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This is a list of present Earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include those still-extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles. For a more complete list, which adds these "hidden" earldoms as well as extinct, dormant, abeyant, and forfeit ones, see List of Earldoms.
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[edit] Order of precedence
The general order of precedence among Earls is:
- Earls of England
- Earls of Scotland
- Earls of Great Britain
- Earls of Ireland created before 1801
- Earls of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801
[edit] Earls of England
- The Earl of Shrewsbury (1442) and Waterford (1446, in the Peerage of Ireland)
- The Earl of Derby (1485)
- The Earl of Huntingdon (1529)
- The Earl of Pembroke (1551) and Montgomery (1605)
- The Earl of Devon (1553)
- The Earl of Lincoln (1572)
- The Earl of Suffolk (1603) and Berkshire (1626)
- The Earl of Denbigh (1622) and Desmond (1628, in the Peerage of Ireland)
- The Earl of Westmorland (1624)
- The Earl of Lindsey (1626) and Abingdon (1682)
- The Earl of Winchilsea (1628) and Nottingham (1681)
- The Earl of Sandwich (1660)
- The Earl of Essex (1661)
- The Earl of Carlisle (1661)
- The Earl of Shaftesbury (1672)
- The Earl of Portland (1689)
- The Earl of Scarbrough (1690)
- The Earl of Albemarle (1697)
- The Earl of Coventry (1697)
- The Earl of Jersey (1697)
[edit] Earls of Scotland
Note: The Precedence of the older Scottish earldoms is determined by the Decreet of Ranking of 1606, and not by seniority.
- The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (1398)
- The Earl of Erroll (1453)
- The Countess of Sutherland (1230 or 1275 or 1347)
- The Countess of Mar (1114 or 1457)
- The Earl of Rothes (1458)
- The Earl of Morton (1458)
- The Earl of Buchan (1469)
- The Earl of Eglinton (1508)
- The Earl of Caithness (1455)
- The Earl of Mar and Kellie (1404 or 1565)
- The Earl of Moray (1562)
- The Earl of Home (1605)
- The Earl of Perth (1605)
- The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1606)
- The Earl of Haddington (1619)
- The Earl of Galloway (1623)
- The Earl of Lauderdale (1624)
- The Earl of Lindsay (1633)
- The Earl of Loudoun (1633)
- The Earl of Kinnoull (1633)
- The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine (1633)
- The Earl of Wemyss and March (1633)
- The Earl of Dalhousie (1633)
- The Earl of Airlie (1639)
- The Earl of Leven and Melville (1641)
- The Countess of Dysart (1643)
- The Earl of Selkirk (1646, presently disclaimed by the Lord Selkirk of Douglas)
- The Earl of Northesk (1647)
- The Earl of Dundee (1660)
- The Earl of Newburgh (1660)
- The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell (1662)
- The Earl of Dundonald (1669)
- The Earl of Kintore (1677)
- The Earl of Dunmore (1686)
- The Earl of Orkney (1696)
- The Earl of Seafield (1701)
- The Earl of Stair (1703)
- The Earl of Rosebery (1703)
- The Earl of Glasgow (1703)
[edit] Earls of Great Britain
- The Earl Ferrers (1711)
- The Earl of Dartmouth (1711)
- The Earl of Tankerville (1714)
- The Earl of Aylesford (1714)
- The Earl of Macclesfield (1721)
- The Earl Waldegrave (1729)
- The Earl of Harrington (1742)
- The Earl of Portsmouth (1743)
- The Earl Brooke and of Warwick (1746, known as the Earl of Warwick)
- The Earl of Buckinghamshire (1746)
- The Earl of Guilford (1752)
- The Earl of Hardwicke (1754)
- The Earl of Ilchester (1756)
- The Earl De La Warr (1761)
- The Earl of Radnor (1765)
- The Earl Spencer (1765)
- The Earl Bathurst (1772)
- The Earl of Clarendon (1776)
- The Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield (1776)
- The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1789)
- The Earl Fortescue (1789)
- The Earl of Carnarvon (1793)
