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List of Earldoms

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This page lists all Earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Earldoms in the Peerage of England, 1066-1707

Title Date of creation Surname Current status Notes
Earl of Hereford 1067 Fitzosborne forfeit 1074  
Earl of Kent 1067 Odo forfeit 1088  
Earl of Cornwall 1068 Moreton forfeit 1106  
Earl of Huntingdon 1068 St. Liz extinct 1237  
Earl of Dorset 1070 Osmund extinct 1099  
Earl of Norfolk 1070 de Gael forfeit 1074  
Earl of Chester 1071 d'Avranches extinct 1120  
Earl of Northampton 1072 unknown extinct 1075  
Earl of Shrewsbury 1074 de Montgomery forfeit 1102  
Earl of Northampton 1080 St Lis extinct 1184  
Earl of Albemarle 1081 de Blois, de Fortz extinct 1274  
Earl of Surrey 1088 de Warenne extinct 1415  
Earl of Warwick 1088 de Newburgh forfeit 1499  
Earl of Gloucester 1093 Fitzeustace extinct 1094  
Earl of Buckingham 1097 de Giffard extinct 1166  
Earl of Devon 1100 de Redvers forfeit 1471  
Earl of Leicester 1107 Bellamont or Beaumont extinct 1204  
Earl of Chester 1121 Meschin, Gernon, Kevelioc, Blondeville extinct 1232  
Earl of Gloucester 1121 Fitzroy, Fitzrobert extinct 1183  
Earl of Richmond 1136 de Bretagne extinct 1203  
Earl of Arundel 1138 de Albini, Fitzalan, Howard extant also Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey and Earl of Norfolk from 1660
Earl of Bedford 1138 Bellemont forfeit 1142  
Earl of Derby 1138 Ferrers forfeit 1266  
Earl of Hertford 1138 Clare extinct 1314  
Earl of Pembroke 1138 Clare extinct 1185  
Earl of Worcester 1138 de Bellomont extinct 1145  
Earl of Essex 1139 de Mandeville extinct 1189  
Earl of Cornwall 1140 de Bretagne deprived 1141  
Earl of Norfolk 1140 Bigod extinct 1307  
Earl of Cornwall 1141 Dunstanville extinct 1175  
Earl of Hereford 1141 de Gloucester, Fitzmiles extinct 1155  
Earl of Kent 1141 Ipre forfeit 1155  
Earl of Lincoln 1141 Romare extinct 1155  
Earl of Oxford 1142 Vere dormant 1703  
Earl of Salisbury 1145 de Salisbury extinct 1322  
Earl of Lincoln 1147 de Gant extinct 1156  
Earl of Buckingham 1164 de Clare extinct 1176 also the Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Cornwall 1180 Baldwin extinct 1188  
Earl of Gloucester 1186 Plantagenet merged in crown 1199  
Earl of Cornwall 1189 Plantagenet extinct 1199  
Earl of Pembroke 1189 Marshall extinct 1245  
Earl of Essex 1199 Fitzpiers extinct 1227  
Earl of Hereford 1199 de Bohun extinct 1373  
Earl of Leicester 1206 Montfort forfeit 1264  
Earl of Winchester 1207 Quincy extinct 1264  
Earl of Cornwall 1217 Fitz-Count resigned 1220  
Earl of Lincoln 1217 de Blundeville extinct 1232 also Earl of Chester
Earl of Gloucester 1218 de Clare extinct 1314 also Earl of Hertford
Earl of Kent 1226 Burgh extinct 1243  
Earl of Cornwall 1226 Plantagenet extinct 1300  
Earl of Essex 1227 de Bohun extinct 1372  
Earl of Lincoln 1232 Lacy, Plantagenet extinct 1348  
Earl of Warwick 1246 Plessets extinct 1268  
Earl of Pembroke 1247 Valence extinct 1323  
Earl of Chester 1253 Plantagenet extinct 1253  
