunis
    Earl Alexander of Tunis is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 March 1952 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis...

     (1952)
  65. The Earl of Swinton
    Earl of Swinton
    Earl of Swinton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1955 for the prominent Conservative politician Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton. He had already been created Viscount Swinton, of Masham in the County of York, in 1935, and was made Baron Masham, of...

     (1955)
  66. The Earl Attlee
    Earl Attlee
    Earl Attlee is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 December 1955 for Clement Attlee, the former Labour Prime Minister. He was made Viscount Prestwood, of Walthamstow in the County of Essex, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010 the...

     (1955)
  67. The Earl of Woolton
    Earl of Woolton
    Earl of Woolton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 for the businessman and Conservative politician Frederick Marquis, 1st Viscount Woolton...

     (1956)
  68. The Earl of Snowdon
    Earl of Snowdon
    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, for Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was then the husband of HRH The Princess Margaret...

     (1961)
  69. The Earl of Stockton
    Earl of Stockton
    Earl of Stockton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 February 1984 for Harold Macmillan, the former Conservative Prime Minister, just under three years before his death...

     (1984)
  70. The Earl of Wessex
    Earl of Wessex
    The title Earl of Wessex has been created twice in British history, once in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...

     (1999)

List of eldest sons or daughters of Earls in the Peerages of the British Isles

  1. Viscount Ingestre, eldest son of the Earl of Shrewsbury
    Earl of Shrewsbury
    Earl of Shrewsbury is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the peerage of England.-First creation, 1074:The first creation occurred in 1074 for Roger de Montgomerie, one of William the Conqueror's principal counselors...

  2. Lord Stanley, eldest son of the Earl of Derby
    Earl of Derby
    Earl of Derby is a title in the Peerage of England. The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby under a creation of 1139. It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end of the reign of Henry III and died in 1279...

  3. Lord Courtenay
    Charles Courtenay, Lord Courtenay
    Charles Peregrine Courtenay, Lord Courtenay is a practising attorney in Los Angeles, California and the son and heir of the 18th Earl of Devon....

    , eldest son of the Earl of Devon
    Earl of Devon
    The title of Earl of Devon was created several times in the Peerage of England, and was possessed first by the de Redvers family, and later by the Courtenays...

  4. Viscount Andover, eldest son of the Earl of Suffolk
    Earl of Suffolk
    Earl of Suffolk is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfeited by his heir, Ralph de Guader, in 1074...

  5. Viscount Feilding, eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh
    Earl of Denbigh
    Earl of Denbigh is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1622 for the courtier and soldier William Feilding, 1st Viscount Feilding. He was Master of the Great Wardrobe under King James I and also took part in the Expedition to Cádiz of 1625...

  6. Lord Norreys, eldest son of the Earl of Lindsey
    Earl of Lindsey
    Earl of Lindsey is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for the 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby . He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1635 to 1636 and also established his claim in right of his mother to the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England...

  7. Viscount Maidstone, eldest son of the Earl of Winchilsea
    Earl of Winchilsea
    Earl of Winchilsea and Earl of Nottingham are two titles in the Peerage of England held by the Finch family that have been united under a single holder since 1729. The Finch family is believed to be descended from Henry FitzHerbert, Lord Chamberlain to King Henry I . The name change came in the...

  8. Viscount Hinchingbrooke, eldest son of the Earl of Sandwich
    Earl of Sandwich
    Earl of Sandwich is a 17th century title in the Peerage of England, nominally associated with Sandwich, Kent. It was created in 1660 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir Edward Montagu. He was made Baron Montagu, of St Neots in the County of Huntingdon, and Viscount Hinchingbrooke, at the...

  9. Viscount Woodstock, eldest son of the Earl of Portland
    Earl of Portland
    Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, first in 1633 and again in 1689.-First creation :The title of Earl of Portland was first created for the politician Richard Weston, 1st Baron Weston, in 1633...

  10. Viscount Bury, eldest son of the Earl of Albemarle
    Earl of Albemarle
    Earl of Albemarle is a title created several times from Norman times onwards. The word Albemarle is the Latinised form of the French county of Aumale in Normandy , other forms being Aubemarle and Aumerle...

  11. Lord Balniel, eldest son of the Earl of Crawford
    Earl of Crawford
    The title Earl of Crawford is one of the most ancient extant titles in Great Britain, having been created in the Peerage of Scotland for Sir David Lindsay in 1398. It is the premier earldom recorded on the Union Roll.The title has a very complex history...

  12. Lord Hay, eldest son of the Earl of Erroll
    Earl of Erroll
    The Earl of Erroll is an ancient title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1453 for Sir William Hay.The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Erroll are Lord Hay and Lord Slains , both in the Peerage of Scotland. The Earls of Erroll also hold the hereditary office of Lord High Constable...

