Volume - V

The British Peerage System

Gotha Index to the British Peerage System, the formal listing of the Titles, Ranks, Styles, Title

Holders and their Heirs, the Date of Creation and the Present Status of the Peerage listed

(I): Dukes - Marquesses - Earls (II): Viscounts

(III - A-B): Barons and Lords (IV): Baronets

British Peerage System Volume V - Part I

British Peerage: Royal Dukedoms

Style, His Royal Highness The Duke of __

With the exceptions of the dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay (which can only be held by the eldest son of the Sovereign), these dukedoms are

hereditary according to the Letters Patent that created them, which

contain the standard remainder "heirs male of his body". The British monarch also holds and is entitled to the revenues of the Duchy of

Lancaster, and within the borders of the County Palatine of Lancashire is by tradition saluted as "The Duke of Lancaster" (even when the monarch is a Queen regnant, she does not use the title Duchess). She also rules the

Channel Islands as Duke of Normandy.

Past Royal Dukedoms include:

* Albany * Albemarle * Bedford * Windsor * Clarence * Connaught * Cumberland * Hereford * Kendal * Sussex

The Hanoverians occasionally combined two territorial designations into a single royal dukedom - for example, the Duke of York and Albany.

Other combinations included Gloucester and Edinburgh, Cumberland and Strathearn, Clarence and St Andrews, Kent and Strathearn,

Cumberland and Teviotdale, Connaught and Strathearn and Clarence and Avondale. The idea was often to combine an English title with a

Scottish one, emphasizing the unity of the (then new) United Kingdom. Such Hanoverian Dukes were generally also given an Irish title.

The dukedoms of Albany and Cumberland are not vacant but were suspended in 1919, as their holders were also reigning German rulers

when Britain was at war with Germany in World War I; there still exist heirs to these titles who could apply for their restoration. There was

speculation that Prince Edward would receive a dukedom such as Cambridge or Sussex upon his marriage in 1999, but instead he received the lesser title Earl of Wessex. At the same time as his creation as Earl of

Wessex, it was announced that Prince Edward will be created Duke of Edinburgh on the death of both of his parents as Prince Charles will

succeed to the title on his father's death. The Dukedom of Edinburgh will become a non-royal dukedom with Prince Edward's descendants.

In the United Kingdom, there is nothing about a particular dukedom that makes it "royal". Rather, these peerages are called Royal Dukedoms

because they are held by a member of the royal family who is entitled to the style Royal Highness. Although the term Royal Duke therefore has no official meaning per se, the category "Duke of the Blood Royal" was acknowledged as a rank conferring special precedence at court in the unrevoked 20th clause of the Lord Chamberlain's order of 1520. This

decree accorded precedence to any peer related by blood to the Sovereign above all others of the same degree within the peerage. The

order did not apply within Parliament, nor did it grant precedence above the Archbishop of Canterbury or other Great Officers of State such as is

now enjoyed by royal dukes. But it placed junior Dukes of the Blood Royal above the most senior non-royal duke, junior Earls of the Blood Royal above the most senior non-royal earl, etc. It did not matter how distantly related to the monarch the peers might be (presumably they

ranked among each other in order of succession to the Crown). Although legally "time does not run against the King", so that the 1520 order is

theoretically still in effect, in fact the "Blood Royal" clause seems to have fallen into desuetude sometime in the 19th century. Thus peers of the

Blood Royal who are not grandchildren of a Sovereign no longer enjoy precedence above other peers.

Under the 20 November 1917, Letters Patent of King George V, the titular dignity of Prince or Princess and the style Royal Highness are restricted to the legitimate children of a Sovereign, the sons of a Sovereign's sons,

and the eldest living son ofthe eldest son of a Prince of Wales. For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are succeeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St. Andrews, respectively, those peerages (or rather, the 1928 and 1934 creations of them) will cease to be royal dukedoms, instead the title

holders will become ordinary Dukes. The third dukes of Gloucester and Kent will each be styled "His Grace" because as great-grandsons of

George V, they are not Princes and are not styled HRH. Similarly, upon the death of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), the third

son of Queen Victoria, his only male-line grandson, Alastair Arthur Windsor, Earl of MacDuff (1914-43), briefly succeeded to his peerages. However, as a duke, the second Duke of Connaught, amale-line great

grandson of Queen Victoria, he was simply styled "His Grace".

The sovereign's eldest daughter is typically created Princess Royal, and her marriage may create an interesting situation. Princess Louise,

daughter of King Edward VII, married the 6th Earl of Fife in 1889; he was elevated to the title Duke of Fife, and his wife was styled HRH The

Duchess of Fife. The dukedom was a non-royal one and it continues today. Princess Mary, daughter of King George V, married Viscount

Lascelles-who succeeded as the 6th Earl of Harewood-in 1922, retaining

her HRH; there was no elevation to a dukedom. Anne, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, has taken no title for herself or either of her commoner husbands, though there is absolutely nothing to impede the Sovereign creating a title-almost certainly an earldom, as for HRH

Princess Margaret on her marriage to a commoner as Earl of Snowdon in 1961-at any time.

Sons of the sovereign are usually granted a dukedom upon marriage. Queen Victoria made her some of her grandsons Royal Dukes. Queen Elizabeth II could choose to do the same. While non-royal dukes are

entitled to a coronet of eight strawberry leaves, to bear at a coronation and on his coat of arms, royal dukes are entitled to princely coronets

(four crosses patée alternating with four strawberry leaves). The coronets of the royal family are dictated by letters patent. The Duke of

York bears by letters patent, and the Duke of Edinburgh was granted in 1947 use of, the coronet of a child of the Sovereign (four crosses patée

alternating with four fleurs-de-lis), while the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay has use of the heir apparent's coronet, and the current

Dukes of Gloucester and of Kent, as grandsons of a Sovereign bear the corresponding coronet.

List of the 7 Royal Dukedoms within the British Peerage system

Created Title, order of succession, name, etc. Heir

1337 E Cornwall, Charles, Prince of Wales, b. 1948, s. 1952, m.

§

1947 UK Edinburgh (1st), The Prince Philip, b. 1921, m. The Prince of Wales, b. 1948

1928 UK Gloucester (2nd), Prince Richard, b. 1944, s. 1974, m.

Earl of Ulster, b. 1974

1934 UK Kent (2nd), Prince Edward, b. 1935, s. 1942, m. Earl of St Andrews, b. 1962

1398 S Rothesay, Charles, Prince of Wales, b. 1948, s. §

1952, m.

1986 UK York (1st), The Prince Andrew, b. 1960, m. None

2011 UK Cambridge (1st), Prince William of Wales, b. 1982, m

None

§ The title is not hereditary but is held by the Sovereign's eldest son from

the later of (a) the moment of his birth, or (b) the Sovereign's accession

British Peerage: Dukedoms

Coronet, Eight strawberry leaves Style, His Grace the Duke of ___ Wife's style, Her Grace the Duchess of ___ Eldest son's style, Takes his father's

second title as a courtesy title Younger sons' style, 'Lord' before forename and family name Daughters' style, 'Lady' before forename and

family name

Edward III of England created the first three dukedoms of England (Cornwall, Lancaster and Clarence). His eldest son Edward was created

Duke of Cornwall, the first English Duke, in 1337. Two weeks after his death the dukedom was recreated for the 9 year old Richard II who

would eventually succeed his grandfather. The Dukes of Cornwall are not numbered as part of their style.

The second dukedom was originally was given to Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, but upon his death was re-created for the 3rd son of

Edward III, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster. On that same day Edward III also created a dukedom for his second son, Lionel of

Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. When Richard II reached majority, he created dukedoms for his last two uncles on the same day: Edmund of

Langley, 1st Duke of York, and Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.

By the end of the Middle Ages, traditionally marked by the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485, a total of 31 dukedoms (with 16

distinct titles) had been created; yet only those of Cornwall and Lancaster remained. The duchy of Cornwall was permanently

associated with the heir apparent, and the duchy of Lancaster became crown property. The first Duke of Norfolk had died in the battle of

Bosworth Field in 1485. Three decades later the Dukedom of Norfolk was restored to his son by Henry VIII. Thus when Elizabeth I came to power

the only living duke was Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. Elizabeth did not create any dukes, and she beheaded Thomas Howard at the age of

36 for plotting to wed Mary, Queen of Scots and overthrow her. There were no Dukes for the last 30 years of her reign. The extant Dukedoms in the Peerage of England were all created (or restored, in the cases of

Norfolk and Somerset) in the Stuart period.

List of the 29 Dukedoms within the British Peerage system

Created Title, order of succession, name, etc. Heir

1868 I Abercorn (5th), James Hamilton, b. 1934, s. 1979, m.

Marquess of Hamilton, b. 1969

1701 S Argyll (13th), Torquhil Ian Campbell, b. 1968, s. 2001, m.

Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, b. 2004

1892 UK Argyll (6th), held by the Duke of Argyll

1703 S Atholl (11th), John Murray, b. 1929, s. 1996, m. Marquess of Tullibardine, b. 1960

1682 E Beaufort (11th), David Robert Somerset, b. 1928, s. 1984, m.

Marquess of Worcester, b. 1952

1694 E Bedford (15th), Andrew Ian Henry Russell, b. 1962, s. 2003, m.

Marquess of Tavistock, b. 2005

1711 GB Brandon (12th), held by the Duke of Hamilton

1663 S Buccleuch (9th), Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, b. 1923, s. 1973, m.

Earl of Dalkeith, b. 1954

1694 E Devonshire (12th), Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, b. 1944, s. 2004, m.

Marquess of Hartington, b. 1969

1900 UK Fife (3rd), James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, b. 1929, s. 1959, m.

Earl of Southesk, b. 1961

1876 UK Gordon (5th), held by the Duke of Richmond

1675 E Grafton (11th), Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, b. 1919, s. 1970, m.

Earl of Euston, b. 1947

1643 S Hamilton (15th), Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, b. 1938, s. 1973, m.

Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, b. 1978

1766 I Leinster (9th), Maurice FitzGerald, b. 1948, s. 2004, m.

Capt Lord John FitzGerald, b. 1952

1675 S Lennox (10th), held by the Duke of Richmond

1719 GB Manchester (13th), Alexander Charles David Drogo Montagu, b. 1962, s. 2002, m.

Viscount Mandeville, b. 1993

1702 E Marlborough (11th), John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, b. 1926, s. 1972, m.

Marquess of Blandford, b. 1955

1707 S Montrose (8th), James Graham, b. 1935, s. 1992, m.

Marquess of Graham, b. 1973

1483 E Norfolk (18th), Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, b. 1956, s. 2002, m.

Earl of Arundel and Surrey, b. 1987

1766 GB Northumberland (12th), Ralph George Algernon Percy, b. 1956, s. 1995, m.

Earl Percy, b. 1984

1684 S Queensberry (11th), held by the Duke of Buccleuch

1675 E Richmond (10th), Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, b. 1929, s. 1989, m.

Earl of March and Kinrara, b. 1955

1707 S Roxburghe (10th), Guy David Innes-Ker, b. 1954, s. 1974, m.

Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, b. 1981

1703 E Rutland (11th), David Charles Robert Manners, b. 1959, s. 1999, m.

Marquess of Granby, b. 1999

1684 E Saint Albans (14th), Murray de Vere Beauclerk, b. 1939, s. 1988, m.

Earl of Burford, b. 1965

1547 E Somerset (19th), John Michael Edward Seymour, b. 1952, s. 1984, m.

Lord Seymour, b. 1982

1833 UK Sutherland (7th), Francis Ronald Egerton, b. 1940, s. 2000, m.

Marquess of Stafford, b. 1975

1814 UK Wellington (8th), Arthur Valerian Wellesley, b. 1915, s. 1972, m.

Marquess of Douro, b. 1945

1874 UK Westminster (6th), Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, b. 1951, s. 1979, m.

Earl Grosvenor, b. 1991

British Peerage: Marquessates

Coronet, Four strawberry leaves alternating with four silver balls Style, The Most Hon. the Marquess (of) __ Wife's style, The Most

Hon. the Marchioness (of) __ Eldest son's style, Takes his father's second title as a courtesy title Younger sons' style, 'Lord' before

forename and family name Daughters' style, 'Lady' before forename and family name * there is no "of" in the title

The Marquessate of Winchester (created in 1551) is the oldest English (and British) marquessate still in existence, and as a result, the holder of

the title is considered the "Premier Marquess of England". Since Marquessates in England created after 1707 became Marquessates of

Great Britain and, from 1801, of the United Kingdom, he is now the only English Marquess; all other English Marquesses are Dukes who use their

title of Marquess as a subsidiary title. Unlike the continent, in England (later Britain, ultimately the UK) the monarchy is the only authority

capable of awarding hereditary titles and it has managed to keep a tight grip on aristocratic titles. Thus, there are currently only 34

marquessates.

The first marquess in England was Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford, who was appointed the Marquess of Dublin by King Richard II of

England on 1 December 1385. On 13 October 1386, the patent of this marquessate was recalled, and Robert de Vere was raised to the rank of

the Duke of Ireland. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, the second illegitimate son of John of Gaunt, was raised to the second marquessate as the Marquess of Dorset in September 1397. In 1399, he was disgraced, and the king revoked his marquessate. The British House of Commons later petitioned King Henry IV for his restoration but the King objected stating "the name of marquess is a strange name in this realm". From

that period the title appears to have been dormant till the reign of Henry VI, when it was revived in 1442. The only woman to be appointed as a marquess in her own right was Anne Boleyn, who was appointed the

Marquess of Pembroke in preparation for her marriage to Henry VIII. The investiture ceremony was held at Windsor Castle on 1 September

1532.

The title Marquess was always more exclusive than that of an Earl. In the late 19th and in the 20th century many Viceroys of India were appointed

as marqueses after their resignation. Some of the German relatives of King George V were made Marquesses in the Peerage of Great-Britain after their denouncing of their German princely titles in 1917. Prince

Louis of Battenberg, the princely head of the Battenberg family became the first Marquess of Milford Haven in the peerage of the United

Kingdom. A British marquess is formally styled "The Most Honourable The Marquess of [X]" and informally styled "Lord [X]', and his wife

"Lady [X]". As with dukes, all sons bear the courtesy style "Lord Forename [Surname]" and all daughters bear the courtesy style "Lady

Forename [Surname]". This courtesy style for the eldest son, however, is often trumped by a subsidiary title of his father, such as earl or viscount,

which is used instead. Especially for signing documents, the signature being only the name of the title, [X]). This form of signature is true for

all peers, including peers by courtesy. For example, the Marquess of Salisbury would sign his name merely "Salisbury".

A marquess by courtesy, however (who would always be the heir to a dukedom, since the courtesy title of an heir must always be at least one

rank below that of the peer), does not enjoy the style of "Most Honourable", but is merely known as Marquess of [X] (the definite article is omitted because the Duke would be THE Marquess of [X]).

The genuine marquess as a peer, however, is always the "Most Honourable the Marquess of [X]", to differentiate a marquess by

courtesy (i.e., the heir to a dukedom) from a marquess in his own right. The spelling of the title in Scotland is very often the "marquis" variation,

particularly when the title was created prior to the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.

