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Earl of Grantham is a title in the Peerage of England created on 24 December 1698, along with the titles Viscount Boston, of Boston in the County of Lincoln, and Baron Alford, of Alford in the County of Lincoln, for Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, a British Army officer and cousin of King William III of England.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (played by Hugh Bonneville) (b. July 1865), usually called Lord Grantham, is the 7th and current Earl of Grantham, based in the Yorkshire region. Being a British peer, he also holds the position of an honorary lieutenant. He is the husband of Cora, son of Violet, and father of Mary, Edith and Sybil.
Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham PC (born Hendrik van Nassau, 1673 – 5 December 1754), was a British Army officer, courtier and peer who was a member of the House of Orange-Nassau and second cousin once removed to William III of England.
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.
Hugh Richard Bonniwell Williams [1] DL (born 10 November 1963), known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. [2] He is best known for portraying Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015.
7th Earl of Grantham [ix] [i] [x] Cora Crawley Countess of Grantham [v] [x] (née Levinson) Harold Levinson: Susan MacClare Marchioness of Flintshire: Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare Marquess of Flintshire: Patrick Crawley [vi] (presumed dead) Matthew Crawley Heir presumptive of Robert Crawley. Died with issue. [x] Lady Mary Josephine Talbot [xi ...
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.
Lord Grantham married Lady Mary Jemima, daughter of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, and Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey and 4th Baroness Lucas, granddaughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent. Central part of an engraved escutcheon Robinson quartering Weddell, for 3rd Lord Grantham, on silver gilt, with marks for Robert Garrard, London ...