  13. Lord Strathnaver, eldest son of the Countess of Sutherland
  14. Mistress of Mar
    Susan of Mar, Mistress of Mar
    Susan Helen of Mar, Mistress of Mar is the only child and heir presumptive of Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar. She married Bruce Alexander Wyllie on 10 June 1989 and has two daughters:* Isabel Alice of Mar...

    , eldest daughter of the Countess of Mar
  15. Lord Aberdour, eldest son of the Earl of Morton
    Earl of Morton
    The title Earl of Morton was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1458 for James Douglas of Dalkeith. Along with it, the title Lord Aberdour was granted. This latter title is the courtesy title for the eldest son and heir to the Earl of Morton....

  16. Lord Cardross, eldest son of the Earl of Buchan
    Earl of Buchan
    The Mormaer or Earl of Buchan was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male line. The earldom had three lines in its history, not counting...

  17. Lord Montgomerie, eldest son of the Earl of Eglinton
    Earl of Eglinton
    Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.Some authorities spell the title: Earl of Eglintoun In 1859 the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton, Archibald Montgomerie, was also created Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords,...

  18. Lord Berriedale, eldest son of the Earl of Caithness
    Earl of Caithness
    Earl of Caithness is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, and has a very complex history. Its first grant, in the modern sense as to have been counted in strict lists of peerages, is now generally held to have taken place in favor of Maol Íosa V, Earl of...

  19. Lord Doune, eldest son of the Earl of Moray
    Earl of Moray
    The title Earl of Moray has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland.Prior to the formal establishment of the peerage, Earl of Moray, numerous individuals ruled the kingdom of Moray or Mormaer of Moray until 1130 when the kingdom was destroyed by David I of Scotland.-History of the...

  20. Lord Dunglass, eldest son of the Earl of Home
    Earl of Home
    The title Earl of Home was created in 1605 in the Peerage of Scotland for Alexander Home of that Ilk, who was already the 6th Lord Home.The Earl of Home holds the subsidiary titles of Lord Home , and Lord Dunglass , in the Peerage of Scotland; and Baron Douglas, of Douglas in the County of Lanark ...

  21. Viscount Strathallan, eldest son of the Earl of Perth
    Earl of Perth
    The title Earl of Perth was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1605 for James Drummond, 4th Lord Drummond.The Drummond family claim descent from Maurice, son of George, a younger son of King Andrew I of Hungary...

  22. Lord Glamis, eldest son of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
    Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
    The title Earl of Kinghorne was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1606 for Patrick Lyon. In 1677, the designation of the earldom changed to "Strathmore and Kinghorne". A second Earldom was bestowed on the fourteenth Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1937, the title being Strathmore...

  23. Lord Binning
    George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning
    Brigadier-General George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning, CB, MVO was a British Army officer; he was styled "Lord Binning" as a courtesy title....

    , eldest son of the Earl of Haddington
    Earl of Haddington
    Earl of Haddington is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for the noted Scottish lawyer and judge Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Melrose. He was Lord President of the Court of Session from 1616 to 1625...

  24. Viscount Maitland, eldest son of the Earl of Lauderdale
    Earl of Lauderdale
    Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire. The second Earl was created Duke of Lauderdale but died without male issue when the dukedom became extinct. The earldom passed to his brother Charles,...

  25. Viscount Garnock, eldest son of the Earl of Lindsay
    Earl of Lindsay
    Earl of Lindsay is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay, who later inherited the ancient Earldom of Crawford. The two earldoms remained united until the death of the twenty-second Earl of Crawford, also sixth Earl of Lindsay...

  26. Lord Mauchline, eldest son of the Earl of Loudoun
    Earl of Loudoun
    Earl of Loudoun , named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline....

  27. Viscount Dupplin, eldest son of the Earl of Kinnoull
    Earl of Kinnoull
    Earl of Kinnoull is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for George Hay, 1st Viscount of Dupplin. Other associated titles are: Viscount Dupplin , Lord Hay of Kinfauns and Baron Hay of Pedwardine . The former two are in the Peerage of Scotland, while the last is in the Peerage...

  28. Lord Bruce, eldest son of the Earl of Elgin
    Earl of Elgin
    The title Earl of Elgin was created on June 21, 1633 in the Peerage of Scotland for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss. He was later created Baron Bruce of Whorlton in the Peerage of England on July 30, 1641. His son, Robert, succeeded him, and was also created Earl of Ailesbury in the Peerage of...

  29. Lord Elcho, eldest son of the Earl of Wemyss
    Earl of Wemyss
    Earl of Wemyss and Earl of March are two titles in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 and 1697 respectively, that have been held by a joint holder since 1826. The Scottish Wemyss family had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fife since the 12th century. In 1625 John Wemyss was created a...

  30. Lord Ramsay, eldest son of the Earl of Dalhousie
    Earl of Dalhousie
    Earl of Dalhousie, in the County of Midlothian, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, held by the Chief of Clan Ramsay.-History:This family descends from Sir George Ramsay, who represented Kincardineshire in the Scottish Parliament in 1617. He received a charter of the barony of Dalhousie and also...