List of the 55 Marquessates within the British Peerage system

Created Title, order of succession, name, etc. Heir

1790 GB Abercorn (6th), held by the Duke of Abercorn

1916 UK

Aberdeen and Temair (7th), Alexander George Gordon, b. 1955, s. 2002, m.

Earl of Haddo, b. 1983

1876 UK

Abergavenny (6th), Christopher George Charles Nevill, b. 1955, s. 2000, m.

None

1821 UK

Ailesbury (8th), Michael Sidney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, b. 1926, s. 1974, m.

Earl of Cardigan, b. 1952

1831 UK Ailsa (8th), Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, b. 1956, s. 1994

Lord David Thomas Kennedy, b. 1958

1815 UK Anglesey (7th), George Charles Henry Victor Paget, b. 1922, s. 1947, m.

Earl of Uxbridge, b. 1950

1676 S Atholl (12th), held by the Duke of

Atholl

1789 GB Bath (7th), Alexander George Thynn, b. 1932, s. 1992, m.

Viscount Weymouth, b. 1974

1702 E Blandford (11th), held by the Duke of Marlborough

1707 S Bowmont and Cessford (10th), held by the Duke of Roxburghe

1826 UK Bristol (8th), Frederick William Augustus Hervey, b. 1979, s. 1999

Alexander George Hervey, b. 1920

1796 GB Bute (7th), John Colum Crichton-Stuart, b. 1958, s. 1993, m.

Earl of Dumfries, b. 1989

1812 UK *Camden (6th), David George Edward Henry Pratt, b. 1930, s. 1983, m.

Earl of Brecknock, b. 1965

1815 UK Cholmondeley (7th), David George Philip Cholmondeley, b. 1960, s. 1990

Charles George Cholmondeley, b. 1959

1643 S Clydesdale (15th), held by the Duke of Hamilton

1816 I *Conyngham (8th), Henry Vivian Pierpoint Conyngham, b. 1951, s. 2009, m.

Earl of Mount Charles, b. 1975

1791 I Donegall (8th), (Arthur)Patrick Chichester, b. 1952, s. 2007, m.

Earl of Belfast, b. 1990

1633 S Douglas (12th), held by the Duke of Hamilton

1814 UK *Douro (8th), held by the Duke of Wellington

1789 I

Downshire (9th), (Arthur Francis) Nicholas Wills Hill, b. 1959, s. 2003, m.

Earl of Hillsborough, b. 1996

1683 S Dumfriesshire (11th), held by the Duke of Buccleuch

1801 I Ely (9th), (Charles) John Tottenham, b. 1943, s. 2006, m.

Viscount Loftus, b. 1973

1801 UK Exeter (8th), (William) Michael Lord Burghley, b. 1970

Anthony Cecil, b. 1935, s. 1988, m.

1707 S Graham and Buchanan (8th), held by the Duke of Montrose

1703 E Granby (11th), held by the Duke of Rutland

1868 I Hamilton (5th), held by the Duke of Abercorn

1694 E Hartington (12th), held by the Duke of Devonshire

1800 UK Headfort (7th), (Thomas Michael Ronald) Christopher Taylour, b. 1959, s. 2005, m.

Earl of Bective, b. 1989

1793 GB Hertford (9th), Henry Jocelyn Seymour, b. 1958, s. 1997, m.

Earl of Yarmouth, b. 1993

1599 S Huntly (13th), Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, b. 1944, s. 1987, m.

Earl of Aboyne, b. 1973

1761 I Kildare (8th), held by the Duke of Leinster

1701 S Kintyre and Lorne (13th), held by the Duke of Argyll

1784 GB Lansdowne (9th), Charles Maurice Petty-Fitzmaurice, b. 1941, s. 1999, m.

Earl of Shelburne, b. 1970

1902 UK Linlithgow (4th), Adrian John Charles Hope, b. 1946, s. 1987, m.

Earl of Hopetoun, b. 1969

1816 I Londonderry (9th), Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, b. 1937, s. 1955, m.

Viscount Castlereagh, b. 1972

1701 S Lothian (13th), Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, b. 1945, s. 2004, m.

Lord Ralph William Francis Joseph Kerr, b. 1954

1917 UK Milford Haven (4th), George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, b. 1961, s. 1970,

Earl of Medina, b. 1991

m.

1644 S Montrose (11th), held by the Duke of Montrose

1838 UK

Normanby (5th), Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, b. 1954, s. 1994, m.

Earl of Mulgrave, b. 1994

1812 UK Northampton (7th), Spencer Douglas David Compton, b. 1946, s. 1978, m.

Earl Compton, b. 1973

1682 S

Queensberry (12th), David Harrington Angus Douglas, b. 1929, s. 1954, m.

Viscount Drumlanrig, b. 1967

1926 UK Reading (4th), Simon Charles Henry Rufus Isaacs, b. 1942, s. 1980, m.

Viscount Erleigh, b. 1986

1789 GB

Salisbury (7th), Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, b. 1946, s. 2003, m.

Viscount Cranborne, b. 1970

1800 I Sligo (11th), Jeremy Ulick Browne, b. 1939, s. 1991, m.

Sebastian Ulick Browne, b. 1964

1786 GB Stafford (8th), held by the Duke of Sutherland

1694 E Tavistock (15th), held by the Duke of Bedford

1787 GB *Townshend (7th), George John Patrick Dominic Townshend, b. 1916, s. 1921, m.

Viscount Raynham, b. 1945

1703 S Tullibardine (11th), held by the Duke of Atholl

1694 S Tweeddale (14th), Charles David Montagu Hay, b. 1947, s. 2005

Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, b. 1955

1789 I Waterford (8th), John Hubert de la Poer Beresford, b. 1933, s. 1934, m.

Earl of Tyrone, b. 1958

1812 UK Wellington (8th), held by the Duke of Wellington

1831 UK Westminster (8th), held by the Duke of Westminster

1551 E Winchester (18th), Nigel George Paulet, b. 1941, s. 1968, m.

Earl of Wiltshire, b. 1969

1643 E Worcester (13th), held by the Duke of Beaufort

1892 UK Zetland (4th), Lawrence Mark Dundas, b. 1937, s. 1989, m.

Earl of Ronaldshay, b. 1965

British Peerage: Earldoms

Coronet, Eight silver balls on stalks alternating with eight gold

strawberry leaves Style, The Right Hon. the Earl (of) __ Wife's style, The Right Hon. the Countess (of) __ Eldest son's style, Takes his father's second title as a courtesy title Younger sons' style, 'The Hon.' before forename and family name Daughters' style, 'Lady' before forename and family name* there is no "of" in the title.

An earl has the title Earl of [X] when the title originates from a placename, or Earl [X] when the title comes from a surname. In either case, he is referred to as Lord [X], and his wife as Lady [X]. A countess

who holds an earldom in her own right also uses Lady [X], but her husband does not have a title (unless he has one in his own right). In Anglo-Saxon England, earls had authority over their own regions and right of judgement in provincial courts, as delegated by the king. They collected fines and taxes and in return received a "third penny", one-

third of the money they collected. In wartime they led the king's armies. Some shires were grouped together into larger units known as earldoms, headed by an ealdorman or earl. Under Edward the Confessor earldoms

like Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria-names that represented earlier independent kingdoms-were much larger than any

shire.

Earls originally functioned essentially as royal governors. Though the title of Earl was nominally equal to the continental duke, unlike them

earls were not de facto rulers in their own right. After the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror tried to rule England using the

traditional system but eventually modified it to his own liking. Shires became the largest secular subdivision in England and earldoms

disappeared. The Normans did create new earls like those of Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Cheshire but they were associated with

only a single shire at most. Their power and regional jurisdiction was limited to that of the Norman counts. There was no longer any

administrative layer larger than the shire, and shires became "counties". Earls no longer aided in tax collection or made decisions in country

courts and their numbers were small.

King Stephen increased the number of earls to reward those loyal to him in his war with his cousin Empress Matilda. He gave some earls the right to hold royal castles or control the sheriff and soon other earls assumed

these rights themselves. By the end of his reign, some earls held courts of their own and even minted their own coins, against the wishes of the

king. It fell to Stephen's successor Henry II to again curtail the power of earls. He took back the control of royal castles and even demolished

castles that earls had built for themselves. He did not create new earls or earldoms. No earl was allowed to remain independent of royal control.

The English kings had found it dangerous to give additional power to an already powerful aristocracy, so gradually sheriffs assumed the

governing role. The details of this transition remain obscure, since earls in more peripheral areas, such as the Scottish and Welsh marches and

Cornwall, retained some viceregal powers long after other earls had lost them. The loosening of central authority during the Anarchy also

complicates any smooth description of the changeover. By the 13th century, earls had a social rank just below the king and princes, but were not necessarily more powerful or wealthier than other noblemen.

The only way to become an earl was to inherit the title or marry into one-and the king reserved a right to prevent the transfer of the title. By the

14th century, creating an earl included a special public ceremony where the king personally tied a sword belt around the waist of the new earl,

emphasizing the fact that the earl's rights came from him.

Earls still held influence and as "companions of the king", were regarded as supporters of the king's power. They showed that power for the first

time in 1327 when they deposed Edward II. They would later do the same with other kings they disapproved of. Still, the number of earls remained the same until 1337 when Edward III declared that he intended to create six new earldoms. A loose connection between earls and shires remained for a long time after authority had moved over to the sheriffs. An official

defining characteristic of an earl still consisted of the receipt of the

"third penny", one-third of the revenues of justice of a shire, that later became a fixed sum. Thus every earl had an association with some shire, and very often a new creation of an earldom would take place in favour

of the county where the new earl already had large estates and local influence.

Also, due to the association of earls and shires, the medieval practice could remain somewhat loose regarding the precise name used: no confusion could arise by calling someone earl of a shire, earl of the

county town of the shire, or earl of some other prominent place in the shire; these all implied the same. So there were the "earl of Shrewsbury"

(Shropshire), "earl of Arundel", "earl of Chichester" (Sussex), "earl of Winchester" (Hampshire), etc. In a few cases the earl was traditionally addressed by his family name, e.g. the "earl Warenne"(in this case the

practice may have arisen because these earls had little or no property in Surrey, their official county). Thus an earl did not always have

an intimate association with "his" county. Another example comes from the earls of Oxford, whose property largely lay in Essex. They became earls of Oxford because earls of Essex and of the other nearby shires

already existed. Eventually the connection between an earl and a shire disappeared, so that in the present day a number of earldoms take their names from towns, mountains, or simply surnames. Nevertheless, some

consider that the earldoms named after counties (or county towns) retain more prestige.

List of the 317 Earldoms within the British Peerage system

Created Title, order of succession, name, etc. Heir

1606 S Abercorn (14th), held by the Duke of Abercorn

1682 S Aberdeen (13th), held by the Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair

1784 GB Abergavenny (10th), held by the Marquess of Abergavenny

David Michael Ralph Nevill, b. 1941

1682 E Abingdon (9th), held by the Earl of Lindsey

1660 S Aboyne (9th), held by the Marquess of Huntly

1776 GB Ailesbury (9th), held by the Marquess of Ailesbury

1771 I Altamont (13th), held by the Marquess of Sligo

1639 S Airlie (8th), David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, b. 1926, s. 1968, m.

Lord Ogilvy, b. 1958

1696 E Albemarle (10th), Rufus Arnold Alexis Keppel, b. 1965, s. 1979

Viscount Bury, b. 2003

1952 UK

*Alexander of Tunis (2nd), Shane William Desmond Alexander, b. 1935, s. 1969, m.

Hon Brian James Alexander, b. 1939

1633 S Ancram (15th), held by the Marquess of Lothian

1389 S Angus (22nd), held by the Duke of Hamilton

1662 S Annandale and Hartfell (11th), Patrick Andrew Wentworth Hope Johnstone, b. 1941, claim established 1985, m.

Lord Johnstone, b. 1971

1789 I *Annesley (11th), Philip Harrison Annesley, b. 1927, s. 2001, m.

Hon Michael Robert Annesley, b. 1933

1785 I Antrim (9th), Alexander Randal Mark McDonnell, b. 1935, s. 1977, m.

Viscount Dunluce, b. 1967

1457 S Argyll (22nd), held by the Duke of Argyll

1762 I Arran (9th), Arthur Desmond Colquhoun Gore, b. 1938, s. 1983, m.

Paul Annesley Gore, b. 1921

1643 S Arran & Cambridge (15th), held by the Duke of Hamilton

1139 E Arundel (36th/29th), held by the Duke of Norfolk

1629 S Atholl (14th), held by the Duke of Atholl

1955 UK *Attlee (3rd), John Richard Attlee, b. 1956, s. 1991, m.

None

1714 GB Aylesford (12th), Charles Heneage Finch-Knightley, b. 1947, s. 2008, m.

Lord Guernsey, b. 1985

1651 S Balcarres (12th), held by the Earl of Crawford

1937 UK

*Baldwin of Bewdley (4th), Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin, b. 1938, s. 1976, m.

Viscount Corvedale, b. 1973

1922 UK Balfour (5th), Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, b. 1948, s. 2003, m.

Charles George Yule Balfour, b. 1951

1772 GB *Bathurst (8th), Henry Allen John Bathurst, b. 1927, s. 1943, m.

Lord Apsley, b. 1961

1919 UK *Beatty (3rd), David Beatty, b. 1946, s. 1972, m.

Viscount Borodale, b. 1973

1786 I Bective (7th), held by the Marquess of Headfort

1550 E Bedford (19th), held by the Duke of Bedford

1791 I Belfast (7th), held by the Marquess of Donegall

1797 I *Belmore (8th), John Armar Lowry-Corry, b. 1951, s. 1960, m.

Viscount Corry, b. 1985

1626 E Berkshire (14th), held by the Earl of Suffolk

1739 I Bessborough (12th), Miles Fitzhugh Longfield Ponsonby, b. 1941, s. 2002, m.

Viscount Duncannon, b. 1974

1790 GB Beverley (9th), held by the Duke of Northumberland

1815 UK

Bradford (7th), Richard Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, b. 1947, s. 1981, m.

Viscount Newport, b. 1980

1812 UK Brecknock (6th), held by the Marquess Camden

1714 GB Bristol (12th), held by the Marquess of Bristol

1746 GB Brooke (9th), held by the Earl of Warwick

1821 UK *Bruce (8th), held by the Marquess of Ailesbury

1619 S Buccleuch (12th), held by the Duke of Buccleuch

1469 S Buchan (17th), Malcolm Henry Erskine, b. 1930, s. 1984, m.

Lord Cardross, b. 1960

1746 GB

*Buckinghamshire (10th), George Miles Hobart-Hampden, b. 1944, s. 1983, m.

