Earl of Norwich

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Earl of Norwich was a hereditary British title of nobility awarded three times in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain .

Awards

The title was first created on October 24, 1626 in the Peerage of England for MP Edward Denny, 1st Baron Denny de Waltham . On October 27, 1604, he had been given the subordinate title Baron Denny , of Waltham in the County of Essex . The earliest dignity was extinguished when he died without sons in 1637. The barony Denny, however, was hereditary in the female line and fell to the son of his daughter Lady Honora Denny, who died in 1614, James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (around 1612-1660), before it expired on his death in 1660.

In the second award, the title was on November 28, 1644 in the Peerage of England to George Goring, 1st Baron Goring , bestowed. He was a prominent royalist commander in the English Civil War and the son of Anne Denny, sister of the 1st Earl's first bestowal. He had already been raised to Baron Goring on April 14, 1628 . The titles expired with the childless death of his younger son, the 2nd Earl, in 1671.

On October 19, 1672 the title was newly created in the third award in the Peerage of England for Henry Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Castle Rising . He was the second son of Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel and younger brother of Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk . As early as March 7, 1669 he had been awarded the title of Baron Howard of Castle Rising . In 1672 he also achieved his installation in the hereditary office of Earl Marshal of England . At the death of his unmarried older brother Thomas in 1677, he inherited the title Duke of Norfolk from him along with a subordinate title. With the death of his grandson, the 9th Duke of Norfolk and 4th Earl of Norwich, in 1777, the titles Earl of Norwich and Baron Howard of Castle Rising expired. His remaining titles fell to another line of the Howard family.

Most recently, the title was bestowed on July 2, 1784 in the Peerage of Great Britain to Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon , along with the subordinate title of Baron Gordon of Huntley , in the County of Gloucester. In 1752 he had inherited the title Duke of Gordon along with subordinate titles and in 1819 inherited from his grandmother the title Baron Mordaunt, created on May 4, 1529 in the Peerage of England . His son, the 5th Duke of Gordon and 2nd Earl of Norwich, died in 1836 without a legitimate heir, with the exception of the Barony of Mordaunt, which has since dormant , and the Marquessate of Huntly and subordinate Scottish titles, the fell to another line of the Gordon family.

List of the Earls of Norwich

Earls of Norwich, first bestowal (1626)

Earls of Norwich, second bestowal (1644)

Earls of Norwich, third bestowal (1672)

Earls of Norwich, fourth bestowal (1784)

See also

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