  31. Lord Ogilvy, eldest son of the Earl of Airlie
    Earl of Airlie
    Earl of Airlie is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created on 2 April 1639 for James Ogilvy, 7th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, along with the title Lord Ogilvy of Alith and Lintrathen...

  32. Lord Huntingtower, eldest son of the Countess of Dysart
  33. Lord Daer, eldest son of the Earl of Selkirk
    Earl of Selkirk
    Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was created on 4 August 1646 for Lord William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch...

  34. Lord Scrymgeour, eldest son of the Earl of Dundee
    Earl of Dundee
    Earl of Dundee is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1660 for John Scrymgeour, 3rd Viscount Dudhope. At his death in 1668, Duke of Lauderdale declared that the first Earl had no heirs-male, and had the crown seize all of his lands...

  35. Mistress of Newburgh, eldest daughter of the Earl of Newburgh
    Earl of Newburgh
    The title Earl of Newburgh was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1660 for James Livingston, 1st Viscount of Newburgh, along with the subsidiary titles Viscount of Kynnaird and Lord Levingston....

  36. Lord Johnstone, eldest son of the Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
    Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
    The title Earl of Annandale and Hartfell was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1661 for James Johnstone.In 1625, the title of Earl of Annandale had been created for John Murray, but it became extinct when his son James died without heirs....

  37. Lord Cochrane, eldest son of the Earl of Dundonald
    Earl of Dundonald
    Earl of Dundonald is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.The Earldom was created in 1669 for the Scottish soldier and politician William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree, with remainder to his heirs male, failing which to his...

  38. Viscount Kirkwall, eldest son of the Earl of Orkney
    Earl of Orkney
    The Earl of Orkney was originally a Norse jarl ruling Orkney, Shetland and parts of Caithness and Sutherland. The Earls were periodically subject to the kings of Norway for the Northern Isles, and later also to the kings of Alba for those parts of their territory in mainland Scotland . The Earl's...

  39. Viscount Reidhaven, eldest son of the Earl of Seafield
    Earl of Seafield
    Earl of Seafield is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1701 for James Ogilvy, who in 1711 succeeded his father as Earl of Findlater. The titles remained united until the earldom of Findlater became extinct in 1811. The earldom of Seafield is still extant, however...

  40. Viscount Dalrymple, eldest son of the Earl of Stair
    Earl of Stair
    Earl of Stair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the lawyer and statesman John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount of Stair. He actively supported William III's claim to the throne and served as Secretary of State for Scotland. However, he was forced to resign after he authorised...

  41. Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery
    Earl of Rosebery
    Earl of Rosebery is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for Archibald Primrose, 1st Viscount of Rosebery, with remainder to his issue male and female successively...

  42. Viscount of Kelburn, eldest son of the Earl of Glasgow
    Earl of Glasgow
    Earl of Glasgow is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for David Boyle, Lord Boyle, one of the commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Union uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

  43. Viscount Tamworth, eldest son of the Earl Ferrers
    Earl Ferrers
    Earl Ferrers is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Robert Shirley, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Shirley family descends from George Shirley of Astwell Castle, Northamptonshire....

  44. Lord Guernsey, eldest son of the Earl of Aylesford
    Earl of Aylesford
    Earl of Aylesford, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1714 for the lawyer and politician Heneage Finch, 1st Baron Guernsey. He had already been created Baron Guernsey in the Peerage of England in 1703...

  45. Viscount Chewton, eldest son of the Earl Waldegrave
    Earl Waldegrave
    Earl Waldegrave is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1729 for James Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Waldegrave. The Waldegrave family descends from Sir Richard Waldegrave, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1381 to 1382. His son and namesake, Sir Richard Waldegrave, was a soldier...

  46. William Henry Leicester Stanhope, eldest son of the Earl of Harrington
    Earl of Harrington
    Earl of Harrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1742 for the former Secretary of State and then Lord President of the Council, William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington. He had already been created Baron Harrington, of Harrington in the County of Northampton, in 1730,...

     (has not yet chosen a courtesy title)
  47. Viscount Lymington, eldest son of the Earl of Portsmouth
    Earl of Portsmouth
    Earl of Portsmouth is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1743 for John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington, who had previously represented Hampshire in the House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Wallop, of Farleigh Wallop in Hampshire in the County of Southampton,...

  48. Lord Brooke, eldest son of the Earl of Warwick
    Earl of Warwick
    Earl of Warwick is a title that has been created four times in British history and is one of the most prestigious titles in the peerages of the British Isles.-1088 creation:...

  49. Lord North, eldest son of the Earl of Guilford
    Earl of Guilford
    Earl of Guilford is a title that has been created three times in British history. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1660 for Elizabeth Boyle. She was the daughter of William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, and the widow of Lewis Boyle, 1st Viscount Boyle of...