Sir John Vere Hobart, 4th Bt., b. 1945

1676 E Burford (14th), held by the Duke of St Albans

1703 S Bute (10th), held by the Marquess of Bute

1800 GB *Cadogan (8th), Charles Gerald John Cadogan, b. 1937, s. 1997, m.

Viscount Chelsea, b. 1966

1878 UK *Cairns (6th), Simon Dallas Cairns, b. 1939, s. 1989, m.

Viscount Garmoyle, b. 1965

1455 S Caithness (20th), Malcolm Ian Sinclair, b. 1948, s. 1965, m.

Lord Berriedale, b. 1981

1800 I Caledon (7th), Nicholas James Alexander, b. 1955, s. 1980, m.

Viscount Alexander, b. 1990

1786 GB *Camden (7th), held by the Marquess Camden

1701 S Campbell & Cowall (13th), held by the Duke of Argyll

1661 E Cardigan (14th), held by the Marquess of Ailesbury

1661 E Carlisle (13th), George William Beaumont Howard, b. 1949, s. 1994

Hon Philip Charles Wentworth Howard, b. 1963

1793 GB

Carnarvon (8th), George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert, b. 1956, s. 2001, m.

Lord Porchester, b. 1992

1748 I Carrick (10th), David James Theobald Somerset Butler, b. 1953, s. 1992, m.

Viscount Ikerrin, b. 1975

1509 S Cassillis (19th), held by the Marquess of Ailsa

1800 I *Castle Stewart (8th), Arthur Patrick Avondale Stuart, b. 1928, s. 1961, m.

Viscount Stuart, b. 1953

1814 UK *Cathcart (7th), Charles Alan Cathcart, b. 1952, s. 1999, m.

Lord Greenock, b. 1986

1647 I Cavan (13th), Roger Cavan Lambart, b. 1944, s. 1988

None

1827 UK *Cawdor (7th), Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, b. 1962, s. 1993, m.

Viscount Emlyn, b. 1998

1801 UK Chichester (9th), John Nicholas Pelham, b. 1944, s. 1944, m.

Richard Anthony Henry Pelham, b. 1952

1706 E Cholmondeley (10th), held by the Marquess of Cholmondeley

1803 I

Clancarty (9th), Nicholas Power Richard Le Poer Trench, b. 1952, s. 1995

None

1800 I Clanricarde (9th), held by the Marquess of Sligo

1776 I Clanwilliam (7th), John Herbert Meade, b. 1919, s. 1989, m.

Lord Gillford, b. 1960

1776 GB Clarendon (8th), George Edward Laurence Villiers, b. 1976, s. 2009, m.

Lord Hyde, b. 2008

1812 UK *Compton (7th), held by the Marquess of Northampton

1797 I *Conyngham (8th), held by the Marquess Conyngham

1620 I Cork (15th), John Richard Boyle, b. 1945, s. 2003, m.

Viscount Dungarvan, b. 1978

1850 UK Cottenham (9th), Mark John Henry Pepys, b. 1983, s. 2000

Hon Sam Richard Pepys, b. 1986

1762 I

Courtown (9th), James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, b. 1954, s. 1975, m.

Viscount Stopford, b. 1988

1697 E Coventry (13th), George William Coventry, b. 1939, s. 2004, m.

David Duncan Sherwood Coventry, b. 1973

1857 UK *Cowley (7th), Garret Graham Wellesley, b. 1934, s. 1975, m.

Viscount Dangan, b. 1965

1892 UK Cranbrook (5th), Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, b. 1933, s. 1978, m.

Lord Medway, b. 1968

1801 UK Craven (9th), Benjamin Robert Joseph Craven, b. 1989, s. 1990

Rupert José Evelyn Craven, b. 1926

1398 S Crawford (29th), Robert Alexander Lindsay, b. 1927, s. 1975, m.

Lord Balniel, b. 1958

1861 UK Cromartie (5th), John Ruaridh Blunt Grant Mackenzie, b. 1948, s. 1989, m.

Viscount Tarbat, b. 1987

1901 UK Cromer (4th), Evelyn Rowland Esmond Baring, b. 1946, s. 1991, m.

Viscount Errington, b. 1994

1633 S Dalhousie (17th), James Hubert Ramsay, b. 1948, s. 1999, m.

Lord Ramsay, b. 1981

1663 S Dalkeith (9th), held by the Duke of Buccleuch

1675 S Darnley (10th), held by the Duke of Richmond

1725 I Darnley (11th), Adam Ivo Stuart Bligh, b. 1941, s. 1980, m.

Lord Clifton, b. 1968

1711 GB Dartmouth (10th), William Legge, b. 1949, s. 1997

Hon Rupert Legge, b. 1951

1761 GB *De La Warr (11th), William Herbrand Sackville, b. 1948, s. 1988, m.

Lord Buckhurst, b. 1979

1622 E Denbigh (12th), Alexander Stephen Viscount Feilding, b.

Rudolph Feilding, b. 1970, s. 1995, m. 2005

1485 E Derby (19th), Edward Richard William Stanley, b. 1962, s. 1994, m.

Lord Stanley, b. 1998

1622 I Desmond (11th), held by the Earl of Denbigh

1553 E Devon (18th), Hugh Rupert Courtenay, b. 1942, s. 1998, m.

Lord Courtenay, b. 1975

1618 E Devonshire (14th), held by the Duke of Devonshire

1663 E Doncaster (9th), held by the Duke of Buccleuch

1647 I Donegall (11th), held by the Marquess of Donegall

1800 I Donoughmore (8th), Richard Michael John Hely-Hutchinson, b. 1927, s. 1981, m.

Viscount Suirdale, b. 1952

1661 I Drogheda (12th), Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, b. 1937, s. 1989, m.

Viscount Moore, b. 1983

1682 S Drumlanrig & Sanquhar (11th), held by the Duke of Buccleuch

1837 UK Ducie (7th), David Leslie Moreton, b. 1951, s. 1991, m.

Lord Moreton, b. 1981

1860 UK Dudley (4th), William Humble David Ward, b. 1920, s. 1969, m.

Viscount Ednam, b. 1947

1633 S Dumfries (12th), held by the Marquess of Bute

1660 S Dundee (12th), Alexander Henry Scrymgeour, b. 1949, s. 1983, m.

Lord Scrymgeour, b. 1982

1669 S

Dundonald (15th), Iain Alexander Douglas Blair Cochrane, b. 1961, s. 1986, m.

Lord Cochrane, b. 1991

1686 S Dunmore (12th), Malcolm Kenneth Murray, b. 1946, s. 1995, m.

Hon Geoffrey Charles Murray, b. 1949

1822 UK

Dunraven and Mount Earl (7th), Thady Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, b. 1939, s. 1965, m.

None

1833 UK Durham (7th), Edward Richard Lambton, b. 1961, s. 2006, m.

Viscount Lambton, b. 1985

1837 UK Effingham (7th), David Mowbray Algernon Howard, b. 1939, s. 1996, m.

Lord Howard of Effingham, b. 1971

1507 S Eglinton (18th), Archibald George Montgomerie, b. 1939, s. 1966, m.

Lord Montgomerie, b. 1966

1733 I Egmont (12th), Thomas Frederick None

Gerald Perceval, b. 1934, s. 2001, m.

1821 UK Eldon (5th), John Joseph Nicholas Scott, b. 1937, s. 1976, m.

Viscount Encombe, b. 1962

1633 S

Elgin (11th), Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, b. 1924, s. 1968, m.

Lord Bruce, b. 1961

1846 UK Ellesmere (6th), held by the Duke of Sutherland

1794 I Ely (8th), held by the Marquess of Ely

1789 I Enniskillen (7th), Andrew John Galbraith Cole, b. 1942, s. 1989, m.

Arthur Gerald Cole, b. 1920

1789 I *Erne (6th), Henry George Victor John Crichton, b. 1937, s. 1940, m.

Viscount Crichton, b. 1971

1452 S Erroll (24th), Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, b. 1948, s. 1978, m.

Lord Hay, b. 1984

1661 E Essex (11th), (Frederick) Paul de Vere Capell, b. 1944, s. 2005

William Jennings Capell, b. 1952

1672 E Euston (11th), held by the Duke of Grafton

1605 E Exeter (17th), held by the Marquess of Exeter

1711 GB *Ferrers (13th), Robert Washington Shirley, b. 1929, s. 1954, m.

Viscount Tamworth, b. 1952

1789 GB *Fortescue (8th), Charles Hugh Richard Fortescue, b. 1951, s. 1993, m.

John Andrew Francis Fortescue, b. 1955

1841 UK Gainsborough (5th), Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, b. 1923, s. 1927, m.

Viscount Campden, b. 1950

1623 S Galloway (13th), Randolph Keith Reginald Stewart, b. 1928, s. 1978, m.

Andrew Clyde Stewart, b. 1949

1694 S Gifford (13th), held by the Marquess of Tweeddale

1703 S Glasgow (10th), Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, b. 1939, s. 1984, m.

Viscount of Kelburn, b. 1978

1806 I Gosford (7th), Charles David Nicholas Alexander John Sparrow Acheson, b. 1942, s. 1966, m.

Hon Patrick Bernard Victor Montagu Acheson, b. 1915

1746 GB *Gower (9th), held by the Duke of Sutherland

1845 UK Gowrie (2nd), Alexander Patric Greysteil Hore-Ruthven, b. 1939, s.

Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, b. 1964

1955, m.

1722 GB *Graham (8th), held by the Duke of Montrose

1684 I Granard (10th), Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes, b. 1957, s. 1992, m.

Viscount Forbes, b. 1981

1833 UK *Granville (6th), Granville George Fergus Leveson-Gower, b. 1959, s. 1996, m.

Lord Leveson, b. 1999

1806 UK *Grey (6th), Richard Fleming George Charles Grey, b. 1939, s. 1963, m.

Hon Philip Kent Grey, b. 1940

1784 GB *Grosvenor (9th), held by the Duke of Westminster

1752 GB Guilford (10th), Piers Edward Brownlow North, b. 1971, s. 1999, m.

Lord North, b. 2002

1619 S Haddington (13th), John George Baillie-Hamilton, b. 1941, s. 1986, m.

Lord Binning, b. 1985

1916 UK Haddo (7th), held by the Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair

1919 UK *Haig (3rd), Alexander Douglas Derrick Haig, b. 1961, s. 2009,

None

1944 UK Halifax (3rd), Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, b. 1944, s. 1980, m.

Lord Irwin, b. 1977

1898 UK Halsbury (4th), Adam Edward Giffard, b. 1934, s. 2000, m.

None

1754 GB Hardwicke (10th), Joseph Philip Sebastian Yorke, b. 1971, s. 1974

Charles Edward Yorke, b. 1951

1812 UK Harewood (7th), George Henry Hubert Lascelles, b. 1923, s. 1947, m.

Viscount Lascelles, b. 1950

1742 GB Harrington (12th), Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, b. 1945, s. 2009, m.

Viscount Petersham, b. 1967

1809 UK Harrowby (8th), (Dudley Adrian) Conroy Ryder, b. 1951, s. 2007, m.

Viscount Sandon, b. 1981

1750 GB Hertford (9th), held by the Marquess of Hertford

1751 I Hillsborough (9th), held by the Marquess of Downshire

1772 GB Hillsborough (9th), held by the Marquess of Downshire

1605 S Home (15th), David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, b. 1943, s. 1995, m.

Lord Dunglass, b. 1987

1703 S Hopetoun (10th), held by the

Marquess of Linlithgow

1821 UK *Howe (7th), Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, b. 1951, s. 1984, m.

Vsicount Curzon, b. 1994

1529 E

Huntingdon (16th), William Edward Robin Hood Hastings Bass, b. 1948, s. 1990, m.

Hon Simon Aubrey Robin Hood Hastings Bass, b. 1950

1885 UK Iddesleigh (5th), John Stafford Nothcote, b. 1957, s. 2004, m.

Viscount St Cyres, b. 1985

1756 GB Ilchester (10th), Robin Maurice Fox-Strangways, b. 1942, s. 2006, m.

Lord Strangways, b. 1972

1929 UK Inchcape (4th), Peter Lyle Mackay, b. 1943, s. 1994, m.

Viscount Glenapp, b. 1979

1837 UK *Innes (5th), held by the Duke of Roxburghe

1986 UK Inverness (1st), held by the Duke of York

1919 UK Iveagh (4th), Arthur Edward Rory Guinness, b. 1969, s. 1992

Viscount Elveden, b. 2003

1925 UK *Jellicoe (3rd), Patrick John Bernard Jellicoe, b. 1950, s. 2007, m.

Viscount Brocas, b. 1970

1826 UK *Jermyn (8th), held by the Marquess of Bristol

1697 E Jersey (10th), George Francis William Child-Villiers, b. 1976, s. 1998, m.

Hon Jamie Charles Child-Villiers, b. 1994

1616 S Kellie (16th), held by the Earl of Mar (cr. 1565)

1707 S Kelso (10th), held by the Duke of Roxburghe

1722 I Kerry (10th), held by the Marquess of Lansdowne

1316 I Kildare (27th), held by the Duke of Leinster

1822 I Kilmorey (6th), Richard Francis Needham, b. 1942, s. 1977, m.

Viscount Newry and Morne, b. 1966

1866 UK Kimberley (5th), John Armine Wodehouse, b. 1951, s. 2002, m.

Lord Wodehouse, b. 1978

1644 S Kincardine (11th), held by the Duke of

Montrose

1647 S Kincardine (15th), held by the Earl of Elgin

1768 I

Kingston (12th), Robert Charles Henry King-Tenison, b. 1969, s. 2002, m.

Viscount Kingsborough, b. 2000

1633 S

Kinnoull (15th), (Arthur) William George Patrick Hay, b. 1935, s. 1938, m.

Viscount Dupplin, b. 1962

1876 UK Kinrara (5th), held by the Duke of Richmond

1677 S Kintore (14th), James William Falconer Keith, b. 1976, s. 2004

Hon Alexander David Keith, b. 1946

1914 UK *Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome (3rd), Henry Herbert Kitchener, b. 1919, s. 1937

None

1639 S Lanark (14th), held by the Duke of Hamilton

1624 S Lauderdale (18th), Ian Maitland, b. 1937, s. 2008, m.

Viscount Maitland, b. 1965

1837 UK Leicester (7th), Edward Douglas Coke, b. 1936, s. 1994, m.

Viscount Coke, b. 1965

1641 S Leven (16th), Alexander Robert Leslie Melville, b. 1924, s. 1947, m.

Lord Balgonie, b. 1954

1876 UK Lewes (5th), held by the Marquess of Abergavenny

1831 UK Lichfield (6th), Thomas William Robert Hugh Anson, b. 1976, s. 2005

George Rupert Anson, b. 1960

1803 I Limerick (7th), Edmund Christopher Pery, b. 1963, s. 2003, m.

Viscount Glentworth, b. 1991

1572 E Lincoln (19th), Robert Edward Fiennes-Clinton, b. 1972, s. 2001, m.

Hon William Roy Fiennes-Clinton, b. 1980

1633 S Lindsay (16th), James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, b. 1955, s. 1989, m.

Viscount Garnock, b. 1990

1626 E Lindsey (14th), Richard Henry Rupert Bertie, b. 1931, s. 1963, m.

Lord Norreys, b. 1958

1776 I Lisburne (8th), John David Malet Vaughan, b. 1918, s. 1965, m.

Viscount Vaughan, b. 1945

1822 I Listowel (6th), Michael Francis Hare, b. 1964, s. 1997, m.

Hon Timothy Patrick Hare, b. 1966

1905 UK

Liverpool (5th), Edward Peter Bertram Savile Foljambe, b. 1944, s. 1969, m.

