Earl of Clare
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Earl of Clare is a title that has been created three times in British history.
It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1624 for John Holles, 1st Baron Haughton. For more information on this creation, see the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1694 creation).
It was created again in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1714 for Thomas Pelham-Holles, 2nd Baron Pelham. For more information on this creation, see the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1715 creation) and also the Earl of Chichester.
The title was also created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1795 for John FitzGibbon, 1st Viscount FitzGibbon, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He had already been created Baron FitzGibbon, of Lower Connello in the County of Limerick, in 1789, and Viscount FitzGibbon, of Limerick in the County of Limerick, in 1793. These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1799 he was made Baron FitzGibbon, of Sidbury in the County of Devon, in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He served as Governor of Bombay from 1830 to 1834. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Earl. He represented County Limerick in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of County Limerick. Lord Clare's only son, the Hon. John Charles Henry Fitzgibbon, had been married in a clandestine ceremony in 1854 but this marriage was not recognized. He was killed in action during the Battle of Balaclava the following year. On Lord Clare's death in 1864 the peerages became extinct as William John Gerald FitzGibbon (posthumous son of the Hon. John Charles Henry Fitzgibbon) was not allowed to inherit the titles.
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[edit] Earls of Clare, First creation (1624)
[edit] Earls of Clare, Second creation (1714)
- see the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1715 creation) and the Earl of Chichester
[edit] Earls of Clare, Third creation (1795)
- John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare (1748–1802)
- John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare (1792–1851)
- Richard Hobart FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare (1793–1864)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