  50. Lord Strangways, eldest son of the Earl of Ilchester
    Earl of Ilchester
    Earl of Ilchester, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1756 for Stephen Fox, 1st Baron Ilchester, who had previously represented Shaftesbury in Parliament. He had already been created Baron Ilchester, of Ilchester in the County of Somerset in 1741, and Baron Ilchester and...

  51. Lord Buckhurst, eldest son of the Earl De La Warr
    Earl De La Warr
    Earl De La Warr is a title created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1761.In the United States, Thomas West, 3rd baron is often named in history books simply as Lord Delaware. He served as governor of the Jamestown Colony, and the Delaware Bay was named after him...

  52. Viscount Folkestone, eldest son of the Earl of Radnor
    Earl of Radnor
    Earl of Radnor is a title which has been created two times. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1679 for John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II. He was made Viscount Bodmin at the same time. Robartes was the son of Richard Robartes,...

  53. Viscount Althorp
    Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp
    Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp is the son of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and Victoria Lockwood.He is also the heir apparent to the earldom of his father, which will make him by then "Louis Spencer, 10th Earl Spencer". He is the nephew of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the...

    , eldest son of the Earl Spencer
    Earl Spencer
    Earl Spencer is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created on 1 November 1765, along with the title Viscount Althorp, of Althorp in the County of Northamptonshire, for John Spencer, 1st Viscount Spencer, a great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Marlborough...

  54. Lord Apsley, eldest son of the Earl Bathurst
    Earl Bathurst
    Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1772 for Allen Bathurst, 1st Baron Bathurst. He was a politician and an opponent of Sir Robert Walpole...

  55. Lord Hyde, eldest son of the Earl of Clarendon
    Earl of Clarendon
    Earl of Clarendon is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1776. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1661 for the statesman Edward Hyde, 1st Baron Hyde...

  56. Viscount Stormont, eldest son of the Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
    Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
    Earl of Mansfield, in the County of Nottingham, and Earl of Mansfield, of Caen Wood in the County of Middlesex, are two titles in the Peerage of Great Britain that have been united under a single holder since 1843...

  57. Lord Porchester, eldest son of the Earl of Carnarvon
    Earl of Carnarvon
    Earl of Carnarvon is a title that has been created three times in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1628 in favour of Robert Dormer, 2nd Baron Dormer. For more information on this creation, which became extinct in 1709, see the Baron Dormer.The title was created...

  58. Viscount Chelsea, eldest son of the Earl Cadogan
    Earl Cadogan
    Earl Cadogan is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Cadogan family descends from Major William Cadogan, a cavalry officer in Oliver Cromwell's army. His son Henry Cadogan was a barrister in Dublin. His eldest son William Cadogan was a noted soldier, politician...

  59. Viscount FitzHarris, eldest son of the Earl of Malmesbury
    Earl of Malmesbury
    Earl of Malmesbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1800 for the diplomat James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury. The son of the grammarian and politician James Harris, he served as Ambassador to Spain, Prussia, Russia and France and also represented Christchurch in the...

  60. Viscount Dungarvan, eldest son of the Earl of Cork
    Earl of Cork
    Earl of the County of Cork, usually shortened to Earl of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for the Anglo-Irish politician Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle...

  61. Lord Devlin, eldest son of the Earl of Westmeath
    Earl of Westmeath
    Earl of Westmeath is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1621 for Richard Nugent, Baron Delvin. During the Tudor era the loyalty of the Nugent family was often in question, and Richard's father, the sixth baron, died in prison while awaiting trial for treason...

  62. Lord Ardee, eldest son of the Earl of Meath
    Earl of Meath
    Earl of Meath is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1627 and held by the head of the Brabazon family. This family descends from Sir Edward Brabazon, who represented County Wicklow in the Irish House of Commons and served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1606. In 1616 he was raised to...

  63. Viscount Moore, eldest son of the Earl of Drogheda
    Earl of Drogheda
    The title Earl of Drogheda was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1661 for the 3rd Viscount Moore, and is extant.Lord Drogheda also holds the titles Viscount Moore, of Drogheda , and Baron Moore, of Mellefont in the County of Louth in the Peerage of Ireland and Baron Moore, of Cobham in the...

  64. Viscount Forbes, eldest son of the Earl of Granard
    Earl of Granard
    Earl of Granard is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1684 for Arthur Forbes, 1st Viscount Granard. He was a Lieutenant-General in the army and served as Marshal of the Army in Ireland after The Restoration and was later Lord Justice of Ireland...

  65. Lord Clifton, eldest son of the Earl of Darnley
    Earl of Darnley
    Earl of Darnley is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation in the Peerage of Scotland came in 1580 in favour of Esme Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox. He was created Duke of Lennox at the same time. See the latter...

  66. Viscount Duncannon
    Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon
    Frederick Arthur William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon is a British courtesy viscount. He is the son of Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough and Alison Storey. He is the Heir Apparent to the Earldom of Bessborough....