Viscount Hawkesbury, b. 1972

1945 UK Lloyd George of Dwyfor (3rd), Owen Lloyd George, b. 1924, s. 1968, m.

Viscount Gwynedd, b. 1951

1796 I Londonderry (9th), held by the Marquess of Londonderry

1785 I

Longford (8th), Thomas Frank Dermot Pakenham, b. 1933, s. 1971, m.

Lord Silchester, b. 1970

1807 UK Lonsdale (8th), Hugh Clayton Lowther, b. 1949, s. 2006, m.

Hon William James Lowther, b. 1957

1631 S Lothian (14th), held by the Marquess of Lothian

1633 S Loudoun (14th), Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, b. 1942, s. 2002, m.

Lord Mauchline, b. 1974

1838 UK Lovelace (5th), Peter Axel William Locke King, b. 1951, s. 1964, m.

None

1795 I Lucan (7th), Richard John Bingham, b. 1934, s. 1964, m.

Lord Bingham, b. 1967

1880 UK Lytton (5th), John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton, b. 1950, s. 1985, m.

Viscount Knebworth, b. 1989

1721 GB

Macclesfield (9th), Richard Timothy George Mansfield Parker, b. 1943, s. 1992, m.

Hon (Jonathan) David Geoffrey Parker, b. 1945

1900 UK Macduff (3rd), held by the Duke of Fife

1800 GB Malmesbury (7th), James Carleton Harris, b. 1946, s. 2000, m.

Viscount FitzHarris, b. 1970

1626 E Manchester (16th), held by the Duke of Manchester

1776 GB Mansfield (8th), William David Mungo James Murray, b. 1930, s. 1971, m.

Viscount Stormont, b. 1956

1792 GB Mansfield (8th), held by the Earl of Mansfield

1565 S Mar (14th), James Thorne Erskine, b. 1949, s. 1993, m.

Hon Alexander David Erskine, b. 1952

1675 E March (10th), held by the Duke of Richmond

1697 S March (8th), held by the Earl of Wemyss

1689 E Marlborough (11th), held by the Duke of Marlborough

1785 I Mayo (11th), Charles Diarmuidh John Bourke, b. 1953, s. 2006

Lord Naas, b. 1985

1627 I Meath (15th), John Anthony Brabazon, b. 1941, s. 1998, m.

Lord Ardee, b. 1977

1917 UK Medina (4th), held by the Marquess of Milford Haven

1690 S Melville (13th), held by the Earl of Leven

1947 UK Merioneth (1st), held by the Duke of Edinburgh

1766 I Mexborough (8th), John Christopher George Savile, b. 1931, s. 1980, m.

Viscount Pollington, b. 1959

1911 UK Midlothian (3rd), held by the Earl of Rosebery

1813 UK

Minto (7th), (Gilbert) Timothy George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, b. 1953, s. 2005, m.

Viscount Melgund, b. 1984

1605 E Montgomery (15th), held by the Earl of Pembroke

1503 S Montrose (15th), held by the Duke of Montrose

1562 S Moray (20th), Douglas John Moray Stuart, b. 1928, s. 1974, m.

Lord Doune, b. 1966

1815 UK Morley (6th), John St Aubyn Parker, b. 1923, s. 1962, m.

Viscount Boringdon, b. 1956

1760 I Mornington (12th), held by the Duke of Wellington

1458 S Morton (21st), John Charles Sholto Douglas, b. 1927, s. 1976, m.

Lord Aberdour, b. 1952

1816 I Mount Charles (8th), held by the Marquess Conyngham

1789 GB Mount Edgcumbe (8th), Robert Charles Edgcumbe, b. 1939, s. 1962

Piers Valletot Edgcumbe, b. 1946

1812 UK Mulgrave (6th), held by the Marquess of Normanby

1805 UK *Nelson (10th), Simon John Horatio Nelson, b. 1971, s. 2009, m.

Hon Edward James Horatio Nelson, b. 1994

1660 S

Newburgh (12th), Don Filippo Giambattista Camillo Francesco Aldo Maria Rospigliosi, b. 1942, s. 1986, m.

Princess Donna Benedetta Francesca Maria Rospigliosi, b. 1974

1827 I Norbury (7th), Richard James Graham-Toler, b. 1967, s. 2000

None

1644 E Norfolk (14th), held by the Duke of Norfolk

1806 I Normanton (6th), Shaun James Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, b. 1945, s. 1967, m.

Viscount Somerton, b. 1982

1618 E Northampton (15th), held by the Marquess of Northampton

1647 S Northesk (14th), David John MacRae Carnegie, b. 1954, s. 1994, m.

Patrick Charles Carnegy, b. 1940

1749 GB Northumberland (13th), held by the Duke of Northumberland

1681 E Nottingham (12th), held by the Earl of Winchilsea

1761 I Offaly (8th), held by the Duke of Leinster

1801 UK

Onslow (7th), Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, b. 1938, s. 1971, m.

Viscount Cranley, b. 1967

1696 S Orkney (9th), Oliver Peter St John, b. 1938, s. 1998, m.

Viscount Kirkwall, b. 1969

1660 I Orrery (15th), held by the Earl of Cork

1925 UK

Oxford and Asquith (2nd), Julian Edward George Asquith, b. 1916, s. 1928, m.

Viscount Asquith, b. 1952

1929 UK *Peel (3rd), William James Robert Peel, b. 1947, s. 1969, m.

Viscount Clanfield, b. 1976

1551 E Pembroke (18th), William Alexander Sidney Herbert, b. 1978, s. 2003

The Earl of Carnarvon, b. 1956

1766 GB *Percy (12th), held by the Duke of Northumberland

1605 S Perth (9th), John Eric Drummond, b. 1935, s. 2002, m.

Viscount Strathallan, b. 1965

1905 UK Plymouth (3rd), Other Robert Ivor Windsor-Clive, b. 1923, s. 1943, m.

Viscount Windsor, b. 1951

1785 I

Portarlington (7th), George Lionel Yuill Seymour Dawson-Damer, b. 1938, s. 1959, m.

Viscount Carlow, b. 1965

1689 E

Portland (12th), Count Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, b. 1953, s. 1997, m.

Viscount Woodstock, b. 1984

1743 GB Portsmouth (10th), Quentin Gerard Carew Wallop, b. 1954, s. 1984, m.

Viscount Lymington, b. 1981

1804 UK Powis (8th), John George Herbert, b. 1952, s. 1993, m.

Viscount Clive, b. 1979

1633 S Queensberry (14th), held by the Marquess of Queensberry

1765 GB Radnor (9th), William Pleydell-Bouverie, b. 1955, s. 2008, m.

Viscount Folkestone, b. 1999

1831 I Ranfurly (7th), Gerald Françoys Needham Knox, b. 1929, s. 1988, m.

Edward J Knox, b. 1957

1917 UK Reading (4th), held by the Marquess of Reading

1815 UK Rocksavage (7th), held by the Marquess of Cholmondeley

1771 I Roden (10th), Robert John Jocelyn, b. 1938, s. 1993, m.

Viscount Jocelyn, b. 1989

1801 UK Romney (8th), Julian Charles Marsham, b. 1948, s. 2004, m.

Viscount Marsham, b. 1977

1892 UK Ronaldshay (4th), held by the Marquess of Zetland

1703 S Rosebery (7th), Neil Archibald Primrose, b. 1929, s. 1974, m.

Lord Dalmeny, b. 1967

1806 I Rosse (7th), William Clere Leonard Brendan Parsons, b. 1936, s. 1979, m.

Lord Oxmantown, b. 1969

1801 UK Rosslyn (7th), Peter St Clair-Erskine, b. 1958, s. 1977, m.

Lord Loughborough, b. 1986

1457 S Rothes (22nd), James Malcolm David Leslie, b. 1958, s. 2005

Master of Rothes, b. 1962

1616 S Roxburghe (14th), held by the Duke of Roxburghe

1861 UK *Russell (6th), Nicholas Lyulph Russell, b. 1968, s. 2004

Hon John Francis Russell, b. 1971

1525 E Rutland (19th), held by the Duke of Rutland

1915 UK St Aldwyn (3rd), Michael Henry Hicks Beach, b. 1950, s. 1992, m.

Hon David Seymour Hicks Beach, b. 1955

1934 UK St Andrews (2nd), held by the Duke of Kent

1815 UK St Germans (10th), Peregrine Lord Eliot, b. 1966

Nicholas Eliot, b. 1941, s. 1988

1605 E Salisbury (13th), held by the Marquess of Salisbury

1660 E Sandwich (11th), John Edward Hollister Montagu, b. 1943, s. 1995, m.

Viscount Hinchinbrooke, b. 1969

1690 E Scarbrough (13th), Richard Osbert Lumley, b. 1973, s. 2004

Hon Thomas Henry Lumley, b. 1980

1701 S Seafield (13th), Ian Derek Francis Ogilvie-Grant, b. 1939, s. 1969, m.

Viscount Reidhaven, b. 1963

1882 UK Selborne (4th), John Roundell Palmer, b. 1940, s. 1971, m.

Viscount Wolmer, b. 1971

1646 S

Selkirk (Disclaimed for life 1994), Baron Selkirk of Douglas, b. 1942, succession decided in his favour 1996, m.

Lord Daer, b. 1978

1672 E Shaftesbury (12th), Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, b. 1979, s. 2005

None

1756 I Shannon (9th), Richard Bentinck Boyle, b. 1924, s. 1963

Viscount Boyle, b. 1960

1753 I Shelburne (10th), held by the Marquess of Lansdowne

1442 E

Shrewsbury (22nd), Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, b. 1952, s. 1980, m.

Viscount Ingestre, b. 1978

1961 UK Snowdon (1st), Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, b. 1930, m.

Viscount Linley, b. 1961

1633 S Southesk (9th), held by the Duke of Fife

1765 GB *Spencer (9th), Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, b. 1964, s. 1992, m.

Viscount Althorp, b. 1994

1703 S Stair (14th), John David James Dalrymple, b. 1961, s. 1996

Hon David Hew Dalrymple, b. 1963

1984 UK Stockton (2nd), Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, b. 1943, s. 1986, m.

Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, b. 1974

1821 UK Stradbroke (6th), Robert Keith Rous, b. 1937, s. 1983, m.

Viscount Dunwich, b. 1961

1847 UK Strafford (8th), Thomas Edmund Byng, b. 1936, s. 1984, m.

Viscount Enfield, b. 1964

1606 S Strathmore & Kinghorne (18th), Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, b. 1957, s. 1987, m.

Lord Glamis, b. 1986

1937 UK Strathmore & Kinghorne (5th), held by the Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne

1703 S Strathtay & Strathardle (11th), held by

the Duke of Atholl

1603 E

Suffolk (21st), Michael John James George Robert Howard, b. 1935, s. 1941, m.

Viscount Andover, b. 1974

1643 E Sunderland (13th), held by the Duke of Marlborough

1483 E Surrey (18th), held by the Duke of Norfolk

1955 UK Swinton (2nd), David Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister, b. 1937, s. 1972, m.

Hon Nicholas John Cunliffe-Lister, b. 1939

1714 GB Tankerville (10th), Peter Grey Bennet, b. 1956, s. 1980

Adrian George Bennet, b. 1958

1822 UK *Temple of Stowe (8th), (Walter) Grenville Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton, b. 1924, s. 1988, m.

Lord Langton, b. 1955

1606 S Tullibardine (16th), held by the Duke of Atholl

1646 S Tweeddale (14th), held by the Marquess of Tweeddale

1746 I Tyrone (9th), held by the Marquess of Waterford

1928 UK Ulster (2nd), held by the Duke of Gloucester

1784 GB Uxbridge (8th), held by the Marquess of Anglesey

1823 UK *Vane (6th), held by the Marquess of Londonderry

1815 UK Verulam (7th), John Duncan Grimston, b. 1951, s. 1973, m.

Viscount Grimston, b. 1978

1729 GB *Waldegrave (13th), James Sherbrooke Waldegrave, b. 1940, s. 1995, m.

Viscount Chewton, b. 1986

1759 GB Warwick (9th), Guy David Greville, b. 1957, s. 1996, m.

Lord Brooke, b. 1982

1446 I Waterford (22nd), held by the Earl of Shrewsbury

1812 UK Wellington (8th), held by the Duke of Wellington

1633 S Wemyss (11th), James Donald Charteris, b. 1948, s. 2008, m.

Lord Neidpath, b. 1984

1999 UK Wessex (1st), HRH Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, b. 1964, m.

None

1621 I Westmeath (13th), William Anthony Nugent, b. 1928, s. 1971, m.

Lord Delvin, b. 1965

1624 E Westmorland (16th), Anthony David Francis Henry Fane, b. 1951, s. 1993, m.

Hon Harry St Clair Fane, b. 1953

1876 UK Wharncliffe (5th), Richard Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, b. 1953, s. 1987, m.

Viscount Carlton, b. 1980

1801 UK Wilton (8th), Francis Egerton Grosvenor, b. 1934, s. 1999, m.

Viscount Grey de Wilton, b. 1959

1550 E Wiltshire (18th), held by the Marquess of Winchester

1628 E

Winchilsea (17th), Daniel James Hatfield Finch-Hatton, b. 1967, s. 1999, m.

Viscount Maidstone, b. 1998

1796 GB Windsor (7th), held by the Marquess of Bute

1766 I *Winterton (8th), (Donald) David Turnour, b. 1943, s. 1991, m.

Robert Charles Turnour, b. 1950

1859 UK Winton (6th), held by the Earl of Eglinton

1956 UK Woolton (3rd), Simon Frederick Marquis, b. 1958, s. 1969, m.

None

1514 E Worcester (17th), held by the Duke of Beaufort

1784 GB *Wycombe (9th), held by the Marquess of Lansdowne

1817 UK Yarborough (8th), Charles John Pelham, b. 1963, s. 1991, m.

Lord Worsley, b. 1990

1793 GB Yarmouth (9th), held by the Marquess of Hertford

1838 UK Zetland (6th), held by the Marquess of

Zetland

Created Title, order of succession, name, etc.

Heir

1643 S

Dysart (12th in line), Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus, b. 1918, s. 2003

Lord Huntingtower, b. 1946

c.1115 S Mar (31st in line), Margaret of Mar, b. 1940, s. 1975, m.

Mistress of Mar, b. 1963

1947 UK

*Mountbatten of Burma (2nd in line), Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, b. 1924, s. 1979, m.

8th Baron Brabourne, b. 1947

c.1235 S

Sutherland (24th in line), Elizabeth Milicent Sutherland, b. 1921, s. 1963, m.

Lord Strathnaver, b. 1947

British Peerage System

Volume V - Part II

British Peerage: Viscountcies

Coronet, Sixteen silver balls

Style, The Right Hon. the Viscount (of) __ Wife's style, The Right Hon. the Viscountess (of) ___

Children's style, 'The Hon.' before forename and family name

The word viscount, known to be used in English since 1387, comes from Old French visconte (modern French: vicomte), itself from

Medieval Latin vicecomitem, accusative of vicecomes, from Late Latin vice- "deputy" + Latin comes (originally "companion; later Roman

imperial courtier or trusted appointee, ultimately count). As a rank in British peerage, it was first recorded in 1440, when John Beaumont was

created Viscount Beaumont by King Henry VI. The word viscount corresponds in Britain to the Anglo-Saxon shire reeve (root of the non-nobiliary, royal-appointed office of sheriff). Thus early viscounts were

originally normally given their titles by the monarch, not hereditary; but soon they too tended to establish hereditary principalities lato sensu (in

the wider sense).

