Earl of Eltham

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Earl of Eltham was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to members of the British royal family . It is named after Eltham , a district of the Royal Borough of Greenwich .

Award

The title was first created on July 26, 1726 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Friedrich Ludwig von Hannover , the son and heir of the future King George II . The title was awarded to him as a subordinate title along with the titles of Duke of Edinburgh , Marquess of the Isle of Ely , Viscount Launceston and Baron Snowdon . When his father became king in 1727, he was also given the title of Prince of Wales . His son George inherited the title when he died in 1751. When he was named George III in 1760. King was extinguished the title by merging with the crown.

The second award of the title was created on July 16, 1917 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for Adolphus, Duke of Teck , brother of Queen Mary , who gave up his German nobility title and took the surname Cambridge. The title was created together with the title Viscount Northallerton as a subordinate title of the concurrently awarded title Marquess of Cambridge . The titles expired when his son George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, died in 1981 without leaving any male heirs.

List of the Earls of Eltham

Earls of Eltham, first bestowed (1726)

Earls of Eltham, second award (1917)

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