- The Earl Cadogan (1800)
- The Earl of Malmesbury (1800)
[edit] Earls of Ireland
- Earls of Ireland created after 1801 yield precedence to older Earldoms of the United Kingdom
- The Earl of Cork and Orrery (1620)
- The Earl of Westmeath (1621)
- The Earl of Meath (1627)
- The Earl of Drogheda (1661)
- The Earl of Granard (1684)
- The Earl of Darnley (1725)
- The Earl of Egmont (1733)
- The Earl of Bessborough (1739)
- The Earl of Carrick (1748)
- The Earl of Shannon (1756)
- The Earl of Arran (1762)
- The Earl of Courtown (1762)
- The Earl of Mexborough (1766)
- The Earl Winterton (1766)
- The Earl of Kingston (1768)
- The Earl of Roden (1771)
- The Earl of Lisburn (1776)
- The Earl of Clanwilliam (1776)
- The Earl of Antrim (1785)
- The Earl of Longford (1785)
- The Earl of Portarlington (1785)
- The Earl of Mayo (1785)
- The Earl Annesley (1789)
- The Earl of Enniskillen (1789)
- The Earl Erne (1789)
- The Earl of Lucan (1795)
- The Earl Belmore (1797)
- The Earl Castle Stewart (1800)
- The Earl of Donoughmore (1800)
- The Earl of Caledon (1801)
- The Earl of Limerick (1803)
- The Earl of Clancarty (1803)
- The Earl of Gosford (1806)
- The Earl of Rosse (1806)
- The Earl of Kilmorey (1822)
- The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1822)
- The Earl of Listowel (1822)
- The Earl of Norbury (1827)
- The Earl of Ranfurly (1831)
[edit] Earls of the United Kingdom
- Precedence of Irish Earldoms shown in italics.
- The Earl of Rosslyn (1801)
- The Earl of Craven (1801)
- The Earl of Onslow (1801)
- The Earl of Romney (1801)
- The Earl of Chichester (1801)
- The Earl of Wilton (1801)
- The Earl of Limerick (Ireland)
- The Earl of Clancarty (Ireland)
- The Earl of Powis (1804)
- The Earl Nelson (1805)
- The Earl of Gosford (Ireland)
- The Earl of Rosse (Ireland)
- The Earl of Normanton (1806)
- The Earl Grey (1806)
- The Earl of Lonsdale (1807)
- The Earl of Harrowby (1809)
- The Earl of Harewood (1812)
- The Earl of Minto (1813)
- The Earl Cathcart (1814)
- The Earl of Verulam (1815)
- The Earl of Saint Germans (1815)
- The Earl of Morley (1815)
- The Earl of Bradford (1815)
- The Earl of Eldon (1821)
- The Earl Howe (1821)
- The Earl of Stradbroke (1821)
- The Earl Temple of Stowe (1822)
- The Earl of Kilmorey (Ireland)
- The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (Ireland)
- The Earl of Listowel (Ireland)
- The Earl of Norbury (Ireland)
- The Earl Cawdor (1827)
- The Earl of Ranfurly (Ireland)
- The Earl of Lichfield (1831)
- The Earl of Durham (1833)
- The Earl Granville (1833)
- The Earl of Effingham (1837)
- The Earl of Ducie (1837)
- The Earl of Yarborough (1837)
- The Earl of Leicester (1837)
- The Earl of Lovelace (1838)
- The Earl of Gainsborough (1841)
- The Earl of Strafford (1847)
- The Earl of Cottenham (1850)
- The Earl Cowley (1857)
- The Earl of Dudley (1860)
- The Earl Russell (1861)
- The Earl of Cromartie (1861)
- The Earl of Kimberley (1866)
- The Earl of Wharncliffe (1876)
- The Earl Cairns (1878)
- The Earl of Lytton (1880)
- The Earl of Selborne (1882)
- The Earl of Iddesleigh (1885)
- The Earl of Cranbrook (1892)
- The Earl of Halsbury (1898)
- The Earl of Cromer (1901)
- The Earl of Plymouth (1905)
- The Earl of Liverpool (1905)
- The Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1914)
- The Earl Saint Aldwyn (1915)
- The Earl Beatty (1919)
- The Earl Haig (1919)
- The Earl of Iveagh (1919)
- The Earl of Balfour (1922)
- The Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1925)
- The Earl Jellicoe (1925)
- The Earl of Inchcape (1929)
- The Earl Peel (1929)
- The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1937)
- The Earl of Halifax (1944)
- The Earl of Gowrie (1945)
- The Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor (1945)