    , eldest son of the Earl of Bessborough
    Earl of Bessborough
    Earl of Bessborough is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1739 for Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, who had previously represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons...

  67. Viscount Ikerrin, eldest son of the Earl of Carrick
    Earl of Carrick
    The Earl of Carrick was the head of a comital lordship of Carrick in southwestern Scotland. The title emerged in 1186, when Donnchad, son of Gille Brigte, Lord of Galloway, became Mormaer or Earl of Carrick in compensation for exclusion from the whole Lordship of Galloway...

  68. Viscount Boyle, eldest son of the Earl of Shannon
    Earl of Shannon
    Earl of Shannon is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for the prominent Irish politician Henry Boyle, who served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer. He was made Viscount Boyle, of Bandon, and Baron Castle Martyr at the same time,...

  69. Viscount Stopford, eldest son of the Earl of Courtown
    Earl of Courtown
    Earl of Courtown, in the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1762 for James Stopford, 1st Baron Courtown. He had previously represented County Wexford and Fethard in the Irish House of Commons...

  70. Viscount Pollington, eldest son of the Earl of Mexborough
    Earl of Mexborough
    Earl of Mexborough, of Lifford in the County of Donegal, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1766 for John Savile, 1st Baron Pollington, Member of Parliament for Hedon and New Shoreham...

  71. Viscount Kingsborough, eldest son of the Earl of Kingston
    Earl of Kingston
    Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. He had already succeeded his father as fifth Baronet of Boyle Abbey and been created Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon in 1764 and Viscount Kingston in 1766,...

  72. Viscount Jocelyn, eldest son of the Earl of Roden
    Earl of Roden
    Earl of Roden is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1771 for Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Viscount Jocelyn. This branch of the Jocelyn family descends from the 1st Viscount, prominent Irish lawyer and politician Robert Jocelyn, the son of Thomas Jocelyn, third son of Sir Robert Jocelyn,...

  73. Viscount Vaughan, eldest son of the Earl of Lisburne
    Earl of Lisburne
    Earl of Lisburne is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for Wilmot Vaughan, 4th Viscount Lisburne. He notably represented Cardiganshire and Berwick-upon-Tweed in the House of Commons and held minor governmental office. His younger son, the third Earl, sat as Member of...

  74. Lord Gillford, eldest son of the Earl of Clanwilliam
    Earl of Clanwilliam
    Earl of Clanwilliam is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for John Meade, 1st Viscount Clanwilliam. The Meade family descends from John Meade, who represented Dublin University and County Tipperary in the Irish House of Commons and served as Attorney-General for Ireland...

  75. Viscount Dunluce, eldest son of the Earl of Antrim
    Earl of Antrim
    Earl of Antrim is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of Ireland and both times for members of the MacDonnell family, originally of Scottish origins. This family descends from Sorley Boy MacDonnell, who established the family in County Antrim...

  76. Lord Silchester, eldest son of the Earl of Longford
    Earl of Longford
    Earl of Longford is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. It was first bestowed upon Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford, in 1677, with remainder to his younger brother Ambrose. He had previously represented Surrey in the House of Commons and had already been...

  77. Viscount Carlow, eldest son of the Earl of Portarlington
    Earl of Portarlington
    Earl of Portarlington is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1785 for John Dawson, 2nd Viscount Carlow, who had earlier represented Portarlington in the Irish House of Commons...

  78. Lord Naas, eldest son of the Earl of Mayo
    Earl of Mayo
    Earl of the County of Mayo, usually known simply as Earl of Mayo, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1785 for John Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo, for many years First Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland...

  79. Viscount Crichton, eldest son of the Earl Erne
    Earl Erne
    Earl Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for John Creighton, 2nd Baron Erne, who had earlier represented Lifford in the Irish House of Commons...

  80. Lord Bingham
    George Bingham, Lord Bingham
    George Charles Bingham, Lord Bingham is a British peer, the only son of Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, and his wife, the Countess of Lucan, born Veronica Mary Duncan. He has two sisters: Lady Frances Bingham and Lady Camilla Bloch , a barrister who married QC Michael Bloch in 1998...

    , eldest son of the Earl of Lucan
    Earl of Lucan
    Earl of Lucan was a title in the Peerage of Ireland which has been possessed by two related Irish families in creations of 1691 and 1795. The current holder is presumed to be Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, who vanished in 1974....

  81. Viscount Corry, eldest son of the Earl Belmore
    Earl Belmore
    Earl Belmore is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1797 for Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Viscount Belmore, who had previously represented County Tyrone in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Belmore, of Castle Coole in County Fermanagh, in 1781 and Viscount Belmore in...

  82. Viscount Stuart, eldest son of the Earl Castle Stewart
    Earl Castle Stewart
    Earl Castle Stewart, in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Andrew Stuart, 1st Viscount Castle Stuart. The Stewart family descends from Sir Walter Stewart , younger son of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, son of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of...

