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The title Earl of Mulgrave has been created twice. The first time as a title in the Peerage of England and the second time as a Peerage of the United Kingdom . Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (creation of 1626) Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (creation of 1812)
Captain Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, 3rd Baron Sheffield, KG (7 December 1565 – 6 October 1646) was a British peer and member of parliament, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire from 1603 to 1619 and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire from 1604 to 1646. He was created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626.
As First Lord he was heavily involved in planning both the successful expedition against Copenhagen in 1807, and the disastrous one to Walcheren in 1809. After moving to the ordnance board, Mulgrave became less active politically. In 1812, he was created Viscount Normanby and Earl of Mulgrave in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [3]
Normanby was the son of Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave and Martha Sophia, daughter of Christopher Thompson Maling. His great-grandfather William Phipps had married Lady Catherine Annesley, who was the daughter and heiress of James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey and his wife Lady Catherine Darnley (an illegitimate daughter of King James II by his mistress Catherine Sedley, Countess of ...
As grandson of the First Earl, Mulgrave succeeded to his title in October 1646, and also succeeded his grandfather as Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire.. He sat in the House of Lords until its abolition, and was a member of the Council of State during the Commonwealth.
Earl of Mulgrave (1st creation), 1626: Edmund Sheffield (c. 1564 –1646) 1st Earl of Mulgrave 3rd Baron Sheffield: James II 1633–1701 King of England and Scotland: Edmund Sheffield 1611–1658 2nd Earl of Mulgrave 4th Baron Sheffield: Marquess of Normanby (1st creation), 1694 Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 1703: Catherine Darnley 1680 ...
Earl of Mulgrave (1st creation), 1626: Edmund Sheffield (c. 1564 –1646) 1st Earl of Mulgrave 3rd Baron Sheffield: James II 1633–1701 King of England and Scotland: Edmund Sheffield 1611–1658 2nd Earl of Mulgrave 4th Baron Sheffield: Marquess of Normanby (1st creation), 1694 Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 1703: Catherine Darnley 1680 ...
His grandson, the 3rd Baron Sheffield, was created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626, and the 3rd Earl of Mulgrave was finally advanced to the dukedom of Buckingham and Normanby. In 1735, at the death of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, however, all of the titles became extinct since no heirs to them remained.