Earl of Chester 1264 de Montfort forfeit 1265  
Earl of Lancaster 1267 Plantagenet forfeit 1321 restored 1327; created Duke of Lancaster in 1351 
Earl of Richmond 1268 de Dreux extinct 1399  
Earl of Warwick 1268 Beauchamp extinct 1449 created Duke of Warwick in 1444
Earl of Leicester 1274 Plantagenet extinct 1361  
Earl of Sussex 1282 Plantagenet extinct 1347  
Earl of Gloucester and Hertford 1299 Monthermer extinct 1306  
Earl of Cornwall 1307 de Graveston extinct 1312  
Earl of Norfolk 1312 Plantagenet extinct 1338  
Earl of Kent 1321 Plantagenet extinct 1360  
Earl of Carlisle 1322 Harcla forfeit 1323  
Earl of Winchester 1322 Despencer forfeit 1326  
Earl of March 1328 Mortimer extinct 1424  
Earl of Cornwall 1330 Plantagenet extinct 1336  
Earl of Devon 1335 Courtenay forfeit 1461  
Earl of Huntingdon 1337 de Clinton, Clinton extinct 1354  
Earl of Gloucester 1337 Despencer, Audley extinct 1347  
Earl of Derby 1337 Plantagenet extinct 1399  
Earl of Northampton 1337 Bohun extinct 1438 abeyant 1373–1384
Earl of Salisbury 1337 Montacute forfeit 1400  
Earl of Suffolk 1337 Ufford extinct 1382  
Earl of Pembroke 1339 Hastings extinct 1391  
Earl of Cambridge 1340 de Juliers extinct 1361  
Earl of Richmond 1342 Plantagenet forfeit 1372  
Earl of Surrey 1347 Fitzalan forfeit 1397  
Earl of Lincoln 1349 Plantagenet extinct 1399  
Earl of Stafford 1351 Stafford forfeit 1521 created Earl of Buckingham in 1403 and Duke of Buckingham in 1486
Earl of Kent 1360 Holland extinct 1408 created Duke of Surrey in 1397, which title forfeit 1400
Earl of Cambridge 1362 Plantagenet extinct 1461  
Earl of Bedford 1366 de Courcy, Couci resigned 1397  
Earl of Buckingham 1377 Plantagenet extinct 1397  
Earl of Northumberland 1377 Percy extinct 1461  
Earl of Nottingham 1377 Mowbray extinct 1475  
Earl of Suffolk 1385 Pole forfeit 1503 created Marquess of Suffolk in 1444 and Duke of Suffolk in 1448
Earl of Huntingdon 1387 Holland forfeit 1461 created Duke of Exeter in 1397
Earl of Oxford 1392 Vere forfeit 1461  
Earl of Somerset 1397 Beaufort forfeit 1471 created Duke of Somerset in 1442
Earl of Westmorland 1397 Nevill forfeit 1570  
Earl of Wiltshire 1397 Scrope forfeit 1399  
Earl of Worcester 1397 Percy extinct 1404  
Earl of Surrey 1400 Fitzalan extinct 1475  
Earl of Buckingham 1403 Stafford forfeit 1521 also Earl of Stafford, created Duke of Buckingham in 1486
Earl of Salisbury 1409 Montacute extinct 1428  
Earl of Albemarle 1411 Plantagenet extinct 1421  
Earl of Dorset 1411 Beaufort extinct 1426 created Duke of Exeter in 1416
Earl of Kendal 1414 Plantagenet extinct 1435  
Earl of Pembroke 1414 Plantagenet extinct 1446  
Earl of Richmond 1414 Plantagenet extinct 1435  
Earl of Tankerville 1418 Grey forfeit 1459  
Earl of Kendal 1418 Beaufort extinct 1509  
Earl of Worcester 1420 Beauchamp extinct 1431  
Earl of Dorset 1441 Beaufort forfeit 1463  
Earl of Shrewsbury 1442 Talbot extant created Earl of Waterford in Ireland at the same time, also Earl Talbot in Great Britain from 1856. From 1694 to 1718 also Duke of Shrewsbury and Marquess of Alton.
