Earl of Burlington
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The title of Earl of Burlington has been created twice, the first time in the Peerage of England and the second in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was for Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork, on March 20, 1664. He had previously been created Baron Clifford of Lanesborough on November 4, 1644, also in the Peerage of England. The second creation was for Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish (with the subsidiary title Baron Cavendish of Keighley) on September 10, 1831.
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[edit] Barons Clifford of Lanesborough (1644)
- Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Clifford of Lanesborough, 2nd Earl of Cork (1612–1698) (created Earl of Burlington in 1664)
[edit] Earls of Burlington (and Cork) (1664)
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington & 2nd Earl of Cork (1612–1698)
- Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington & 3rd Earl of Cork (1660–1704)
- Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington & 4th Earl of Cork (1694–1753)
The third earl had only two daughters, which made the first creation of the Earldom of Burlington and the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough extinct in 1753 (the earldom of Cork, however, passed to John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery and his descendants). However, his second daughter, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, married William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. The earldom was created again for their son, Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish.
[edit] Earls of Burlington, second Creation (1831)
- George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834)
- William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington & 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891)
See Duke of Devonshire for further Earls of Burlington.
The 2nd Earl was the grandson of the 1st Earl and cousin and heir presumptive of the 6th Duke of Devonshire, to which title he succeeded in 1858. "Earl of Burlington" has since become the courtesy title for the eldest son of the eldest son (Marquess of Hartington) of the Duke of Devonshire.