  83. Viscount Suirdale, eldest son of the Earl of Donoughmore
    Earl of Donoughmore
    Earl of Donoughmore is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Viscount Donoughmore, with remainder to the heirs male of his mother. He was a General in the British Army and sat in the House of Lords as one of the 28 original Irish Representative...

  84. Viscount Alexander, eldest son of the Earl of Caledon
    Earl of Caledon
    Earl of Caledon, of Caledon, County Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for James Alexander, 1st Viscount Caledon. He was a merchant who had made an enormous fortune in India. He also represented the constituency of Londonderry City in the Irish House of Commons...

  85. Lord Loughborough, eldest son of the Earl of Rosslyn
    Earl of Rosslyn
    Earl of Rosslyn is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough, Lord Chancellor from 1793 to 1801, with special remainder to his nephew Sir James St Clair-Erskine, 6th Baronet...

  86. Viscount Marsham, eldest son of the Earl of Romney
    Earl of Romney
    Earl of Romney is a title that has been created twice. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1694 in favour of the soldier and politician Henry Sydney. He had been made Baron Milton and Viscount Sidney at the same time in 1689. Sydney was the younger son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of...

  87. Viscount Grey de Wilton, eldest son of the Earl of Wilton
    Earl of Wilton
    Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Grey de Wilton, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...

  88. Viscount Glentworth, eldest son of the Earl of Limerick
    Earl of Limerick
    Earl of Limerick is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. The earldom was created for the first time in 1686 for Sir William Dongan, 4th Baronet, with remainder, failing male issue of his own, to his brothers Robert, Michael and Thomas and the heirs male of their bodies...

  89. Viscount Clive, eldest son of the Earl of Powis
    Earl of Powis
    Earl of Powis is a title that has been created three times. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 in favour of William Herbert, 3rd Baron Powis. In 1687 he was further honoured when he was made Marquess of Powis...

  90. Viscount Somerton, eldest son of the Earl of Normanton
    Earl of Normanton
    Earl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Viscount Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in...

  91. Lord Oxmantown, eldest son of the Earl of Rosse
    Earl of Rosse
    Earl of Rosse is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for members of the Parsons family. It is not to be confused with the Scottish title of Earl of Ross. The Parsons family were originally an English family of which five brothers settled in Ireland during the...

  92. Viscount Sandon, eldest son of the Earl of Harrowby
    Earl of Harrowby
    Earl of Harrowby, in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1809 for the prominent politician and former Foreign Secretary, Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby. He was made Viscount Sandon, of Sandon in the County of Stafford, at the same time, which...

  93. Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the Earl of Harewood
    Earl of Harewood
    Earl of Harewood, in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for Edward Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy sugar plantation owner and former Member of Parliament for Northallerton...

  94. Viscount Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto
    Earl of Minto
    Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto. The family descends from the politician and judge Gilbert Elliot, who served as a Lord of Session under the judicial title of Lord...

  95. Lord Greenock, eldest son of the Earl Cathcart
    Earl Cathcart
    Earl Cathcart is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1814 for the soldier and diplomat William Cathcart, 1st Viscount Cathcart. The Cathcart family descends from Sir Alan Cathcart, who sometime between 1447 and 1460 was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Cathcart....

  96. Viscount Grimston, eldest son of the Earl of Verulam
    Earl of Verulam
    Earl of Verulam is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for James Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston. He was made Viscount Grimston at the same time. Verulam had previously represented St Albans in the House of Commons. In 1808 he had also succeeded his maternal cousin...

  97. Viscount Boringdon, eldest son of the Earl of Morley
    Earl of Morley
    Earl of Morley, in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for the politician John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon. He was made Viscount Boringdon, of North Molton in the County of Devon, at the same time, which title is used as a courtesy title by...

  98. Viscount Newport, eldest son of the Earl of Bradford
    Earl of Bradford
    Earl of Bradford is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in 1694 for Francis Newport, 2nd Baron Newport. However, all the Newport titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Earl in 1762. The...

  99. Viscount Encombe, eldest son of the Earl of Eldon
    Earl of Eldon
    Earl of Eldon, in the County Palatine of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for the lawyer and politician John Scott, 1st Baron Scott, Lord Chancellor from 1801 to 1806 and from 1807 to 1827...

  100. Viscount Curzon, eldest son of the Earl Howe
    Earl Howe
    Earl Howe is a title that has been created twice in British history, for members of the Howe and Curzon-Howe family respectively.The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was in 1788 for Richard Howe, but became extinct on his death in 1799....

  101. Viscount Dunwich, eldest son of the Earl of Stradbroke
    Earl of Stradbroke
    Earl of Stradbroke, in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for John Rous, 1st Baron Rous, who had earlier represented Suffolk in the House of Commons...

  102. Lord Langton, eldest son of the Earl Temple of Stowe
    Earl Temple of Stowe
    Earl Temple of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1822 for the 2nd Marquess of Buckingham. He was created Marquess of Chandos and Duke of Buckingham and Chandos at the same time...