A viscount is said to hold a "viscountship" or "viscounty", or (more as the area of his jurisdiction) a "viscountcy". The female equivalent of a

viscount is a viscountess. There are approximately 270 viscountships currently extant in the peerages of the British Isles.

* In British practice, the title of a viscount may be either a place name, or a surname, or sometimes, a combination thereof. In any event, the

style of a viscount is "The Viscount [X]", or "The Viscount [X] of [Y]". He is addressed as "My Lord". Examples include: The Viscount Falmouth

(place name); The Viscount Hardinge (surname); The Viscount Gage of Castle Island (surname of place name); and The Viscount Combermere

of Bhurtpore (placename of placename). An exception exists for Viscounts in the peerage of Scotland, who were traditionally styled "The Viscount of [X]", as in: The Viscount of Arbuthnott (surname)-very few

maintain this style, instead using the more common version "The Viscount [X]".

A British viscount is addressed in speech as Lord [X], while his wife is Lady [X], and formally styles "The Viscount [X]". The children of a

viscount are known as The Honourable [Forename] [Surname].

* A specifically British custom is the use of viscount as a courtesy title for the heir of an earl or marquess. The peer's heir apparent will

sometimes be referred to as a viscount, if the second most senior title held by the head of the family is a viscountcy. For example, the eldest son

of the Earl Howe is Viscount Curzon, because this is the second most senior title held by the Earl.

A more recent example of the above is with the Earl of Wessex' son, James, who is styled Viscount Severn. More often than not, the eldest

son of a British duke enjoys the courtesy title of marquess; with exceptions such as the Dukedom of Norfolk, which does not hold the secondary title of marquess, so the heir enjoysthe next title down in

status, which is that of an earl.

* The son of a marquess or an earl can be referred to as a viscount when the title of viscount is not the second most senior if those above it share

their name with the substantive title. For example, the second most senior title of the Marquess of Salisbury is the Earl of Salisbury. The

eldest son of the Marquess does not use the title Earl of Salisbury, but rather the next most senior title, Viscount Cranborne. This is because

peers sign their name with the name of their title only (e.g., "Salisbury")

thus to prevent confusion the heir would not use the title Earl of Salisbury.

List of the 338 Viscountcies within the British Peerage system

Created Title, order of succession, name, etc. Heir

1822 I Adare (7th), held by the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

1945 UK Addison (4th), William Matthew Wand Addison, b. 1945, s. 1992, m.

Hon Paul Wand Addison, b. 1973

1703 S Aithrie (10th), held by the Marquess of Linlithgow

1946 UK Alanbrooke (3rd), Alan Victor Harold Brooke, b. 1932, s. 1972

None

1917 UK Alderney (4th), held by the Marquess of Milford Haven

1946 UK Alexander of Tunis (2nd), held by the Earl Alexander of Tunis

1919 UK Allenby (3rd), Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby, b. 1931, s. 1984, m.

Hon Henry Jaffray Hynman Allenby, b. 1968

1911 UK Allendale (4th), Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont, b. 1948, s. 2002, m.

Hon Wentworth Ambrose Ismay Beaumont, b. 1979

1765 GB Althorp (9th), held by the Earl Spencer

1905 UK Althorp of Great Brington (4th), held by the Earl Spencer

1861 UK Amberley (6th), held by the Earl Russell

1622 E Andover (14th), held by the Earl of Suffolk

1806 UK Anson (7th), held by the Earl of Lichfield

1642 S *Arbuthnott (16th), John Campbell Arbuthnott, b. 1924, s. 1966, m.

Master of Arbuthnott, b. 1950

1751 I

Ashbrook (11th), Michael Llowarch Warburton Flower, b. 1935, s. 1995, m.

Hon Rowland Francis Warburton Flower, b. 1975

1925 UK Asquith (2nd), held by the Earl of Oxford and Asquith

1917 UK Astor (4th), William Waldorf Astor, b. 1951, s. 1966, m.

Hon William Waldorf Astor, b. 1979

1622 S *Ayr (12th), held by the Marquess of Bute

1676 S Balquhidder (12th), held by the Duke of Atholl

1781 I Bangor (8th), William Maxwell David Ward, b. 1948, s. 1993, m.

Hon (Edward) Nicholas Ward, b. 1953

1786 GB Bayham (7th), held by the Marquess Camden

1925 UK Bearsted (5th), Nicholas Alan Samuel, b. 1950, s. 1996, m.

Hon Harry Richard Samuel, b. 1988

1750 GB Beauchamp (9th), held by the Marquess of Hertford

1784 GB Belgrave (9th), held by the Duke of Westminster

1789 I Belmore (8th), held by the Earl Belmore

1963 UK Blakenham (2nd), Michael John Hare, b. 1938, s. 1982, m.

Hon Caspar John Hare, b. 1972

1935 UK Bledisloe (3rd), Christopher Hiley Ludlow Bathurst, b. 1934, s. 1979, m.

Hon Rupert Edward Ludlow Bathurst, b. 1964

1712 GB Bolingbroke (7th), Kenneth Oliver Musgrave St John, b. 1927, s. 1974

Hon Henry FitzRoy St John, b. 1957

1815 UK Boringdon (6th), held by the Earl of Morley

1919 UK Borodale (3rd), held by the Earl Beatty

1960 UK

Boyd of Merton (2nd), Simon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd, b. 1939, s. 1983, m.

Hon Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd, b. 1964

1627 I Boyle (15th), held by the Earl of Cork

1756 I Boyle (9th), held by the Earl of Shannon

1717 I Boyne (11th), Gustavus Michael Hon Richard Gustavus

Stucley Hamilton-Russell, b. 1965, s. 1995, m.

George Hamilton-Russell, b. 1909

1846 UK Brackley (6th), held by the Duke of Sutherland

1929 UK Brentford (4th), Crispin William Joynson-Hicks, b. 1933, s. 1983, m.

Hon Paul William Joynson-Hicks, b. 1975

1929 UK

Bridgeman (3rd), Robin John Orlando Bridgeman, b. 1930, s. 1982, m.

Hon Luke Robinson Orlando Bridgeman, b. 1971

1868 UK Bridport (4th), Alexander Nelson Hood, b. 1948, s. 1969, m.

Hon Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood, b. 1974

1701 S *Briene (13th), held by the Marquess of Lothian

1925 UK Brocas (3rd), held by the Earl Jellicoe

1952 UK Brookeborough (3rd), Alan Henry Brooke, b. 1952, s. 1987, m.

Hon Christopher Alan Brooke, b. 1954

1914 UK

Broome (3rd), held by the Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome

1707 S Broxmouth (10th), held by the Duke of Roxburghe

1933 UK Buckmaster (4th), Adrian Charles Buckmaster, b. 1949, s. 2007

Hon Andrew Nicholas Buckmaster, b. 1980

1697 E Bury (10th), held by the Earl of Albemarle

1939 UK Caldecote (3rd), Piers James Hampden Inskip, b. 1947, s. 1999, m.

Hon Thomas James Inskip, b. 1985

1797 I Caledon (7th), held by the Earl of Caledon

1622 I Callan (11th), held by the Earl of Denbigh

1784 GB Calne and Calstone (9th), held by the Marquess of Lansdowne

1841 UK Campden (5th), held by the Earl of Gainsborough

1941 UK Camrose (4th), Adrian Michael Berry, b. 1937, s. 2001

Hon Jonathan William Berry, b. 1940

1761 GB Cantelupe (11th), held by the Earl De La Warr

1876 UK Carlton (5th), held by the Earl of Wharncliffe

1776 I Carlow (8th), held by the Earl of

Portarlington

1795 I Castlereagh (9th), held by the Marquess of Londonderry

1793 I Castle Stuart (8th), held by the Earl Castle Stuart

1807 UK Cathcart (7th), held by the Earl Cathcart

1954 UK Chandos (3rd), Thomas Orlando Lyttelton, b. 1953, s. 1980, m.

Hon Oliver Antony Lyttelton, b. 1986

1665 I Charlemont (15th), John Dodd Caulfeild, b. 1966, s. 2001, m.

Hon Shane Andrew Caulfeild, b. 1996

1921 UK Chelmsford (4th), Frederic Corin Piers Thesiger, b. 1962, s. 1999, m.

Hon Frederic Thesiger, b. 2006

1800 GB Chelsea (8th), held by the Earl Cadogan

1717 I Chetwynd (10th), Adam Richard John Casson Chetwynd, b. 1935, s. 1965, m.

Hon Adam Douglas Chetwynd, b. 1969

1729 GB Chewton (13th), held by the Earl Waldegrave

1625 I Chichester (12th), held by the Marquess of Donegall

1911 UK Chilston (4th), Alastair George Akers-Douglas, b. 1946, s. 1982, m.

Hon Oliver Ian Akers-Douglas, b. 1973

1661 I Cholmondeley (11th), held by the Marquess of Cholmondeley

1902 UK Churchill (3rd), Victor George Spencer, b. 1934, s. 1973

None

1823 UK Clancarty (8th), held by the Earl of Clancarty

1929 UK Clanfield (3rd), held by the Earl Peel

1722 I Clanmaurice (10th), held by the Marquess of Lansdowne

1766 I Clanwilliam (7th), held by the Earl of Clanwilliam

1804 UK Clive (8th), held by the Earl of Powis

1718 GB Cobham (12th), Christopher Charles Lyttelton, b. 1947, s. 2006, m.

Hon Oliver Christopher Lyttelton, b. 1976

1837 UK Coke (7th), held by the Earl of Leicester

1902 UK Colville of Culross (4th), John Mark Alexander Colville, b. 1933, s. 1945, m.

Master of Colville, b. 1959

1826 UK

Combermere (6th), Thomas Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, b. 1969, s. 2000, m.

Hon David Peter Dudley Stapleton-Cotton, b. 1932

1789 I Conyngham (7th), held by the

Marquess Conyngham

1937 UK Corvedale (4th), held by the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

1917 UK

Cowdray (4th), Michael Orlando Weetman Pearson, b. 1944, s. 1995, m.

Hon Peregrine John Dickinson Pearson, b. 1994

1927 UK Craigavon (3rd), Janric Fraser Craig, b. 1944, s. 1974

None

1604 E Cranborne (13th), held by the Marquess of Salisbury

1878 UK Cranbrook (5th), held by the Earl of Cranbrook

1801 UK Cranley (7th), held by the Earl of Onslow

1899 UK Cromer (4th), held by the Earl of Cromer

1850 UK Crowhurst (9th), held by the Earl of Cottenham

1703 S Dalrymple (14th), held by the Earl of Stair

1857 UK Dangan (7th), held by the Earl Cowley

1723 I Darnley (11th), held by the Earl of Darnley

1943 UK Daventry (4th), James Edward FitzRoy Newdegate, b. 1960, s. 2000, m.

Hon Humphrey John FitzRoy Newdegate, b. 1995

1937 UK Davidson (2nd), John Andrew Davidson, b. 1928, s. 1970, m.

Hon Malcolm William Mackenzie Davidson, b. 1934

1919 UK Dawick (2nd), held by the Earl Haig

1697 E Deerhurst (13th), held by the Earl of Coventry

1956 UK De L'Isle (2nd), Philip John Algernon Sidney, b. 1945, s. 1991, m.

Hon Philip William Edmund Sidney, b. 1985

1776 I De Vesci (7th), Thomas Eustace Vesey, b. 1955, s. 1983, m.

Hon Oliver Ivo Vesey, b. 1991

1917 UK Devonport (3rd), Terence Kearley, b. 1944, s. 1973

Chester Dagley Hugh Kearley, b. 1932

1964 UK

Dilhorne (2nd), John Mervyn Manningham-Buller, b. 1932, s. 1980, m.

Hon James Edward Manningham-Buller, b. 1956

1622 I Dillon (22nd), Henry Benedict Charles Dillon, b. 1973, s. 1982

Hon Richard Arthur Lewis Dillon, b. 1948

1785 I Doneraile (10th), Richard Allen St Leger, b. 1946, s. 1983, m.

Hon Nathaniel Warham Robert St John St Leger, b. 1971

1797 I Donoughmore (8th), held by the Earl of Donoughmore

1680 I Downe (12th), Richard Henry Dawnay, b. 1967, s. 2002.

Hon Thomas Payan Dawnay, b. 1978

1628 S Drumlanrig (14th), held by the Marquess of Queensberry

1641 S *Dudhope (12th), held by the Earl of Dundee

1723 I Duncannon (13th), held by the Earl of Bessborough

1707 S *Dundaff (8th), held by the Duke of Montrose

1620 I Dungarvan (16th), held by the Earl of Cork

1800 I Dunlo (8th), held by the Earl of Clancarty

1785 I Dunluce (9th), held by the Earl of Antrim

1959 UK Dunrossil (3rd), Andrew William Reginald Morrison, b. 1953, s. 2000, m.

Hon Callum Alasdair Brundage Morrison, b. 1994

1821 UK Dunwich (6th), held by the Earl of Stradbrooke

1627 S *Dupplin (15th), held by the Earl of Kinnoull

1789 GB Ebrington (8th), held by the Earl Fortescue

1964 UK Eccles (2nd), John Dawson Eccles, b. 1931, s. 1999, m.

Hon William David Eccles, b. 1960

1860 UK Ednam (4th), held by the Earl of Dudley

1919 UK Elveden (4th), held by the Earl of Iveagh

1827 UK Emlyn (7th), held by the Earl Cawdor

1821 UK Encombe (5th), held by the Earl of Eldon

1847 UK Enfield (8th), held by the Earl of Strafford

1776 I Enniskillen (7th), held by the Earl of Enniskillen

1816 I Ennismore and Listowel (6th), held by the Earl of Listowel

1917 UK Erleigh (4th), held by the Marquess of Reading

1781 I Erne (6th), held by the Earl Erne

1901 UK Errington (4th), held by the Earl of Cromer

1897 UK Esher (5th), Christopher Lionel Baliol Brett, b. 1936, s. 2004, m.

Hon Matthew Christopher Anthony Brett, b. 1963

1816 UK Exmouth (10th), Paul Edward Pellew, b. 1940, s. 1970, m.

Hon Edward Frances Pellew, b. 1978

1772 GB Fairford (9th), held by the Marquess of Downshire

1620 S

*Falkland (15th), Lucius Edward William Plantagent Carey, b. 1935, s. 1984, m.

Master of Falkland, b. 1963

1797 I Ferard (6th), held by the Viscount Massereene

1720 GB Falmouth (9th), George Hugh Boscawen, b. 1919, s. 1962, m.

Hon Evelyn Arthur Hugh Boscawen, b. 1955

1620 E Feilding (12th), held by the Earl of Denbigh

1606 S *Fentoun (14th), held by the Earl of Mar & Kellie

1686 S *Fincastle (12th), held by the Earl of Dunmore

1800 GB FitzHarris (7th), held by the Earl of Malmesbury

1751 I Fitzmaurice (10th), held by the Marquess of Lansdowne

1747 GB Folestone (9th), held by the Earl of Radnor

1682 S *Formantine (13th), held by the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

1720 I Gage (8th), Nicolas Gage, b. 1934, s. 1993, m.

Hon Henry William Gage, b. 1975

1727 I

Galway (12th), George Rupert Monckton-Arundell, b. 1922, s. 1980, m.