- The Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1947)
- The Earl Alexander of Tunis (1952)
- The Earl of Swinton (1955)
- The Earl Attlee (1955)
- The Earl of Woolton (1956)
- The Earl of Snowdon (1961)
- The Earl of Stockton (1984)
- The Earl of Wessex (1999)[1]
[edit] List of eldest sons or daughters of Earls in the Peerages of the British Isles
- James Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre, eldest son of the Earl of Shrewsbury
- Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley, eldest son of the Earl of Derby
- Charles Courtenay, Lord Courtenay, eldest son of the Earl of Devon
- Alexander Howard, Viscount Andover, eldest son of the Earl of Suffolk
- Peregrine Feilding, Viscount Feilding, eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh
- Henry Bertie, Lord Norreys, eldest son of the Earl of Lindsey
- Tobias Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone, eldest son of the Earl of Winchilsea
- Luke Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, eldest son of the Earl of Sandwich
- William Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock, eldest son of the Earl of Portland
- Augustus Keppel, Viscount Bury, eldest son of the Earl of Albemarle
- Anthony Lindsay, Lord Balniel, eldest son of the Earl of Crawford
- Harry Hay, Lord Hay, eldest son of the Earl of Erroll
- Alistair Sutherland, Lord Strathnaver, eldest son of the Countess of Sutherland
- Susan of Mar, Mistress of Mar, eldest daughter of the Countess of Mar
- John Douglas, Lord Aberdour, eldest son of the Earl of Morton
- Henry Erskine, Lord Cardross, eldest son of the Earl of Buchan
- Hugh Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie, eldest son of the Eglinton
- Alexander Sinclair, Lord Berriedale, eldest son of the Earl of Caithness
- John Stuart, Lord Doune, eldest son of the Earl of Moray
- Michael Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass, eldest son of the Earl of Home
- James Drummond, Viscount Strathallan, eldest son of the Earl of Perth
- Simon Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis, eldest son of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
- George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning, eldest son of the Earl of Haddington
- Ian Maitland, Viscount Maitland, eldest son of the Earl of Lauderdale
- William Lindesay-Bethune, Viscount Garnock, eldest son of the Earl of Lindsay
- Simon Abney-Hastings, Lord Mauchline, eldest son of the Earl of Loudoun
- Charles Hay, Viscount Dupplin, eldest son of the Earl of Kinnoull
- Charles Bruce, Lord Bruce, eldest son of the Earl of Elgin
- James Charteris, Lord Neidpath, eldest son of the Earl of Wemyss
- Simon Ramsay, Lord Ramsay, eldest son of the Earl of Dalhousie
- David Ogilvy, Lord Ogilvy, eldest son of the Earl of Airlie
- John Grant, Lord Huntingtower, eldest son of the Countess of Dysart
- John Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Daer, eldest son of the Earl of Selkirk
- Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Lord Scrymgeour, eldest son of the Earl of Dundee
- Princess Benedetta Rospigliosi, Mistress of Newburgh, eldest daughter of the Earl of Newburgh
- David Hope-Johnstone, Lord Johnstone, eldest son of the Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
- Archie Cochrane, Lord Cochrane, eldest son of the Earl of Dundonald
- James Studley, Viscount Reidhaven, eldest son of the Earl of Seafield
- Harry Primrose, Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery
- David Boyle, Viscount of Kelburn, eldest son of the Earl of Glasgow
- Robert Shirley, Viscount Tamworth, eldest son of the Earl Ferrers
- Charles Finch-Knightley, Lord Guernsey, eldest son of the Earl of Aylesford
- Edward Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton, eldest son of the Earl Waldegrave
- Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham, eldest son of the Earl of Harrington
- Oliver Wallop, Viscount Lymington, eldest son of the Earl of Portsmouth
- Charles Greville, Lord Brooke, eldest son of the Earl of Warwick
- Frederick North, Lord North, eldest son of the Earl of Guilford
- Simon Fox-Strangways, Lord Strangways, eldest son of the Earl of Ilchester
- William Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, eldest son of the Earl De La Warr
- William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, eldest son of the Earl of Radnor
- Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp, eldest son of the Earl Spencer
- Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, eldest son of the Earl Bathurst
- George Villiers, Lord Hyde, eldest son of the Earl of Clarendon
- Alexander Murray, Viscount Stormont, eldest son of the Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
- George Herbert, Lord Porchester, eldest son of the Earl of Carnarvon
- Edward Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea, eldest son of the Earl Cadogan
- James Harris, Viscount FitzHarris, eldest son of the Earl of Malmesbury
- Rory Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, eldest son of the Earl of Cork
- Sean Nugent, Lord Devlin, eldest son of the Earl of Westmeath
- Anthony Brabazon, Lord Ardee, eldest son of the Earl of Meath
- Benjamin Moore, Viscount Moore, eldest son of the Earl of Drogheda
- Jonathan Forbes, Viscount Forbes, eldest son of the Earl of Granard
- Ivo Bligh, Lord Clifton, eldest son of the Earl of Darnley
- Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, eldest son of the Earl of Bessborough
- Arion Butler, Viscount Ikerrin, eldest son of the Earl of Carrick
- Richard Boyle, Viscount Boyle, eldest son of the Earl of Shannon
- James Stopford, Viscount Stopford, eldest son of the Earl of Courtown
- John Savile, Viscount Pollington, eldest son of the Earl of Mexborough
- Charles King-Tenison, Viscount Kingsborough, eldest son of the Earl of Kingston
- Shane Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn, eldest son of the Earl of Roden
- David Vaughan, Viscount Vaughan, eldest son of the Earl of Lisburne
- Patrick Meade, Lord Gillford, eldest son of the Earl of Clanwilliam
- Randal McDonnell, Viscount Dunluce, eldest son of the Earl of Antrim
- Edward Pakenham, Lord Silchester, eldest son of the Earl of Longford
- Charles Dawson-Damer, Viscount Carlow, eldest son of the Earl of Portarlington
- Richard Bourke, Lord Naas, eldest son of the Earl of Mayo
- John Crichton, Viscount Crichton, eldest son of the Earl Erne
- George Bingham, Lord Bingham, eldest son of the Earl of Lucan
- John Lowry-Corry, Viscount Corry, eldest son of the Earl Belmore
- Andrew Stuart, Viscount Stuart, eldest son of the Earl Castle Stewart
- John Hely-Hutchinson, Viscount Suirdale, eldest son of the Earl of Donoughmore
- Frederick Alexander, Viscount Alexander, eldest son of the Earl of Caledon
- Jamie St. Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough, eldest son of the Earl of Rosslyn
- Rupert Onslow, Viscount Cranley, eldest son of the Earl of Onslow
- David Marsham, Viscount Marsham, eldest son of the Earl of Romney
- Julian Grosvenor, Viscount Grey de Wilton, eldest son of the Earl of Wilton
- Felix Pery, Viscount Glentworth, eldest son of the Earl of Limerick
- Jonathan Herbert, Viscount Clive, eldest son of the Earl of Powis
- Simon Nelson, Viscount Merton, eldest son of the Earl Nelson
- James Agar, Viscount Somerton, eldest son of the Earl of Normanton
- Lawrence Parsons, Lord Oxmantown, eldest son of the Earl of Rosse
- Dudley Ryder, Viscount Sandon, eldest son of the Earl of Harrowby
- David Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the Earl of Harewood
- Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto
- Alan Cathcart, Lord Greenock, eldest son of the Earl Cathcart
- James Grimston, Viscount Grimston, eldest son of the Earl of Verulam
- Mark Parker, Viscount Boringdon, eldest son of the Earl of Morley
- Alexander Bridgeman, Viscount Newport, eldest son of the Earl of Bradford
- John Scott, Viscount Encombe, eldest son of the Earl of Eldon
- Thomas Curzon-Howe, Viscount Curzon, eldest son of the Earl Howe
- Robert Rous, Viscount Dunwich, eldest son of the Earl of Stradbroke
- James Temple-Gore-Langton, Lord Langton, eldest son of the Earl Temple of Stowe
- Robert Needham, Viscount Newry, eldest son of the Earl of Kilmorey
- James Chester Campbell, Viscount Emlyn, eldest son of the Earl Cawdor
- Edward Knox, Viscount Northland, eldest son of the Earl of Ranfurly
- Frederick Lambton, Viscount Lambton, eldest son of the Earl of Durham
- Granville Leveson-Gower, Lord Leveson, eldest son of the Earl Granville
- Edward Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham, eldest son of the Earl of Effingham
- James Moreton, Lord Moreton, eldest son of the Earl of Ducie
- George Pelham, Lord Worsley, eldest son of the Earl of Yarborough
- Thomas Coke, Viscount Coke, eldest son of the Earl of Leicester
- Anthony Noel, Viscount Campden, eldest son of the Earl of Gainsborough
- William Byng, Viscount Enfield, eldest son of the Earl of Strafford
- Graham Wellesley, Viscount Dangan, eldest son of the Earl Cowley
- William Ward, Viscount Ednam, eldest son of the Earl of Dudley
- Colin Mackenzie, Viscount Tarbat, eldest son of the Earl of Cromartie
- David Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse, eldest son of the Earl of Kimberley
- Reed Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, Viscount Carlton, eldest son of the Earl of Wharncliffe
- Hugh Cairns, Viscount Garmoyle, eldest son of the Earl Cairns
- Philip Lytton, Viscount Knebworth, eldest son of the Earl of Lytton
- William Palmer, Viscount Wolmer, eldest son of the Earl of Selborne
- Thomas Northcote, Viscount St Cyres, eldest son of the Earl of Iddesleigh
- John Gathorne-Hardy, Lord Medway, eldest son of the Earl of Cranbrook
- Alexander Baring, Viscount Errington, eldest son of the Earl of Cromer
- Ivor Windsor-Clive, Viscount Windsor, eldest son of the Earl of Plymouth
- Luke Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury, eldest son of the Earl of Liverpool
- Sean Beatty, Viscount Borodale, eldest son of the Earl Beatty
- Alexander Haig, Viscount Dawick, eldest son of the Earl Haig
- Arthur Guinness, Viscount Elveden, eldest son of the Earl of Iveagh
- Raymond Asquith, Viscount Asquith, eldest son of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith
- Fergus Mackay, Viscount Glenapp, eldest son of the Earl of Inchcape
- Ashton Peel, Viscount Cranfield, eldest son of the Earl Peel
- Benedict Baldwin, Viscount Corvedale, eldest son of the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
- James Wood, Lord Irwin, eldest son of the Earl of Halifax
- Brer Ruthven, Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, eldest son of the Earl of Gowrie
- David Lloyd George, Viscount Gwynedd, eldest son of the Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor
- Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne, eldest son of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma
- Mark Cunliffe-Lister, Lord Masham, eldest son of the Earl of Swinton
- David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, eldest son of the Earl of Snowdon
- Daniel Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, eldest son of the Earl of Stockton
[edit] References
- ^ As a younger son of the British Sovereign, HRH The Earl of Wessex ranks higher in precedence than he would by virtue of the seniority of his Earldom alone.