  103. Viscount Newry, eldest son of the Earl of Kilmorey
    Earl of Kilmorey
    Earl of Kilmorey is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1822 for Francis Needham, 12th Viscount Kilmorey, a General in the British Army and former Member of Parliament for Newry. He was made Viscount Newry and Mourne, in the County of Down, at the same time, also in the Peerage of...

  104. Viscount Emlyn, eldest son of the Earl Cawdor
    Earl Cawdor
    Earl Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1827 for John Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor...

  105. Viscount Northland, eldest son of the Earl of Ranfurly
    Earl of Ranfurly
    Earl of Ranfurly, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1831 for Thomas Knox, 2nd Viscount Northland. He had earlier represented County Tyrone in the House of Commons, and had already been created Baron Ranfurly, of Ramphorlie in the County of...

  106. Viscount Lambton, eldest son of the Earl of Durham
    Earl of Durham
    Earl of Durham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1833 for the prominent Whig politician and colonial official John Lambton, 1st Baron Durham. Known as "Radical Jack", he played a leading role in the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832...

  107. Lord Leveson, eldest son of the Earl Granville
    Earl Granville
    Earl Granville is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.-First Creation:...

  108. Lord Howard of Effingham, eldest son of the Earl of Effingham
    Earl of Effingham
    Earl of Effingham, in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Kenneth Alexander Howard, 11th Baron Howard of Effingham. This branch of the Howard family descends from the noted naval commander and politician Lord William Howard, eldest son...

  109. Lord Moreton, eldest son of the Earl of Ducie
    Earl of Ducie
    Earl of Ducie is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 4th Baron Ducie. The family descends from Edward Moreton , who married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Ducie. Their son Matthew Ducie Moreton represented Gloucestershire in the House of...

  110. Lord Worsley, eldest son of the Earl of Yarborough
    Earl of Yarborough
    Earl of Yarborough is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Baron Yarborough. The Anderson-Pelham family descends from Francis Anderson of Manby, Lincolnshire. He married Mary, daughter of Charles Pelham of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire...

  111. Viscount Coke
    Thomas Coke, Viscount Coke
    Thomas Edward Coke, Viscount Coke is the son of Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester and Valeria Phyllis Potter and heir to the Earldom of Leicester. Since 1994 he is styled Viscount Coke.-Education and career:...

    , eldest son of the Earl of Leicester
    Earl of Leicester
    The title Earl of Leicester was created in the 12th century in the Peerage of England , and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837.-Early creations:...

  112. Viscount Campden, eldest son of the Earl of Gainsborough
    Earl of Gainsborough
    Earl of Gainsborough is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation ended in extinction when the sixth Earl died without heirs...

  113. Viscount Enfield, eldest son of the Earl of Strafford
    Earl of Strafford
    Earl of Strafford is a title that has been created three times in English and British history.The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1640 for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, the close advisor of King Charles I...

  114. Viscount Dangan
    Graham Wellesley, Viscount Dangan
    Garret "Graham" Wellesley, Viscount Dangan is the only son of Garret Wellesley, 7th Earl Cowley.Lord Dangan was the founder and Chief Executive of IFX and Finspreads In 2003 the board of directors of IFX forced him to resign as Chief Executive, and he sold his IFX holdings...

    , eldest son of the Earl Cowley
    Earl Cowley
    Earl Cowley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1857 for the diplomat Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley. He was Ambassador to France from 1852 to 1867. He was made Viscount Dangan, of Dangan in the County of Meath, at the same time as he was given the earldom. This...

  115. Viscount Ednam, eldest son of the Earl of Dudley
    Earl of Dudley
    Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford, is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ward family. This family descends from Sir Humble Ward, the son of a wealthy goldsmith and jeweller to King Charles I...

  116. Viscount Tarbat, eldest son of the Earl of Cromartie
    Earl of Cromartie
    Earl of Cromartie is a title that has been created twice, both times for members of the Mackenzie family. This branch of the family descends from Sir Roderick Mackenzie, whose elder brother Kenneth Mackenzie was created Lord Mackenzie of Kintail in 1609 and was the father of Colin Mackenzie, 1st...

  117. Lord Wodehouse, eldest son of the Earl of Kimberley
    Earl of Kimberley
    Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1866 for the prominent Liberal politician John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse...

  118. Viscount Carlton, eldest son of the Earl of Wharncliffe
    Earl of Wharncliffe
    Earl of Wharncliffe, in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1876 for Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Baron Wharncliffe. He was a descendant of Edward Wortley Montagu and his wife, the authoress Lady Mary Wortley...

  119. Viscount Garmoyle, eldest son of the Earl Cairns
    Earl Cairns
    Earl Cairns is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1878 for the prominent lawyer and Conservative politician Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns. He was Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880...

  120. Viscount Knebworth, eldest son of the Earl of Lytton
    Earl of Lytton
    Earl of Lytton, in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1880 for the diplomat and poet Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton. He was Viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880 and British Ambassador to France from 1887 to 1891...

