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Earl (/ ɜːr l, ɜːr əl /) [1] is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. [2] A feminine form of earl never developed; [note 1] instead, countess is used. The title originates in the Old English word eorl, meaning "a man of noble birth ...
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.
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.
The Earl of Suffolk: 1603 Earl of Berkshire in Peerage of England The Earl of Exeter: 1605 Marquess of Exeter in the Peerage of the United Kingdom: The Earl of Salisbury: 1605 Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain: The Earl of Montgomery: 1605 Held with the Earl of Pembroke in Peerage of England The Earl of Northampton: 1618
The British nobility is made up of the peerage (titled nobility) and the gentry (untitled nobility) of the British Isles.In the UK nobility is formally exclusive to (peers of the realm), however an untitled nobility exists across the British isles through feudal remnants, the clan systems, and the heraldic traditions of the isles with legal recognitions and privileges.
The ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. [7]The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. . Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers sinc
Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg; Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg (second creation) Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter; Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam; Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 9th Earl Fitzwilliam; Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam; Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam
Earl stubs (5 C) Pages in category "British earls" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...