Earl of Ranelagh

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The title Earl of Ranelagh was created in the Peerage of Ireland for Richard Jones, 3rd Viscount Ranelagh. While the viscountcy remained extant after Jones's death, the earldom became extinct. While it existed, the earldom had two subsidiary titles: Viscount Ranelagh (1628) and Baron Jones of Navan (1628). See also: Viscount Ranelagh, Baron Ranelagh. It is my understanding that Richard Jones was paymaster to the Forces, where allegedly he embezzeled large sums of money.Some of this was spent on the creation of Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea, and some on the founding in 1706 of a school for six poor boys and six poor girls.This school subsequently became a grammar school, but after the overhaul of the education system in the 1980's is now a comprehensive.