Earl of Gosford

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Coat of arms of the Earls of Gosford

Earl of Gosford is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

The historic family seat of the Earls from 1819 to 1921 was Gosford Castle near Markethill in County Armagh .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on February 1, 1806 for the politician Arthur Acheson, 2nd Viscount Gosford . From his father in 1790 he had inherited the titles of 2nd Viscount Gosford , of Market Hill in the County of Armagh, and 2nd Baron Gosford , of Market Hill in the County of Armagh, which he inherited on June 20, 1785 and June 20, respectively. July 1776 in the Peerage of Ireland. He also inherited from him the title of 7th Baronet , of Market Hill in the County of Armagh, which had been given to an ancestor on January 1, 1628 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

His son, the 2nd Earl, was also awarded the title of Baron Worlingham , of Beccles in the County of Suffolk , on June 13, 1835 . This belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and, unlike the Irish titles, was associated with a seat in the British House of Lords until 1999 .

His son, who later became the 3rd Earl, was raised to Baron Acheson , of Glencairny in the County of Armagh, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on September 18, 1847 , before he inherited his father's title in 1849.

Today's title holder has been his great-great-grandson Charles Acheson as 7th Earl since 1966 .

List of the Viscounts and Earls of Gosford

Viscounts Gosford (1785)

Earls of Gosford (1806)

Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the cousin of the current title holder Nicholas Acheson (* 1947).

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