Hon (John) Philip Monckton, b. 1952

1878 UK Garmoyle (6th), held by the Earl Cairns

1703 S *Garnock (15th), held by the Earl of Lindsey

1827 I Glandine (6th), held by the Earl of Norbury

1703 S Glenalmond and Glenlyon (11th), held by the Duke of Atholl

1929 UK Glenapp (4th), held by the Earl of Inchcape

1766 I Glerawly (12th), held by the Earl Annesley

1814 UK Gordon (10th), held by the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

1478 I Gormanston (17th), Jenico Nicholas Dudley Preston, b. 1939, s. 1940, w.

Hon Jenico Francis Tata Preston, b. 1974

1816 I

Gort (9th), Foley Robert Standish Prendergast Vereker, b. 1951, s. 1995, m.

Hon Robert Foley Prendergast Vereker, b. 1993

1900 UK Goschen (4th), Giles John Henry Goschen, b. 1965, s. 1977, m.

Hon Alexander John Edward Goschen, b. 2001

1785 I Gosford (8th), held by the Earl of Gosford

1849 UK Gough (5th), Shane Hugh Maryon Gough, b. 1941, s. 1951

None

1675 I Granard (10th), held by the Earl of Granard

1620 I Grandison (16th), held by the Earl of Jersey

1815 UK Granville (6th), held by the Earl Granville

1801 UK Grey de Wilton (8th), held by the Earl of Wilton

1719 I Grimston (10th), held by the Earl of Verulam

1815 UK Grimston (7th), held by the Earl of Verulam

1945 UK Gwynedd (3rd), held by the Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor

1929 UK Hailsham (3rd), Douglas Martin Hogg, b. 1945, s. 2001, m.

Hon Quintin John Neil Martin Hogg, b. 1973

1866 UK Halifax (6th), held by the Earl of

Halifax

1891 UK Hambleden (4th), William Herbert Smith, b. 1930, s. 1948, m.

Hon (William) Henry Bernard Smith, b. 1955

1786 GB Hamilton (7th), held by the Duke of Abercorn

1884 UK Hampden (6th), Anthony David Brand, b. 1937, s. 1975, m.

Hon Francis Anthony Brand, b. 1970

1936 UK Hanworth (3rd), David Stephen Geoffrey Pollock, b. 1946, s. 1996, m.

Harold William Charles Pollock, b. 1988

1791 I Harberton (11th), Henry Robert Pomeroy, b. 1958, s. 2004, m.

Hon Patrick Christopher Pomeroy, b. 1995

1846 UK Hardinge (7th), Andrew Hartland Hardinge, b. 1960, s. 2004, m.

Hon Thomas Henry de Montarville Hardinge, b. 1993

1791 I

Hawarden (9th), Robert Connan Wyndham Leslie Maude, b. 1961, s. 1991, m.

Hon Varian John Connan Eustace Maude, b. 1997

1905 UK Hawkesbury (5th), held by the Earl of Liverpool

1960 UK Head (2nd), Richard Antony Head, b. 1937, s. 1983, m.

Hon Henry Julian Head, b. 1980

17623 I Headfort (8th), held by the Marquess of Headfort

1550 E Hereford (19th), (Charles) Robert de Bohun Devereux, b. 1975, s. 2004

Hon Edward Mark de Breteuil Devereux, b. 1977

1842 UK Hill (9th), Peter David Raymond Charles Clegg-Hill, b. 1945, s. 2003, m.

Hon Paul Andrew Raymond Clegg-Hill, b. 1979

1717 I Hillsborough (10th), held by the Marquess of Downshire

1660 E Hinchinbroke (11th), held by the Earl of Sandwich

1796 GB Hood (8th), Henry Lyttelton Alexander Hood, b. 1958, s. 1999, m.

Hon Archibald Lyttelton Samuel Hood, b. 1993

1661 E Howard of Morpeth (13th), held by the Earl of Carlisle

1806 UK Howick (6th), held by the Earl Grey

1821 UK Hutchinson (8th), held by the Earl of Donoughmore

1629 I Ikerrin (17th), held by the Earl of Carrick

1924 UK Inchcape (4th), held by the Earl of

Inchcape

1784 GB Ingestre (7th), held by the Earl of Shrewsbury

1703 E *Inverkeithing (7th), held by the Earl of Rosebery

1672 E Ipswich (11th), held by the Duke of Grafton

1905 UK Iveagh (4th), held by the Earl of Iveagh

1918 UK Jellicoe (4th), held by the Earl Jellicoe

1755 I Jocelyn (11th), held by the Earl of Roden

1703 S *Kelburn (10th), held by the Earl of Glasgow

1945 UK Kemsley (3rd), Richard Gomer Berry, b. 1951, s. 1999, m.

Hon Luke Gomer Berry, b. 1998

1647 I Kilcoursie (13th), held by the Earl of Cavan

1625 I Kilmorey (18th), held by the Earl of Kilmorey

1751 I Kilwarlin (9th), held by the Marquess of Downshire

1703 S Kingarth (10th), held by the Marquess of Bute

1766 I Kingsborough (11th), held by the Earl of Kingston

1690 S *Kirkaldie (13th), held by the Earl of Leven

1696 S Kirkwall (9th), held by the Earl of Orkney

1902 UK Kitchener of Khartoum (3rd), held by the Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome

1880 UK Knebworth (5th), held by the Earl of Lytton

1911 UK Knollys (3rd), David Francis Dudley Knollys, b. 1931, s. 1966, m.

Hon Patrick Nicholas Mark Knollys, b. 1962

1895 UK Knutsford (6th), Michael Holland-Hibbert, b. 1926, s. 1986, m.

Hon Henry Thurstan Holland-Hibbert, b. 1959

1660 S *Kinnaird (12th), held by the Earl of Newburgh

1833 UK Lambton (Disclaimed 1970), held by the Earl of Durham

1812 UK Lascelles (7th), held by the Earl of Harewood

1616 S *Lauderdale (17th), held by the Earl of Lauderdale

1954 UK Leathers (3rd), Christopher Graeme Leathers, b. 1941, s. 1996, m.

Hon James Frederick Lambert, b. 1969

1747 GB Leinster (9th), held by the Duke of Leinster

1711 GB Lewisham (10th), held by the Earl of Dartmouth

1781 I Lifford (9th), (Edward) James Wingfield Hewitt, b. 1949, s. 1987, m.

Hon James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt, b. 1979

1800 I Limerick (7th), held by the Earl of Limerick

1961 UK Linley (1st), held by the Earl of Snowdon

1695 I Lisburne (11th), held by the Earl of Lisburne

1701 S Lochaw and Glenyla (13th), held by the Duke of Argyll

1794 I Loftus (9th), held by the Marquess of Ely

1921 UK Long (4th), Richard Gerard Long, b. 1929, s. 1967, m.

Hon James Richard Long, b. 1960

1806 I Lorton (7th), held by the Earl of Kingston

1797 GB Lowther (9th), held by the Earl of Lonsdale

1628 I Lumley (13th), held by the Earl of Scarbrough

1689 E Lumley (13th), held by the Earl of Scarbrough

1720 GB Lymington (10th), held by the Earl of Portsmouth

1677 S Lyon (16th), held by the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

1957 UK Mackintosh of Halifax (3rd), (John) Clive Mackinstosh, b. 1958, s. 1980, m.

Hon Thomas Harold George Mackinstosh, b. 1985

1984 UK Macmillan of Ovenden (2nd), held by

the Earl of Stockton

1623 E Maidstone (17th), held by the Earl of Winchilsea

1623 S Maitland (17th), held by the Earl of Lauderdale

1661 E Malden (11th), held by the Earl of Essex

1706 E Malpas (10th), held by the Marquess of Cholmondeley

1955 UK Malvern (3rd), Ashley Kevin Godfrey Higgins, b. 1949, s. 1978

Hon (Martin) James Higgins, b. 1928

1620 E Mandeville (16th), held by the Duke of Manchester

1945 UK Marchwood (3rd), David George Staveley Penny, b. 1936, s. 1979, w.

Hon Peter George Worsley Penny, b. 1965

1942 UK Margesson (2nd), Francis Vere Hampden Margesson, b. 1922, s. 1965, m.

Hon Richard Francis David Margesson, b. 1960

1801 UK Marsham (8th), held by the Earl of Romney

1781 I Mayo (11th), held by the Earl of Mayo

1660 I Massereene (14th), John David Clotworthy Whyte-Melville Foster Skeffington, b. 1940, s. 1992, m.

Hon Charles Clotworthy Whyte-Melville Foster Skeffington, b. 1973

1813 UK Melgund (7th), held by the Earl of Minto

1802 UK Melville (9th), Robert David Ross Dundas, b. 1937, s. 1971, m.

Hon Robert Henry Kirkpatrick Dundas, b. 1984

1911 UK Mentmore (3rd), held by the Earl of Rosebery

1916 UK Mersey (5th), Edward John Hallam Bingham, b. 1966, s. 2006, m.

Hon David Edward Hugh Bingham, b. 1936

1805 UK Merton (9th), held by the Earl Nelson

1717 I Midleton (12th), Alan Henry Brodrick, b. 1949, s. 1988, m.

Hon Ashley Rupert Brodrick, b. 1980

1962 UK Mills (3rd), Christopher Philip Roger Mills, b. 1956, s. 1988, m.

None

1716 I Molesworth (12th), Robert Bysse Kelham Molesworth, b. 1959, s. 1997

Hon William John Charles Molesworth, b. 1960

1801 I Monck (7th), Charles Stanley Monck, b. 1953, s. 1982

Hon George Stanley Monck, b. 1957

1957 UK

Monckton of Brenchley (3rd), Christopher Walter Monckton, b. 1952, s. 2006, m.

Hon Timothy David Robert Monckton, b. 1955

1946 UK Montgomery of Alamein (2nd), David Bernard Montgomery, b. 1928, s. 1976, m.

Hon Henry David Montgomery, b. 1954

1621 I Moore (14th), held by the Earl of Drogheda

1946 UK Mountbatten of Burma (2nd in line), held by the Countess Mountbatten of Burma

1797 I Mount Charles (7th), held by the Marquess Conyngham

1816 I Mount-Earl (7th), held by the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

1781 GB

Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort (8th), held by the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe

1550 I Mountgarret (18th), Piers James Richard Butler, b. 1961, s. 2004, m.

Hon Edmund Henry Richard Butler, b. 1962

1796 GB Mountjoy (7th), held by the Marquess of Bute

1784 GB Nevill (10th), held by the Marquess of Abergavenny

1815 UK Newport (7th), held by the Earl of Bradford

1822 I Newry and Morne (6th), held by the Earl of Kilmorey

1682 S *Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (11th), held by the Duke of Buccleuch

1812 UK Normanby (6th), held by the Marquess of Normnaby

1791 I Northland (8th), held by the Earl of Ranfurly

1952 UK Norwich (2nd), John Julius Cooper, b. 1929, s. 1954, m.

Hon Jason Charles Duff Bede Cooper, b. 1959

1838 UK Ockham (5th), held by the Earl of Lovelace

1651 S *Oxfuird (14th), Ian Arthur Alexander Makgill, b. 1969, s. 2003

Hon Robert Edward George Makgill, b. 1969

1721 GB Parker (9th), held by the Earl of Macclesfield

1697 S *Peebles (8th), held by the Earl of Wemyss

1723 I Perceval (12th), held by the Earl of Egmont

1742 GB Petersham (11th), held by the Earl of Harrington

1766 I Pollington (8th), held by the Earl of Mexborough

1873 UK Portman (10th), Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, b. 1958, s. 1999, m.

Hon Luke Oliver Berkeley Portman, b. 1984

1743 I Powerscourt (10th), Mervyn Niall Wingfield, b. 1935, s. 1973, m.

Hon (Mervyn) Anthony Wingfield, b. 1963

1955 UK Prestwood (3rd), held by the Earl Attlee

1915 UK Quenington (3rd), held by the Earl St Aldwyn

1916 UK Reading (4th), held by the Marquess of Reading

1701 S Reidhaven (13th), held by the Earl of Seafield

1900 UK Ridley (4th), Matthew White Ridley, b. 1925, s. 1964, m.

Hon Matthew White Ridley, b. 1958

1960 UK Rochdale (2nd), St John Durival Kemp, b. 1938, s. 1993, m.

Hon Jonathan Hugo Durival Kemp, b. 1961

1700 S *Rosebery (7th), held by the Earl of Rosebery

1919 UK

Rothermere (4th), Harold Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, b. 1967, s. 1998, m.

Hon Vere Richard Jonathan Harold Harmsworth, b. 1994

1754 GB Royston (10th), held by the Earl of Hardwicke

1937 UK

Runciman of Doxford (3rd), Walter Garrison Runciman, b. 1934, s. 1989, m.

Hon David Walter Runciman, b. 1967

1945 UK Ruthven of Canberra (2nd), held by the Earl of Gowrie

1906 UK St Aldwyn (3rd), held by the Earl St

Aldwyn

1885 UK St Cyres (5th), held by the Earl of Iddesleigh

1918 UK St Davids (3rd), Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps, b. 1939, s. 1991, m.

Hon Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, b. 1966

1716 GB St John (8th), held by the Viscount Bolingbroke

1801 GB St Vincent (8th), Edward Robert James Jervis, b. 1951, s. 2006, m.

Hon James Richard Anthony Jermyn, b. 1982

1937 UK Samuel (3rd), David Herbert Samuel, b. 1922, s. 1978, m.

Hon Dan Judah Samuel, b. 1925

1809 UK Sandon (7th), held by the Earl of Harrowby

1821 UK Savernake (8th), held by the Marquess of Ailesbury

1911 UK

Scarsdale (4th), Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon, b. 1949, s. 2000, m.

Hon David James Nathaniel Curzon, b. 1958

1698 S Seafield (13th), held by the Earl of Seafield

1823 UK Seaham (6th), held by the Marquess of Londoncerry

1905 UK Selby (6th), Christopher Rolf Thomas Gully, b. 1993, s. 2001

Hon (James) Edward Hugh Grey Gully, b. 1945

1999 UK Severn (1st), held by HRH the Earl of Wessex

1805 UK Sidmouth (8th), Jeremy Francis Addington, b. 1947, s. 2005, m.

Hon John Addington, b. 1990

1940 UK Simon (3rd), Jan David Simon, b. 1940, s. 1993, m.

None

1816 I Slane (7th), held by the Marquess Conyngham

1960 UK Slim (2nd), John Douglas Slim, b. 1927, s. 1970, m.

Hon Mark William Rawdon Simon, b. 1960

1800 I Somerton (6th), held by the Earl of Normanton

1954 UK Soulbury (3rd), Peter Edward Ramsbotham, b. 1919, s. 2004, w.

Hon Oliver Peter Ramsbotham, b. 1943

1776 I Southwell (7th), (Pyers) Anthony Joseph Southwell, b. 1930, s. 1960, m.

Hon Richard Andrew Pyers Southwell, b. 1956

1761 GB Spencer (9th), held by the Earl Spencer

1690 S *Stair (15th), held by the Earl of Stair

1717 GB Stanhope of Mahon (8th), held by the Earl of Harrington

1942 UK Stansgate (Disclaimed for life 1963), Rt Hon Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn MP, b. 1925, s. 1960, m.

