European Heraldry

English Earls extant from 1603

Earls created pre 1600

• Earl of Arundel 1138 de Albini, Fitzalan, Howard extant also Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey and Earl of Norfolk from 1660
• Earl of Oxford 1464 Vere extinct 1702
• 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 Derby 1485 Stanley extant
• Earl of Huntingdon 1529 Hastings extant 6th and last creation
• Earl of Sussex 1529 Ratcliff extinct 1641
• Earl of Bath 1536 Bourchier extinct 1645
• Earl of Southampton 1547 Wriothesley extinct 1667
• 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 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

Earls created 1603 to 1625

• Earl of Devonshire 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 4th and last creation
• 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 Northampton 1618 Compton extant created Marquess of Northampton and Earl Compton in the United Kingdom in 1812
• Earl of Leicester 1618 Sydney extinct 1743
• Earl of Warwick 1618 Rich extinct 1759
• Earl of Cambridge 1619 Hamilton extinct 1651
• 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 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

Earls created 1625-1649

• 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 Rivers 1626 Savage extinct 1728
• Earl of Sunderland 1627 Scrope extinct 1630
• Earl of Stamford 1628 Grey extinct 1976
• Earl of Dover 1628 Carey extinct 1677
• Earl of Winchilsea 1628 Finch extant also Earl of Nottingham from 1729
• Earl of Carnarvon 1628 Dormer extinct 1709
• Earl of Newport 1628 Blount extinct 1681
• Earl of Chesterfield 1628 Scudamore-Stanhope extinct 1967
• Earl of St Albans 1628 Burgh extinct 1659
• Earl of Peterborough 1628 Mordaunt extinct 1814
• Earl of Thanet 1628 Tufton extinct 1849
• Earl of Portland 1633 Weston extinct 1688
• Earl of Strafford 1640 Wentworth forfeit 1641
• Earl of Sunderland 1643 Spencer extant also Duke of Marlborough, Marquess of Blandford and Earl of Marlborough from 1733
• Earl of Chichester 1644 Leigh extinct 1653
• Earl of Norfolk 1644 Beaumont, Fitzalan-Howard extant also Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey from 1660. 4th and last creation
• Earl of Brentford 1644 Ruthven, Ruthyn extinct 1651
• Earl of Sussex 1644 Savile extinct 1671
• Earl of Lichfield 1645 Stuart extinct 1672
• Earl of Scarsdale 1645 Seke extinct 1736
• Earl of Norwich 1646 Goring extinct 1672

Earls created 1649-1685

• Earl of St Albans 1660 Jermyn extinct 1683
• Earl of Sandwich 1660 Montagu extant
• Earl of Anglesey 1661 Annesley extinct 1761
• Earl of Bath 1661 Granville extinct 1711
• Earl of Cardigan 1661 Brudenell extant also Marquess of Ailesbury and Earl Bruce in the United Kingdom and Earl of Ailesbury in Great Britain from 1856
• Earl of Clarendon 1661 Hyde extinct 1753
• Earl of Essex 1661 Capel extant Dormant 1981-1989
• Earl of Carlisle 1661 Howard extant
• Earl of Strafford 1662 Wentworth extinct 1695
• Earl of Falmouth 1664 Berkeley extinct 1665
• Earl of Ailesbury 1664 Bruce extinct 1747 also Earl of Elgin in Scotland
• Earl of Burlington 1664 Boyle extinct 1753
• Earl of Craven 1665 Craven extinct 1697
• Earl of Shaftesbury 1672 Ashley-Cooper extant
• Earl of Lichfield 1674 Lee extinct 1776
• Earl of Guilford 1674 Maitland extinct 1682
• Earl of Sussex 1674 Lennard extinct 1715
• Earl of Plymouth 1675 Fitzcharles extinct 1680
• Earl of Middlesex 1675 Sackville extinct 1843
• Earl of Feversham 1676 Duras, Sondes extinct 1709
• Earl of Macclesfield 1679 Gerard extinct 1702
• Earl of Berkeley 1679 Berkeley extinct 1942
• Earl of Conway 1679 Conway extinct 1683
• Earl of Radnor 1679 Robartes extinct 1757
• Earl of Yarmouth 1679 Paston extinct 1732
• Earl of Nottingham 1681 Finch extant also Earl of Winchilsea from 1729
• Earl of Abingdon 1682 Bertie extant also Earl of Lindsey from 1938
• Earl of Holderness 1682 D'Arcy extinct 1778
• Earl of Gainsborough 1682 Noel extinct 1798
• Earl of Plymouth 1682 Windsor extinct 1843

Earls created 1685-1689

• Earl of Derwentwater 1688 Radcliffe forfeit 1716
• Earl of Stafford 1688 Howard extinct 1762

Earls created 1689 to the Act of Union 1707

• Earl Fauconberg 1689 Belasyse extinct 1700 Also Viscount Fauconberg.
• Earl of Portland 1689 Cavendish-Bentinck extant created Duke of Portland and Marquess of Titchfield in Great Britain in 1716, which titles extinct 1990
• Earl of Torrington 1689 Herbert extinct 1716
• Earl of Monmouth 1689 Mordaunt extinct 1814
• Earl of Scarbrough 1690 Lumley extant
• Earl of Warrington 1690 Booth extinct 1758
• Earl of Bradford 1694 Newport extinct 1762
• Earl of Romney 1694 Sydney extinct 1704
• Earl of Tankerville 1695 Grey extinct 1701
• Earl of Albemarle 1697 Keppel extant
• Earl of Coventry 1697 Coventry extant
• Earl of Jersey 1697 Child-Villiers extant
• Earl of Orford 1697 Russell extinct 1727
• Earl of Grantham 1698 de Nassau, Nassau, de Auverquerque extinct 1754
• Earl of Greenwich 1705 Campbell extinct 1743
• Earl Poulett 1706 Poulett extinct 1973
• Earl of Cholmondeley 1706 Cholmondeley extant created Marquess of Cholmondeley and Earl of Rocksavage in the United Kingdom in 1815
• Earl of Godolphin 1706 Godolphin extinct 1766
• Earl of Wharton 1706 Wharton extinct 1731 created the Marquess of Catherlough, Marquess of Wharton and Marquess of Malmesbury in 1715; created the Duke of Wharton in 1718
• Earl of Bindon 1706 Howard extinct 1722 also Earl of Suffolk from 1709