Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental Frankish title of "count" (comes) into England, which soon became identified with the previous titles of Danish "jarl" and Anglo-Saxon "earl" in England.
Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland. The Earl of Balcarres: 9 January 1651 Earl of Crawford in the Peerage of Scotland. King Charles II; The Earl of Dundee: 8 September 1660 Baron Glassary The Earl of Newburgh: 31 December 1660 The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell: 23 April 1662 The Earl of Dundonald: 12 May 1669 The Earl of Kintore: 20 June ...
This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.It does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
Pages in category "Earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Earl of Erroll: Woodbury Hall, Bedfordshire [1] New Slains Castle [2] Earl of Caithness: London: Ravenscraig Castle: Earl of Morton: Old Mansion House, Dalmahoy near Edinburgh: Aberdour Castle, Dalkeith House, Dalmahoy, Loch Leven Castle and Morton Castle: Earl of Rothes: Dorset: Ballinbreich Castle: Earl of Buchan: Newnham House, Hampshire
In 2014 the Lord Lyon King of Arms issued the "Note on the Petition of George Menking", under which he determined to accept petitions for the grant arms for baronage dignities including Earldoms, Marquisates and Dukedoms since such dignities have historically always been of the genus of a barony and as such represent a higher form of barony and fall within the jurisdiction of the King of Arms.
Pages in category "14th-century Scottish earls" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... Maol Choluim II, Earl of Lennox; Domhnall II, Earl ...