Hon Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn, b. 1951

1938 UK Stonehaven (4th), held by the Earl of Kintore

1762 I Stopford (9th), held by the Earl of Courtown

1621 S Stormont (13th), held by the Earl of Mansfield

1701 I Strabane (9th), held by the Duke of Abercorn

1686 S *Strathallan (12th), held by the Earl of Perth

1959 UK Stuart of Findhorn (3rd), (James) Dominic Stuart, b. 1948, s. 1999, m.

Hon Andrew Moray Stuart, b. 1957

1758 I Sudley (9th), held by the Earl of Arran

1935 UK Swinton (3rd), held by the Earl of Swinton

1711 GB Tamworth (13th), held by the Earl Ferrers

1861 UK Tarbat (5th), held by the Earl of Cromartie

1957 UK Tenby (3rd), William Lloyd George, b. 1927, s. 1982, m.

Hon Gwilym Lloyd George, b. 1962

1952 UK Thurso (3rd), John Archibald Sinclair, b. 1953, s. 1995, m.

Hon James Alexander Robin Sinclair, b. 1984

1898 UK Tiverton (4th), held by the Earl of Halsbury

1721 GB Torrington (11th), Timothy Howard St George Byng, b. 1943, s. 1961, m.

John Launcelot Cranmer-Byng, b. 1919

1682 E Townshend (10th), held by the Marquess Townshend

1922 UK Traprain (5th), held by the Earl of Balfour

1936 UK Trenchard (3rd), Hugh Trenchard, b. 1951, s. 1987, m.

Hon Alexander Thomas Trenchard, b. 1978

1746 GB Trentham (9th), held by the Duke of Sutherland

1766 I Turnour (8th), held by the Earl Winterton

1720 I Tyrone (9th), held by the Marquess of Waterford

1801 UK Uffington (9th), held by the Earl of

Craven

1921 UK

Ullswater (2nd), Nicholas James Christopher Lowther, b. 1942, s. 1949, m

Hon Benjamin James Lowther, b. 1975

1621 I Valentia (15th), Richard John Dighton Annesley, b. 1929, s. 1983, m.

Hon Francis William Dighton Annesley, b. 1959

1691 E Villiers (13th), held by the Earl of Jersey

1956 UK Walberton (3rd), held by the Earl of Woolton

1694 S *Walden (14th), held by the Marquess of Tweeddale

1952 UK Waverley (3rd), John Desmond Forbes Anderson, b. 1949, s. 1990

None

1938 UK Weir (3rd), William Kenneth James Weir, b. 1933, s. 1975, m.

Hon James William Hartland Weir, b. 1965

1760 I Wellesley (12th), held by the Duke of Wellington

1809 UK Wellington (8th), held by the Duke of Wellington

1768 I Westport (13th), held by the Marquess of Sligo

1682 E Weymouth (10th), held by the Marquess of Bath

1918 UK Wimborne (4th), Ivor Mervyn Vigors Guest, b. 1968, s. 1993

Hon Julian John Guest, b. 1945

1905 UK Windsor (3rd), held by the Earl of Plymouth

1882 UK Wolmer (4th), held by the Earl of Selborne

1689 E Woodstock (12th), held by the Earl of Portland

1953 UK Woolton (3rd), held by the Earl of Woolton

1923 UK Younger of Leckie (5th), James Edward George Younger, b. 1955, s. 2003, m.

Hon Alexander William George Younger, b. 1999

British Peerage System

Volume V - Part III

List of Baronies in the Peerage of England

Baronies - 1264-1707

1264-1300

Baron de Ros 1264 De Ros, Manners, Cecil, MacDonnell, Villiers, FitzGerald-De Ros / Boyle, Dawson, Ross, Maxwell extant Baron le Despencer 1264 le Despencer Forfeit 1326 Baron Camoys 1264 de Camoys extinct 1372 Baron Mowbray 1283 de Mowbray, Mowbray, Howard, Stourton extant Also Baron Segrave and Baron Stourton Baron Berkeley 1295 de Berkeley extinct 1418 Created by writ Baron Bruce 1295 Bruce abeyant 1371 Created for the Earl of Carrick Baron Daubeny 1295 Daubeny extinct 1548 Created Earl of Bridgewater in 1538 Baron Fauconberg 1295 Fauconberge, Nevill, Lane-Fox, Anderson-Pelham Abeyant 1948 Held together with the Baron Conyers Baron FitzWalter 1295 FitzWalter, Radcliffe, Mildmay, Plumptre extant Baron Furnivall 1295 de Furnivall, Nevill, Talbot, Howard, Dent Abeyant 1968 Baron Greystock 1295 Greystock extinct 1306 Baron Hastings 1295 Hastings, Astley extant Baron Hussey 1295 Hussey abeyant 1470 Baron Hylton 1295 Hylton abeyant 1746 Baron Mohaut 1295 de Mohaut extinct bef. December 1296 Created by writ. Baron Montfort 1295 de Montfort abeyant bef. January 1370 Created by writ. Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 1295 de Mortimer status? Created by writ. In 1330, Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, was

attainted and his titles were forfeited. In 1331, his son Edmund de Mortimer was summoned to Parliament and the title was effectively re-created, as the attainder had not been reversed. Baron Neville de Raby 1295 Neville forfeit 1571 created Earl of Westmorland (1371) Baron Segrave 1295 de Segrave extant Held by Baron Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton Baron Strange 1295 le Strange extinct 1299 Baron Wake of Liddell 1295 Wake abeyant 1408 Held by Earls of Kent (1321 and 1360 creations) and the Duke of Surrey Baron Mortimer 1296 de Mortimer abeyant created by writ Baron Grey of Rotherfield 1297 Grey Attainted 1487 Baron Ap-Adam 1299 Ap-Adam Dormant 1310 Baron Braose 1299 de Braose extinct 1399 Baron Clinton 1299 Clinton, Fortescue, Rolle, Walpole, Trefusis extant Baron de Clifford 1299 Clifford, Sackville, Tufton, Southwell, Russell extant Baron De La Warr 1299 la Warr, West Abeyant 1554 Baron Ferrers of Chartley 1299 Ferrers, Devereux, Shirley, Compton, Townshend abeyant 1855 Baron Grandison 1299 de Grandison extinct 1305 Baron Grandison 1299 de Grandison Abeyant 1375 Baron Grey of Codnor 1299 Grey, Cornwall-Legh extant Abeyant 1496-1989 Baron Latimer 1299 Latimer, Nevill, Willoughby Abeyant 1551 Also the Baron Willoughby de Broke. Created by writ. Baron Moels 1299 de Moels Abeyant 1337 Created by writ. Baron Mohaut (1299) 1299 de Mohaut or de Montalt Extinct 1329 Also known as "Montalt." Created by writ. See also Baron Mohaut (1295). Baron Mohun 1299 de Mohun, le Strange Abeyant 1594? Created by writ. In 1431, this title became united with Baron Strange. Baron Montagu 1299 de Montagu status? Created by writ. The Complete Peerage lists several different (some in existence simultaneously) Baronies of Montagu (as well as Baron Montagu of Boughton and Baron Montagu of Kimbolton) and discusses them in Appendix E of volume IX (1936). Baron Morley 1299 de Morley, Morley, Lovel, Parker Abeyant 1697 Created by writ. Baron Mortimer of Chirk 1299 de Mortimer Abeyant Created by writ. Baron Mortimer of Richard's Castle 1299 de Mortimer Abeyant 1304 Created by writ. Baron Multon of Egremont 1299 de Multon Abeyant bef. November 1344 Created by writ. Baron Muncy 1299 de Muncy Extinct 1308 Baron Percy 1299 Percy extinct 1517 Baron St John of Basing 1299 St John extinct 1337 Baron Lisle 1299 de Lisle extinct 1337 Baron Stafford 1299 de Stafford, Stafford Forfeit 1521 Created Earl of Stafford in 1351. Created Duke of Buckingham in 1444. Baron Strange 1299 le Strange, Stanley, Philipps extant Held by the Viscount St Davids Baron Tuchet 1299 Tuchet extinct Baron Vavasour 1299 Vavasour abeyant 1826 Baron Ferrers of Groby 1300 Ferrers, Grey attainted 1554

1301-1400

Baron Botetourt 1305 de Botetourt, Burnell; Berkeley; Somerset abeyant 1984 Held by the Duke of Beaufort 1803-1984. Baron Multon of Gilsland 1307 de Multon status? Baron Zouche of Haryngworth 1308 la Zouche, Bisshop, Curzon, Frankland extant Baron Cromwell 1308 de Cromwell extinct 1335 Created by writ Baron Badlesmere 1309 de Badlesmere abeyant 1338 Created by writ Baron Beaumont 1309 Beaumont extant Subsidiary title of Duke of Norfolk since 1975 Baron Monthermer 1309 de Monthermer, de Montagu status? Created by writ. Baron Strange of Blackmere 1309 Strange, Talbot abeyant 1616 Baron Lisle 1311 de Lisle extinct 1399 Baron Cobham 1313 de Cobham, Oldcastle, Brooke, Boothby, Disney, Alexander Abeyant 1951 Baron Audley 1313 Audley, Tuchet, Ticknesse(-Touchet), (Touchet-)Jesson, Souter Abeyant 1997 Created by writ; abeyances before: 1391-1408 and 1872-1937; forfeiture: 1497-1512(restored) Baron Willoughby de Eresby 1313 Willoughby, Bertie, Drummond-Willoughby, Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby extant also Earl of Lindsey from 1626 to 1779; also Marquess of Lindsey from 1706 to 1779; also Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven from 1715 to 1779; also Baron Gwydyr from 1828 to 1870; also Baron Aveland from 1888 to 1983; also Earl of Ancaster from 1892 to 1983 Baron Strabolgi 1318 Strathbolgi, Burgh, Kenworthy extant Created for the Earl of Atholl, now independent. Dormant or abeyant until 1916; the Complete Peerage denies its existence before 1916. Baron Lucy 1320 de Lucy, de Umfraville, Percy Dormant 1398 Baron Dacre 1321 Dacre, Fiennes, Lennard, Barrett-Lennard, Roper, Brand, Trevor extant forfeiture 1541-1558; abeyances 1715-1741 and 1965-1970 Baron FitzHugh 1321 FitzHugh Abeyant 1512/3 Baron Greystock 1321 de Greystock, Dacre Abeyant 1569 Baron Grey de Ruthyn 1324 Butler-Bowdon, Grey, Longueville, Yelverton, Gould, Rawdon, Clifton Abeyant 1963 Created by writ Baron Harrington of Aldingham 1326 Harrington, Bonville, Grey extant 1554 created by writ Baron Maltravers 1330 Fitzalan, Maltravers, Howard extant The Barony is united with the Earldom of Arundel and is held by the Duke of Norfolk Baron Darcy de Knayth 1331 Darcy, Godolphin, Osborne, Lane-Fox, Herbert, Ingrams extant Created by writ. Abeyances 1418-1641 and 1888-1903 Baron Talbot 1331 Talbot Abeyant 1616 Baron Chandos 1337 de Chandos extinct 1353 Baron Courtenay 1337 Courtenay extinct 1835 Baron Monthermer (1337) 1337 de Monthermer Extinct bet. October 1339-February 1340 Baron Poynings 1337 Poynings, Percy extinct 1670 Baron le Despencer 1338 le Despencer extinct 1349 Baron Dudley 1342 de Sutton, Sutton, Ward extant Abeyant between 1757 and 1917 Baron Bourchier 1348 Bourchier, Parr, Devereux Abeyant 1646 Baron Hussey 1348 Hussey extinct 1361 Baron Musgrave 1350 de Musgrave status? Baron Lisle 1357 de Lisle, de Berkeley, Beauchamp Abeyant 1420 Baron Botreaux 1368 Botreaux Abeyant 1960 The Barony is in abeyance together

with the Baronies of Stanley and Hastings Baron Aldeburgh 1371 Aldeburgh Abeyant 1391 Baron Scrope of Bolton 1371 le Scrope Lapsed 1630 Baron Stafford 1371 Stafford Abeyant 1445 Baron Cromwell 1375 Cromwell, Stanhope, Bewicke-Copley extant Created by writ Baron le Despencer 1375 le Despencer, Beauchamp, Fane, Dashwood, Stapleton, Boscawen extant Also the Viscount Falmouth. Baron Clifton 1376 Clifton extinct 1394 Baron Camoys 1383 de Camoys, Stoner extant Created by writ Baron Lumley 1384 Lumley Attainted 1400 Baron le Despencer 1387 le Despencer extinct 1424 Baron Bergavenny 1392 Beauchamp, Nevill extant created Earl of Abergavenny in 1784, Marquess of Abergavenny in 1876.