Earl of Salisbury 1442 Nevill forfeit 1471  
Earl of Pembroke 1446 Pole forfeit 1503 also Earl of Suffolk, created Duke of Suffolk in 1448
Earl of Kendal 1446 de Foix extinct 1485  
Earl of Wiltshire 1449 Butler extinct 1461  
Earl of Warwick 1449 Nevill forfeit 1471  
Earl of Worcester 1449 Tiptoft forfeit 1485  
Earl of Surrey 1451 Mowbray extinct 1475 also Duke of Norfolk from 1461
Earl of Pembroke 1452 Tudor forfeit 1461  
Earl of Richmond 1452 Tudor extinct 1485  
Earl of Essex 1461 Bourchier extinct 1539  
Earl of Kent 1461 Nevill extinct 1463  
Earl of Oxford 1464 Vere extinct 1702  
Earl of Kent 1465 Grey extinct 1741 created Marquess of Kent and Earl of Harold in 1706; Duke of Kent in Great Britain in 1710 and Marquess Grey in Great Britain in 1740
Earl Rivers 1466 Widvile extinct 1491  
Earl of Lincoln 1467 Pole extinct 1487  
Earl of Northumberland 1467 Nevill resigned 1470  
Earl of Pembroke 1468 Herbert forfeit 1472  
Earl of Devon 1469 Stafford forfeit 1469  
Earl of Wiltshire 1470 Stafford extinct 1499  
Earl of Huntingdon 1471 Grey resigned 1475  
Earl of Huntingdon 1472 Herbert extinct 1487  
Earl of Winchester 1472 Bruges forfeit 1499  
Earl of Salisbury 1472 Plantagenet forfeit 1477  
Earl of Warwick 1472 Plantagenet forfeit 1477  
Earl of Nottingham 1476 Plantagenet extinct 1483  
Earl of Salisbury 1477 Plantagenet extinct 1484  
Earl of March 1479 Plantagenet extinct 1483  
Earl of Pembroke 1479 Plantagenet extinct 1483  
Earl of Nottingham 1483 Berkeley extinct 1491 created Marquess of Berkeley in 1488
Earl of Surrey 1483 Beaumont, Fitzalan-Howard extant also Duke of Norfolk from 1514, Earl of Norfolk from 1644 and Earl of Arundel from 1660
Earl of Devon 1485 Courtenay extinct 1539 created Marquess of Exeter in 1525
Earl of Derby 1485 Stanley extant  
Earl of Bath 1485 de Shaunde extinct 1515  
Earl of Pembroke 1485 Tudor extinct 1495  
Earl of Wiltshire 1509 Stafford extinct 1523  
Earl of Worcester 1514 Somerset extant created Marquess of Worcester in 1642 and Duke of Beaufort in 1682
Earl of Cumberland 1525 Clifford extinct 1643  
Earl of Nottingham 1525 Fitzroy extinct 1536 subsidiary title of the Duke of Richmond and Somerset
Earl of Rutland 1525 Manners extant created Duke of Rutland and Marquess of Granby in 1703
Earl of Lincoln 1525 Brandon extinct 1545  
Earl of Huntingdon 1529 Hastings extant  
Earl of Wiltshire 1529 Boleyne extinct 1538 created Earl of Ormonde in Ireland at the same time
Earl of Sussex 1529 Ratcliff extinct 1641  
Earl of Bath 1536 Bourchier extinct 1645  
Earl of Hertford 1537 Seymour forfeit 1551 created Duke of Somerset in 1546
Earl of Southampton 1537 Fitzwilliam extinct 1543  
Earl of Bridgwater 1538 Daubeney extinct 1548  
Earl of Essex 1539 Cromwell forfeit 1540  
Earl of Essex 1543 Parr extinct 1571  
Earl of Southampton 1547 Wriothesley extinct 1667  
Earl of Warwick 1547 Dudley forfeit 1553 created Duke of Northumberland in 1551
Earl of Bedford 1550 Russell extant created Duke of Bedford and Marquess of Tavistock in 1694
Earl of Wiltshire 1550 Paulet extant created Marquess of Winchester in 1551, created Duke of Bolton in 1689, which title extinct 1794
Earl of Pembroke 1551 Herbert extant also Earl of Montgomery from 1630
