Earl of Howth

Earl of Howth was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

The Earls' family seat was Howth Castle near Howth in what is now County Fingal .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on September 3, 1767 for the Irish lawyer Thomas St Lawrence, 15th Baron Howth . Together with the Earldom he was given the subordinate title Viscount St. Lawrence . As early as 1748 he inherited the subordinate title of Baron Howth , which was given to his ancestor the Anglo-Irish feudal lord of Howth, Christopher St. Lawrence , around 1425 in the Peerage of Ireland .

His great-grandson, the 4th Earl, was also awarded the title Baron Howth , of Howth in the County of Dublin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on October 7, 1881 . All four titles expired when this earl died childless on March 9, 1909.

List of Barons Howth and Earls of Howth

Barons Howth (around 1425)

• Christopher St. Lawrence, 1st Baron Howth († 1430)
• Christopher St. Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth († around 1465)
• Robert St. Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth († around 1485)
• Nicholas St. Lawrence, 4th Baron Howth († 1526)
• Christopher St. Lawrence, 5th Baron Howth († 1542)
• Edward St. Lawrence, 6th Baron Howth (1508–1549)
• Richard St. Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth († 1558)
• Christopher St. Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth († 1589)
• Nicholas St. Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth (1555–1606)
• Christopher St. Lawrence, 10th Baron Howth († 1619)
• Nicholas St. Lawrence, 11th Baron Howth (1597–1643)
• William St. Lawrence, 12th Baron Howth († 1671)
• Thomas St. Lawrence, 13th Baron Howth (1659-1727)
• William St. Lawrence, 14th Baron Howth (1688–1748)
• Thomas St Lawrence, 15th Baron Howth (1730–1801; promoted to Earl of Howth in 1767 )

Earls of Howth (1767)

• Thomas St. Lawrence, 1st Earl of Howth (1730-1801)
• William St. Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Howth (1752–1822)
• Thomas St. Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth (1803–1874)
• William St. Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth (1827-1909)

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (English)