Earl of Ranfurly

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The title Earl of Ranfurly, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1831 for the 2nd Viscount Northland, and is the last Earldom created in that Peerage that is still extant. The title is pronounced "Ran-fully".

Lord Ranfurly holds the subsidiary titles Viscount Northland, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone (1791), and Baron Welles, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone (1781), in the Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Ranfurly, of Ramphorlie in the County of Renfrew (1826), in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Despite its territorial designation and the fact that it is in the Peerage of Ireland, the Earldom (like the UK Barony) refers to the village of Ranfurly in Renfrewshire.

The family seat is Maltings Chase, near Nayland, Suffolk.

[edit] Viscounts Northland (1791)

• Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland (1729-1818), elected a Representative Peer in 1800
• Thomas Knox, 2nd Viscount Northland (1754-1840) (became Earl of Ranfurly in 1831)

[edit] Earls of Ranfurly (1831)

• Thomas Knox, 1st Earl of Ranfurly (1754-1840)
• Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly (1786-1858)
• Thomas Knox, 3rd Earl of Ranfurly (1816-1858)
• Thomas Granville Henry Stuart Knox, 4th Earl of Ranfurly (1849-1875)
• Uchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly (1856-1933)
• Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly (1913-1988)
• Gerald Francoys Needham Knox, 7th Earl of Ranfurly (b. 1929)

Heir Apparent: Edward John Knox, Viscount Northland (b. 1957)

Lord Northland's Heir Apparent: The Hon. Adam Henry Knox (b. 1994)