Earl of Scarsdale
Earl of Scarsdale was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .
Award
The title was awarded on November 11, 1645 to Francis Leke, 1st Baron Deincourt . He had already been raised to Baronet , of Sutton in the County of Derby on May 22, 1611 in the Baronetage of England and on October 26, 1624 in the Peerage of England to Baron Deincourt , of Sutton in the County of Derby. The titles expired on the childless death of his grandson, the 4th Earl, on July 17, 1736.
List of the Earls of Scarsdale (1645)
- Francis Leke, 1st Earl of Scarsdale (1581–1655)
- Nicholas Leke, 2nd Earl of Scarsdale (1612–1681)
- Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale (1654-1707)
- Nicholas Leke, 4th Earl of Scarsdale (1682–1736)
See also
Web links
- Scarsdale, Earl of (E, 1645-1736) in Cracroft's Peerage
- Peerage: Scarsdale at Leigh Rayment's Peerage ( Memento from October 25, 2019 in the Internet Archive )