Earl Erne
Earl Erne , of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on August 18, 1789 for John Creighton, 1st Viscount Erne .
He had already been raised to Viscount Erne , of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, in the Peerage of Ireland on January 6, 1781 , and from 1800 to 1828 he was an Irish representative peer member of the British House of Lords . In 1772 he had already inherited from his father the title Baron Erne , of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, which was conferred on July 15, 1768 in the Peerage of Ireland .
His grandson, the 3rd Earl, was also given the title Baron Fermanagh , of Lisnaskea in the County of Fermanagh, on January 13, 1876 . This belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and was linked to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords until 1999 .
The Earls family seat is at Crom Castle near Newtownbutler in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland .
List of Barons and Earls Erne
Barone Erne (1768)
- Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne (around 1700–1772)
- John Creighton, 2nd Baron Erne (1731–1828) (promoted to Viscount Erne in 1781 and Earl Erne in 1789 )
Earls Erne (1789)
- John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne (1731-1828)
- Abraham Creighton, 2nd Earl Erne (1765–1842)
- John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne (1802-1885)
- John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne (1839-1914)
- John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne (1907-1940)
- Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne (1937-2015)
- John Crichton, 7th Earl Erne (* 1971)
Presumptive title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is a second uncle of the current Earl, Charles Crichton (* 1953).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page