1401-1500

Baron West 1402 West, la Warr Abeyant 1554 Baron Tuchet 1403 Tuchet Abeyant 1997 Baron Stafford 1411 Stafford extinct 1420 Baron Berkeley 1421 Berkeley, Milman, Foley, Gueterbock extant Created by writ. Current incumbent Baron Gueterbock. Baron Hungerford 1426 Hungerford extinct 1463 Baron Latymer 1432 Nevill, Coutts-Nevill, Money-Coutts-Nevill extant Created by writ. Baron Dudley 1440 Sutton, Ward, Lea, Smith, Hamilton, Wallace extant Created by writ Baron Lisle 1444 Talbot Abeyant 1470 Created Viscount Lisle in 1451 Baron De Moleyns 1445 De Moleyns, .., Philipps extant The Barony is at present held by the Viscount St Davids Baron Ferrers of Groby 1446 Grey Attainted 1554 Also Baron Grey of Groby. Created Marquess of Dorset in 1475. Created Duke of Suffolk in 1551. Baron Beauchamp of Powick 1447 de Beauchamp extinct 1502/1503 Baron Saye and Sele 1447 Fiennes, Twisleton extant Baron Stourton 1448 Stourton extant The Barony is held by Baron Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton Baron Grey of Groby 1449 Grey Attainted 1554 Held by the Duke of Suffolk. Baron Berners 1455 Bourchier, Knyvett, Bokenham, Wilson, Williams, Kirkham extant Created by writ Baron Stanley 1456 Stanley Abeyant 1960 The Barony is in abeyance together with the Baronies of Bortreaux and Hastings. Baron Dacre 1459 Dacre Abeyant (or extinct (?)) 1461 Baron Herbert of Chepstow, Raglan and Gower 1461 Herbert extinct 1506 Baron Hastings of Hastings 1461 Hastings Abeyant 1960 The Barony is in abeyance together with the Baronies of Stanley and Bortreaux. Baron Herbert 1461 Herbert, Somerset, Seyfried extant Baron Lumley 1461 Lumley Attainted 1545 Baron Mountjoy 1465 Blount Extinct 1606 Baron Howard 1470 Howard Abeyant 1777 Baron Lisle 1475 Grey extinct 1504 Created Viscount Lisle in 1483 Baron Dacre of Gillesland 1482 Dacre, (Hay, (?)), Howard extant Created Earl of

Carlisle in 1661. Baron Grey of Powys 1482 Grey Abeyant 1552 Baron Hungerford 1482 Hungerford extant Created with precedence of 1426. Held by the Viscount St Davids. Baron Daubeny 1486 Daubeny extinct 1548 Status uncertain, recreation of earlier Baron Daubeny? Baron Willoughby de Broke 1491 Willoughby, Greville, Verney extant

1501-1600

Baron Herbert of Raglan 1506 Somerset extant Held by the Duke of Beaufort. Baron Conyers 1509 Conyers, Darcy, D'Arcy, Oxborne, Lane-Fox, Anderson-Pelham Abeyant 1948 The Barony is in abeyance together with the Baron Fauconberg Baron Herbert of Herbert 1509 Somerset extant Held by the Duke of Beaufort Baron Darcy de Darcy 1509 Darcy Forfeit 1537 Baron Monteagle 1514 Stanley, Parker Abeyant 1697 Baron Sandys of the Vine 1523 Vaux, Mostyn, Gilbey extant Baron Vaux of Harrowden 1523 Vaux, Mostyn, Gilbey extant Baron Braye 1529 Braye, Otway-Cave, Wyatt-Edgell, Verney-Cave, Aubrey-Fletcher extant Created by writ Baron Hussey 1529 Hussey forfeit 1537 Baron Windsor 1529 Windsor, Hickman, Windsor-Clive extant Held by the Earl of Plymouth Baron Wentworth 1529 Wentworth, Bulwer-Lytton extant Also Earl of Lytton. Created by writ. Baron Burgh 1529 Burgh, Leith extant Baron Mordaunt 1532 Mordaunt, Gordon Abeyant 1836 Baron St John of Basing 1539 Paulet extant The Barony is held by the Marquess of Winchester Baron Russell of Cheneys 1539 Russell extant The Barony is held by the Duke of Bedford Baron Eure 1544 Eure (or Evres) extinct 1690 Baron Parr of Horton 1543 Parr extinct 1547 Baron Wharton 1544 Wharton, Kemys-Tynte, Vintcent, Robertson extant Baron Seymour 1546 Seymour extant Held by the Duke of Somerset Baron Lumley 1547 Lumley extinct 1609 Baron Seymour of Sudeley 1547 Seymour Attainted 1549 Baron Sheffield of Butterwike 1547 Sheffield extinct 1735 Created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626 Baron Stafford 1547 Stafford extinct 1640 Baron Rich 1547 Rich extinct 1759 Created Earl of Warwick in 1618 Baron Willoughby of Parham 1547 Willoughby ??? Baron Darcy 1548 Darcy extinct 1635 created in tail male for the son of the Baron Darcy of Darcy (1509) Baron Paget 1552 Paget extant Created by writ Baron Herbert of Cardiff 1551 Herbert extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Baron Chandos 1554 Brydges dormant 1789 created Earl of Carnarvon in 1714. Created Duke of Chandos in 1719. Baron North 1554 North Abeyant 1942

Baron Howard of Effingham 1554 Howard extant Created Earl of Nottingham in 1596. Created Earl of Effingham (GB) in 1731. Created Earl of Effingham (UK) in 1837. Baron Percy 1557 Percy extinct 1670 Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon 1559 Carey extinct 1765 also Earl of Dover from 1628 to 1677 Baron Saint John of Bletso 1559 St John extant Baron Beauchamp of Hache 1559 Seymour extinct 1750 Baron Lisle 1561 Dudley extinct 1590 Baron Buckhurst 1567 Sackville extinct 1843 created Earl of Dorset in 1604; Duke of Dorset in 1720. Baron Burghley 1571 Cecil extant Created Earl of Exeter in 1605. Created Marquess of Exeter in 1801. Baron Compton 1571 Compton, Townshend abeyant Baron De La Warr 1572 West extant Created Earl De La Warr in 1761. Baron Norreys of Rycote 1572 Norreys, Bertie extant Created Earl of Abingdon in 1682. Also Earl of Lindsey. Baron Howard de Walden 1597 Howard, Scott-Ellis, Czernin extant Title created by writ.

1601-1700

Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603 Cecil extant Created Earl of Salisbury in 1605. Created Marquess of Salisbury in 1789. Baron Ellesmere 1603 Egerton extinct 1829 created Viscount Brackley in 1616;Earl of Bridgewater in 1617. Baron Grey of Groby 1603 Grey extinct 1976 Created Earl of Stamford in 1628. Baron Petre 1603 Petre extant Baron Russell of Thornhaugh 1603 Russell extant Held by the Duke of Bedford Baron Spencer of Wormleighton 1603 Spencer extant Created Earl of Sunderland in 1643. Became Duke of Marlborough in 1733. Baron Wotton 1603 Wotton extinct Baron Denny 1604 Denny extinct 1660 Created by writ. Created Earl of Norwich in 1626. Baron Howard of Marnhull 1604 Howard extinct 1614 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Northampton. Baron Arundell of Wardour 1605 Arundel extinct 1944 Baron Carew 1605 Carew extinct 1629 Created Earl of Totnes in 1626. Baron Cavendish of Hardwick 1605 Cavendish extant Created Earl of Devonshire in 1618. Created Duke of Devonshire in 1694. Baron Herbert of Shurland 1605 Herbert extant The Barony belongs to the Earl of Montgomery and is held by the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery. Baron Stanhope of Harrington 1605 Stanhope extinct 1675 Baron Knyvet 1607 Knyvet extinct 1622 Baron Clifton 1608 Bligh extant Created by writ. Held by the Earl of Darnley. Baron Settrington 1613 Stuart extinct 1672 Baron Dormer 1615 Dormer extant Baron Stanhope of Shelford 1616 Stanhope extinct 1967 Created Earl of Chesterfield in 1628. Baron Teynham 1616 Roper extant

Baron Noel of Ridlington 1617 Noel extinct 1798 Succeeded as Viscount Campden in 1629. Baron Whaddon 1619 Villiers extinct 1687 subsidiary of Viscount Villiers, later created Earl, Marquess and Duke of Buckingham, and Earl of Coventry Baron of Innerdale 1619 Hamilton extinct 1651 subsidiary of Earl of Cambridge Baron Montagu of Kimbolton 1620 Montagu extant Subsidiary title of the Viscount Mandeville. Created Earl of ManchesterDuke of Manchester in 1719. in 1626. Created Baron Feilding 1620 Feilding extant Subsidiary title of the Viscount Feilding. Created Earl of Desmond in 1622. Created Earl of Denbigh in 1622. Baron Ogle 1620 Ogle, Cavendish extinct 1691 Subsidiary title of Viscount Mansfield Baron Brooke 1621 Greville extant Created Earl Brooke in 1746 and Earl of Warwick in 1759. Baron Carey of Leppington 1622 Carey extinct 1661 Created Earl of Monmouth in 1626. Baron Howard of Charlton 1622 Howard extant The Barony belongs to the Viscountcy of Andover and is held by the Earl of Suffolk. Baron Burghersh 1624 Fane extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Westmorland. Baron Conway 1624 Conway extinct 1683 Created Viscount Conway in 1627. Created Earl of Conway in 1679. Baron Grey of Chillingham 1624 Grey extinct 1706 Baron Craven 1626 Craven extant Created Earl of Craven in 1801. Baron Fauconberg 1627 Belasyse extinct 1815 Created Viscount Fauconberg in 1643. Baron FitzAlan 1627 Beaumont, FitzAlan-Howard extant The Barony is united with the Earldom of Arundel and is held by the Duke of Norfolk. Baron Mountjoy of Thurveston 1627 Blount Extinct 1679 Also Baron Mountjoy of Mountjoy Fort in the Peerage of Ireland. Baron Brudenell 1628 Brudenell extant Created Earl of Cardigan in 1661. Created Marquess of Ailesbury in 1821. Baron Clifford 1628 Clifford, Boyle, Cavendish Abeyant 1858 Baron Hervey 1628 Hervey extinct 1642 also Baron Hervey of Ross. Baron Howard of Escrick 1628 Howard extinct 1715 Baron Mohun of Okehampton 1628 Mohun Extinct 1712 Baron Strange 1628 Stanley, Drummond of Megginch Abeyant 1982 Created by writ. Baron Hicks of Ilmington 1628 Hicks, Noel extinct 1798 Subsidiary title of Viscount Campden. Baron Herbert of Chirbury 1629 Herbert extinct 1691 Baron Cavendish of Bolsover 1628 Cavendish extinct 1691 Held by Viscount Mansfield. Created Marquess of Newcastle in 1643. Created Duke of Newcastle in 1664. Baron Wentworth of Wentworth-Woodhouse 1628 Wentworth extinct 1695 Baron Bayning of Horkesley 1628 Bayning extinct 1638 subsidiary title of the Viscount Bayning of Sudbury Baron Powis 1629 Herbert extinct 1748 Created Earl of Powis in 1674. Created Marquess of Powis in 1687. Baron Finch of Fordwich 1640 Finch extinct 1660 Baron Stafford 1640 Howard, Jerningham, FitzHerbert extant Baron Bruce of Skelton 1641 Bruce extinct 1747 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Ailesbury. Also the Earl of Elgin.

Baron Capel 1641 Capel extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Essex Baron Byron 1643 Byron extant Baron Craven of Ryton 1643 Craven extinct 1650 Baron Astley of Reading 1644 Astley extinct 1688 Baron Clifford of Lanesborough 1644 Boyle extinct 1750 Joined with the Earldom of Burlington. Baron Ward 1644 Ward extant created Earl of Dudley in 1860. Baron Cholmondeley 1645 Cholmondeley extinct 1659 Created for the Earl of Leinster. Baron Cobham 1645 Brooke extinct 1660 Baron Lexinton 1645 Sutton extinct 1723 Baron Wotton 1650 Kirkhoven extinct 1683 Baron Berkeley of Stratton 1658 Berkeley extinct 1773 Baron Crofts 1658 Crofts extinct 1677 Baron Monck 1660 Monck extinct 1688 subsidiary title of the Duke of Albemarle Baron Montagu of St Neots 1660 Montagu extant subsidiary title of the Earl of Sandwich. Baron FitzHerbert 1660 Finch extinct 1729 Baron Ashley 1661 Ashley-Cooper extant Created Earl of Shaftesbury in 1672. Baron Crew 1661 Crew extinct 1721 Baron Delamer 1661 Booth extinct created Earl of Warrington in 1694 Baron Townshend 1661 Townshend extant Created Viscount Townshend in 1682. Created Marquess of Townshend in 1787. Baron Scott of Tynedale 1663 Montagu, Douglas, Scott extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Doncaster. Held by the Duke of Buccleuch. Baron Lucas of Crudwell 1663 Lucas extant Also Lord Dingwall. Baron Arundell of Trerice 1664 Arundell extinct 1768 Baron St Liz 1664 Feilding extant The Barony is held by the Earl of Denbigh, who is also the Earl of Desmond. Baron Arlington 1665 Bennet-Fitzroy extant Created Earl of Arlington in 1672. All titles abeyant 1936-99, when the abeyance of the barony was terminated. Baron Craven 1665 Craven extant Created for the Earl of Craven, but separated on the latter title's extinction. Created Earl of Craven in 1801. Baron Frescheville 1665 Frescheville extinct Baron Butler 1666 Butler, Cowper abeyant Baron Howard 1669 Howard extinct 1777 Created Earl of Norwich in 1672. Baron Clifford of Chudleigh 1672 Clifford extant Baron Cooper 1672 Ashley-Cooper extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Baron Sudbury 1672 Fitzroy extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Euston. Created Duke of Grafton in 1675. Baron Grey of Rolleston 1673 North extinct 1734 Baron Finch 1674 Finch extant The Barony is held by the Earl of Nottingham, who is now also Earl of Winchilsea. Baron Settrington 1675 Gordon-Lennox extant The Barony belongs to the Dukedom of Richmond and is held by the Duke of Richmond and Lennox. Baron Heddington 1676 Beauclerk extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Burford. Created Duke of St Albans in 1684. Baron Manners of Haddon 1679 Manners extant Created for the Earl of Rutland. Created Duke of Rutland in 1703. Baron Noel of Titchfield 1681 Noel extinct 1798 Succeeded as Viscount Campden in

1682. Created Earl of Gainsborough in 1682. Baron Lumley 1681 Lumley extant Created Earl of Scarborough in 1690. Baron Alington of Wymondley 1682 Alington extinct 1691 also Baron Alington of Killard in the Peerage of Ireland. Baron Thynne 1682 Thynne extant Subsidiary title of the Viscount Weymouth. Created Marquess of Bath in 1789. Baron Guilford 1683 North extant Created Earl of Guilford in 1752. Baron Stawell 1683 Stawell extinct Baron Churchill of Sundridge 1685 Churchill extant Created Earl of Marlborough in 1689 and Duke of Marlborough in 1702. Baron Waldegrave 1686 Waldegrave extant Created Earl Waldegrave in 1729. Baron Cirencester 1689 Bentinck extinct 1990 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Portland. Created Duke of Portland in 1716. Baron Cholmondeley of Namptwich 1689 Cholmondeley extant Created Earl of Cholmondeley in 1706. Created Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1815. Baron Wokingham 1689 Oldenburg extinct 1708 Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cumberland Baron Torbay 1689 Herbert extinct 1716 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Torrington. Baron Villiers 1691 Villiers extant Subsidiary title of the Viscount Villiers. created Earl of Jersey in 1697. Baron Capel of Tewkesbury 1692 Capel extinct 1696 Baron Portarlington 1692 de Ruvigny extinct 1720 Subsidiary title of the Viscount Galway. Created Earl of Galway in 1697. Baron Herbert of Chirbury 1694 Herbert extinct 1738 Baron Howland 1695 Russell extant Held by the Duke of Bedford Baron Ashford 1697 van Keppel extant Subsidiary title of the Earl of Albermarle. Baron Shingay 1697 Russell extinct 1727 Baron Barnard 1698 Vane extant Baron Alford 1698 de Nassau d'Auverquerque extinct 1754 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Grantham. Baron Halifax 1700 Montagu extinct 1772

1701-1707

Baron Guernsey 1703 Finch-Knightly extant Created the Earl of Aylesford in 1714. Baron Gower 1703 Leveson-Gower extant Created the Earl Gower in 1746. Created the Marquess of Stafford in 1786. Created the Duke of Sutherland in 1833. Baron Conway of Ragley 1703 Seymour extant Created Earl of Hertford in 1750. Created Marquess of Hertford in 1793. Baron Hervey of Ickworth 1703 Hervey extant Created Earl of Bristol in 1714. Created Marquess of Bristol in 1826. Baron Tewkesbury 1706 - merged in the crown 1727 Subsidiary title of the Duke of Cambridge. Baron Cowper 1706 Cowper extinct 1905 Created Earl Cowper in 1718. Baron Chesterford 1706 Howard extinct 1722 Subsidiary title of the Earl of Bindon