  121. Viscount Wolmer, eldest son of the Earl of Selborne
    Earl of Selborne
    Earl of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1882 for the lawyer and Liberal politician Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Wolmer, of Blackmoor in the County of Southampton...

  122. Viscount St Cyres, eldest son of the Earl of Iddesleigh
    Earl of Iddesleigh
    Earl of Iddesleigh, in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the Conservative politician Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet...

  123. Lord Medway, eldest son of the Earl of Cranbrook
    Earl of Cranbrook
    Earl of Cranbrook, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1892 for the prominent Conservative politician Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook. He notably held office as Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State...

  124. Viscount Errington, eldest son of the Earl of Cromer
    Earl of Cromer
    Earl of Cromer is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1901 for Evelyn Baring, 1st Viscount Cromer, the long-time British Consul-General in Egypt...

  125. Viscount Windsor, eldest son of the Earl of Plymouth
    Earl of Plymouth
    Earl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...

  126. Viscount Hawkesbury, eldest son of the Earl of Liverpool
    Earl of Liverpool
    Earl of Liverpool is a title that has been created twice in British history. The first time was in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1796 for Charles Jenkinson, 1st Baron Hawkesbury, a favourite of King George III...

  127. Viscount Borodale, eldest son of the Earl Beatty
    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 David Beatty. 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...

  128. Viscount Elveden, eldest son of the Earl of Iveagh
    Earl of Iveagh
    Earl of Iveagh is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the businessman and philanthropist Edward Guinness, 1st Viscount Iveagh. He was the third son of Sir Benjamin Guinness, 1st Baronet, of Ashford, and the great-grandson of Arthur Guinness, the founder of the...

  129. Viscount Asquith, eldest son of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith
    Earl of Oxford and Asquith
    Earl of Oxford and Asquith is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the Liberal politician H. H. Asquith. He was Home Secretary from 1892 to 1895, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1905 to 1908, Leader of the Liberal Party from 1908 to 1926 and Prime Minister of...

  130. Viscount Brocas, only son of the Earl Jellicoe
    Earl Jellicoe
    Earl Jellicoe is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Brocas, of Southampton in the County of Southampton, on 29 June 1925 for Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, 1st Viscount Jellicoe, on his return from being Governor-General of...

  131. Viscount Glenapp, eldest son of the Earl of Inchcape
    Earl of Inchcape
    Earl of Inchcape is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Scottish shipping magnate and public servant James Mackay, 1st Viscount Inchcape. He was Chairman of the P and O Steam Navigation Company...

  132. Viscount Cranfield, eldest son of the Earl Peel
    Earl Peel
    Earl Peel is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Conservative Party politician William Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1921 to 1922, Secretary of State for India from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1929 and First...

  133. Viscount Corvedale, eldest son of the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
    Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
    Earl Baldwin of Bewdley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the Conservative politician Stanley Baldwin. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1923 to 1924, from 1924 to 1929 and from 1935 to 1937. Baldwin was made Viscount Corvedale, of Corvedale...

  134. Lord Irwin, eldest son of the Earl of Halifax
    Earl of Halifax
    Earl of Halifax is a title that has been created four times in British history, once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the peerage refers to Halifax, West Yorkshire....

  135. Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, eldest son of the Earl of Gowrie
    Earl of Gowrie
    Earl of Gowrie is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ruthven family. It takes its name from Gowrie, a historical region and ancient province of Scotland. On 23 August 1581 William Ruthven,...

  136. Viscount Gwynedd, eldest son of the Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
    Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
    Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for the famous Liberal politician David Lloyd George. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922...

  137. Lord Brabourne
    Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne
    Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne , known until 2005 as Lord Romsey, is a British Peer.-Life and education:...

    , eldest son of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma (a peer in his own right)
  138. Lord Masham, eldest son of the Earl of Swinton
    Earl of Swinton
    Earl of Swinton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1955 for the prominent Conservative politician Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton. He had already been created Viscount Swinton, of Masham in the County of York, in 1935, and was made Baron Masham, of...

  139. Viscount Linley
    David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
    -Ancestry:-External links:* * * *...

    , eldest son of the Earl of Snowdon
    Earl of Snowdon
    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, for Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was then the husband of HRH The Princess Margaret...

  140. Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
    Daniel Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
    Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden is the heir to Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton.Lord Macmillan is a great-grandson of the former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. He was 12 years old when his great-grandfather died, and he holds a courtesy...

    , eldest son of the Earl of Stockton
    Earl of Stockton
    Earl of Stockton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 February 1984 for Harold Macmillan, the former Conservative Prime Minister, just under three years before his death...

  141. Viscount Severn
    James, Viscount Severn
    James, Viscount Severn is the second child and only son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and the youngest grandchild of Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh...

    , eldest son of the Earl of Wessex
    Earl of Wessex
    The title Earl of Wessex has been created twice in British history, once in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...

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