Earl of Monmouth

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Earl of Monmouth was a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of England .

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It was first created on March 9, 1626 for Robert Carey, 1st Baron Carey . This had already been raised to Baron Carey , of Leppington in the County of York in 1622 . Both titles expired on the death of his son, the 2nd Earl, on June 13, 1661.

In the second bestowal the title was created on April 9, 1689 for Charles Mordaunt, 2nd Viscount Mordaunt . His mother was a granddaughter of the 1st Earl on his father's side. In 1675 he had inherited the title Viscount Mordaunt , of Avalon in the County of Somerset, and Baron Mordaunt , of Ryegate in the County of Surrey, from his father in 1659 . In 1697, on the death of his uncle Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, he also inherited the title of 3rd Earl of Peterborough and in 1705 the title of 8th Baron Mordaunt created in 1526 from his cousin Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk . With the childless death of his great-grandson, the 3rd Earl of Monmouth, on June 16, 1814, all his titles lapsed, with the exception of the Barony Mordaunt of 1529, which fell to his half-sister, Lady Mary Mordaunt, as the 11th baroness.

List of the Earls of Monmouth

Earls of Monmouth, first bestowal (1626)

Earls of Monmouth, second bestowal (1689)

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