European Heraldry

Earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain


Earls created 1707-1714

• Earl of Oxford and Mortimer 1711 Harley extinct 1853
• Earl Ferrers 1711 Shirley extant
• Earl of Dartmouth 1711 Legge extant
• Earl of Strafford 1711 Wentworth extinct 1799
• Earl Granville 1714 Carteret extinct 1776
• Earl of Aylesford 1714 Finch-Knightly extant
• Earl of Bristol 1714 Hervey extant created Marquess of Bristol and Earl Jermyn in the United Kingdom in 1826
• Earl of Rockingham 1714 Watson-Wentworth extinct 1745
• Earl of Tankerville 1714 Bennet extant
• Earl of Uxbridge 1714 Paget extinct 1769
• Earl of Halifax 1714 Montagu extinct 1715

Earls created 1714–1727

• Earl of Halifax 1715 Montagu extinct 1772
• Earl of Sussex 1717 Yelverton extinct 1799
• Earl Stanhope 1718 Stanhope extinct 1967
• Earl Cadogan 1718 Cadogan extinct 1726
• Earl Cowper 1718 Cowper extinct 1905
• Earl Coningsby 1719 Coningsby extinct 1761
• Earl of Harborough 1719 Sherard extinct 1859
• Earl Castleton 1720 Saunderson extinct 1723
• Earl of Macclesfield 1721 Parker extant
• Earl of Pomfret 1721 Fermor extinct 1867
• Earl Graham of Belford 1722 Graham extant also Duke of Montrose, Marquess of Montrose, Marquess of Graham and Buchanan, Earl of Montrose and Earl of Kincardine from 1742
• Earl Ker 1722 Ker extinct 1804 also Duke of Roxburghe, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, Earl of Roxburghe and Earl of Kelso in Scotland from 1741 until 1804
• Countess of Darlington 1722 Kielmansegge extinct 1730 also Countess of Leinster in Ireland, peerage for life only

Earls created 1727–1760

• Earl Waldegrave 1729 Waldegrave extant
• Earl of Ashburnham 1730 Ashburnham extinct 1924
• Earl of Wilmington 1730 Compton extinct 1743
• Earl Fitzwalter 1730 Mildmay extinct 1756
• Earl of Effingham 1731 Howard extinct 1816
• Countess of Yarmouth 1740 Walmoden extinct 1765 peerage for life only
• Earl of Harrington 1742 Stanhope extant
• Earl of Bath 1742 Pulteney extinct 1764
• Earl of Orford 1742 Walpole extinct 1797
• Earl of Portsmouth 1743 Wallop extant
• Earl of Leicester 1744 Coke extinct 1759
• Earl Clinton 1746 Fortescue extinct 1751
• Earl Brooke 1746 Greville extant created Earl of Warwick in 1759
• Earl of Buckinghamshire 1746 Hobart extant
• Earl Fitzwilliam 1746 Wentworth-Fitzwilliam extinct 1979 also Earl Fitzwilliam in Ireland
• Earl of Powis 1748 Herbert extinct 1801
• Earl Harcourt 1749 Harcourt extinct 1830
• Earl of Egremont 1749 Seymour extinct 1750
• Earl Temple 1749 Temple-Nugent-Brydges- Chandos-Grenville extinct 1889
• Earl of Egremont 1750 Wyndham extinct 1845
• Earl of Guilford 1752 North extant
• Earl of Hardwicke 1754 Yorke extant
• Earl of Darlington 1754 Vane, Powlett extinct 1891
• Earl Fauconberg 1756 Belasyse extinct 1802 Also Viscount Fauconberg
• Earl of Ilchester 1756 Fox-Strangways extant
• Earl of Warwick 1759 Greville extant also Earl Brooke

Earls created 1760–1801

• Earl de la Warr 1761 West extant
• Earl Talbot of Hensol 1761 Talbot extinct 1782
• Earl of Northington 1764 Henley extinct 1786
• Earl of Radnor 1765 de Bouverie extant
• Earl Spencer 1765 Spencer extant
• Earl Ligonier 1766 Ligonier extinct 1770
• Earl of Chatham 1766 Pitt extinct 1835
• Earl Bathurst 1772 Bathurst extant
• Earl of Hillsborough 1772 Hill extant also Earl of Hillsborough in Ireland, created Marquess of Downshire in Ireland in 1789
• Earl of Ailesbury 1776 Bruce extant created Marquess of Ailesbury and Earl Bruce in the United Kingdom in 1821, also Earl of Cardigan in England from 1856
• Earl of Clarendon 1776 Villiers extant
• Earl of Mansfield 1776 Murry extant created Earl of Mansfield in 1792
• Earl of Norwich 1784 Gordon extinct 1836 also Duke of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Earl of Enzie in Scotland
• Earl of Abergavenny 1784 Nevill extant created Marquess of Abergavenny and Earl of Lewes in the United Kingdom in 1876
• Earl of Uxbridge 1784 Paget extant created Marquess of Anglesey in the United Kingdom in 1815
• Earl Talbot of Hensol 1784 Chetwynd-Talbot extant also Earl of Shrewsbury in England and Earl of Waterford in Ireland from 1856
• Earl Grosvenor 1784 Grosvenor extant created Marquess of Westminster in 1831 and Duke of Westminster in 1874
• Earl of Beaulieu 1784 Hussey Montagu extinct 1802
• Earl of Leicester 1784 Townshend extinct 1855
• Earl of Lonsdale 1784 Lowther extinct 1802
• Earl Camden 1786 Pratt extant created Marquess Camden and Earl of Brecknock in the United Kingdom in 1812
• Earl Strange 1786 Stewart-Murray extinct 1957
• Earl Howe 1788 Howe extinct 1799
• Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1789 Edgcumbe extant
• Earl Fortescue 1789 Fortescue extant
• Earl of Beverley 1790 Percy-Seymour extant also Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland and Earl Percy from 1865
• Earl Digby 1790 Digby extinct 1856
• Earl of Dorchester 1792 Damer extinct 1808
• Earl of Mansfield 1792 Murry extant also Earl of Mansfield
• Earl of Carnarvon 1793 Herbert extant
• Earl of Kilkenny 1793 Butler extinct 1846
• Earl of Liverpool 1796 Jenkinson extinct 1851
• Earl of Warrington 1796 Grey extinct 1883
• Earl St Vincent 1797 Jervis extinct 1823
• Earl Cadogan 1800 Cadogan extant
• Earl of Malmesbury 1800 Harris extant