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Earl of Southampton was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of England. Its first creation came in 1537 in favour of the courtier William FitzWilliam . He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1542.
Quartered arms of Sir Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, KG: Quarterly of four: Azure, a cross or between four hawks close argent (Wriothesley); 2nd: Argent, a fret gules on a canton of the second a lion passant or (unknown); 3rd: Argent, five fusils conjoined in pale gules a bordure azure bezantée (unknown); 4th: Per pale indented gules and azure, a lion rampant or [1] Southampton's ...
Arms of Wriothesley: Azure, a cross or between four hawks close argent Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG (/ ˈ r aɪ ə θ s l i / RY-əth-slee; [1] 10 March 1607 – 16 May 1667), styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was an English statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II who after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 rose to the position of Lord High Treasurer ...
This page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental Frankish title of "count" (comes) into England, which soon became identified with the previous titles of Danish "jarl" and Anglo-Saxon "earl" in England.
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton [a] (21 December 1505 – 30 July 1550 [3]), KG was an English peer, secretary of state, Lord Chancellor and Lord High Admiral. A naturally skilled but unscrupulous and devious politician who changed with the times, Wriothesley served as a loyal instrument of King Henry VIII in the latter's break with ...
Brodie-Sangster’s The Queen’s Gambit co-star Harry Melling will join the cast as Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. Melling is best known for his role as Dudley Dursley in the Harry ...
This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.It does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton; William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton; Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton; Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton; Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton