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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 ...
The ealdorman was an official appointed by the king to administer a shire or group of shires (an ealdormanry). [14] In the 11th century, while England was ruled by a Danish dynasty, the office changed from ealdorman to earl (related to Old English eorl and Scandinavian jarl). [15] After the king, the earl was the most powerful secular magnate.
The Earl of Manchester: 1626 Duke of Manchester in the Peerage of Great Britain: The Earl of Berkshire: 1626 Held with the Earl of Suffolk in Peerage of England The Earl of Lindsey: 1626 Earl of Abingdon in Peerage of England The Earl of Winchilsea: 1628 Earl of Nottingham in Peerage of England The Earl of Sandwich: 1660 The Earl of Essex: 1661 ...
Earl Marshal: Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk [16] Lord High Admiral: Charles III [k] [16] Lord Steward of the Household Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn [16] Lord Chamberlain of the Household Richard Benyon, Baron Benyon [16] Master of the Horse: Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde [l]
Daakyehene, pronounced: Daa-chi-hi-ni, literally: future king. The feminine form is Daakyehemaa. An Akan prince. Knyaz, a title found in most Slavic languages, denoting a ruling or noble rank. It is usually translated into English as "Prince", but the word is related to the English King and the German König. Also translated as Herzog (Duke).
The ealdorman was an official appointed by the king to administer a shire or group of shires (an ealdormanry). [10] In the 11th century, while England was ruled by a Danish dynasty, the office changed from ealdorman to earl (related to Old English eorl and Scandinavian jarl). [11] After the king, the earl was the most powerful secular magnate.
Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery, also held with the Earl of Cork since 1753. His descendants sat in the House of Lords until 1999. Queen Anne; Baron Hay: 31 December 1711 Held by the Earl of Kinnoull in the Peerage of Scotland since 1719. Baron Bathhurst: 1 January 1712 Earl Bathurst in the Peerage of Great Britain. Baron Middleton: 1 January 1712
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.