Earl of Devon 1553 Courtenay extant dormant between 1556 and 1831
Earl of Northumberland 1557 Percy extinct 1670  
Earl of Hertford 1559 Seymour extinct 1750 created Marquess of Hertford 1641, which title extinct 1675. Restored to the Dukedom of Somerset in 1660
Earl of Warwick 1561 Dudley extinct 1589  
Earl of Leicester 1563 Dudley extinct 1588  
Earl of Essex 1572 Devereux extinct 1646  
Earl of Lincoln 1572 de Clinton, Pelham-Clinton-Hope, Fiennes-Clinton extant also Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1768 until 1988
Earl of Nottingham 1596 Howard extinct 1681  
Earl of Devon 1603 Blount extinct 1606  
Earl of Suffolk 1603 Howard extant also Earl of Bindon from 1709 until 1722 and Earl of Berkshire from 1745
Earl of Dorset 1603 Sackville extinct 1843 created Duke of Dorset in 1720
Earl of Northampton 1604 Howard extinct 1614  
Earl of Exeter 1605 Cecil extant created Marquess of Exeter in the United Kingdom in 1801
Earl of Montgomery 1605 Herbert extant also Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Salisbury 1605 Cecil extant created Marquess of Salisbury in Great Britain in 1789
Earl of Somerset 1613 Carr extinct 1645  
Earl of Richmond 1613 Stuart extinct 1624  
Earl of Bridgwater 1617 Egerton extinct 1829 created Duke of Bridgwater and Marquess of Brackley in Great Britain in 1720, which titles extinct 1803
Earl of Buckingham 1617 Villiers extinct 1687  
Earl of Northampton 1618 Compton extant created Marquess of Northampton and Earl Compton in the United Kingdom in 1812
Earl of Devonshire 1618 Cavendish extant created Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington in 1694, also Earl of Burlington in the United Kingdom from 1858
Earl of Leicester 1618 Sydney extinct 1743  
Earl of Warwick 1618 Rich extinct 1759  
Earl of Cambridge 1619 Hamilton extinct 1651  
Earl of March 1619 Stuart extinct 1672 inherited the Dukedom of Lennox
Earl of Berkshire 1620 Norris extinct 1623  
Earl of Holderness 1621 Ramsay extinct 1625  
Earl of Carlisle 1622 Hay extinct 1660  
Earl of Denbigh 1622 Feilding extant also Earl of Desmond in Ireland from 1675
Earl of Bristol 1622 Digby extinct 1698  
Earl of Middlesex 1622 Cranfield extinct 1674  
Earl of Anglesey 1623 Villiers extinct 1659  
Earl of Coventry 1623 Villiers extinct 1687  
Earl of Newcastle 1623 Stuart extinct 1624  
Earl of Clare 1624 Holles extinct 1711 created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Marquess of Clare in 1694
Earl of Westmorland 1624 Fane extant  
Earl of Bolingbroke 1624 St. John extinct 1711  
Earl of Totness 1625 Carew extinct 1629  
Earl of Cleveland 1625 Wentworth extinct 1667  
Earl of Danby 1626 Danvers extinct 1644  
Earl of Manchester 1626 Montagu extant created Duke of Manchester in Great Britain in 1719
Earl of Monmouth 1626 Carey extinct 1661  
Earl of Berkshire 1626 Howard extant also Earl of Suffolk from 1745
Earl of Banbury 1626 Knollys extinct 1632  
Earl of Norwich 1626 Denny extinct 1630  
Earl of Lindsey 1626 Bertie extant created Marquess of Lindsey in 1706 and Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in Great Britain in 1715, which titles extinct 1809, also Earl of Abingdon from 1938
Earl of Marlborough 1626 Ley extinct 1679  
Earl of Mulgrave 1626 Sheffield extinct