Earl of Sunderland

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Earl of Sunderland is a hereditary British title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of England .

Awards and subordinate titles

The title was first bestowed on June 19, 1627 for Emmanuel Scrope, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton . He had already inherited the title of Baron Scrope of Bolton from his father in 1609 , which was given to his ancestor Sir Richard le Scrope on January 8, 1371 as Barony by writ in the Peerage of England . When the Earl died childless on May 30, 1630, the Earldom became extinct and the barony fell in Abeyance between the descendants of his aunt, the Hon. Mary Bowes, née Scrope, the only daughter of the 9th Baron.

The second bestowal of the title was created on June 8, 1643 for Henry Spencer, 3rd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton . Already since 1663 he had the title Baron Spencer , of Wormleighton in the County of Warwick, created on July 21, 1603 in the Peerage of England for his great-grandfather . To distinguish it from the Baron Spencer of Althorp , this title is also called Baron Spencer of Wormleighton . In 1733 the 5th Earl inherited his aunt Henrietta Churchill, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough as 3rd Duke of Marlborough along with a subordinate title. The Earldom of Sunderland has since been listed as a subordinate title to the Dukes. The title heir ( heir apparent ) of the respective duke carries the courtesy title of Marquess of Blandford , whose marriage apparent that of the Earl of Sunderland .

List of Barons Scrope of Bolton and Spencer of Wormleighton and Earls of Sunderland

Barone Scrope of Bolton (1371)

Earls of Sunderland, first bestowal (1627)

Barone Spencer of Wormleighton (1603)

Earls of Sunderland, second bestowal (1643)

Heir apparent is the eldest son of the current title holder, George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (* 1992).

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