Earl of Cranbrook
Earl of Cranbrook is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom named after the town of Cranbrook in Kent .
The family's ancestral home is Great Glemham House in Great Glemham near Saxmundham in Suffolk .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on August 22, 1892 for the conservative politician Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook . Together with the Earldom he was given the subordinate title of Baron Medway , of Hemsted in the County of Kent. As early as May 4, 1878, he was awarded the title Viscount Cranbrook , of Hemsted in the County of Kent.
List of the Earls of Cranbrook (1892)
- Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook (1814–1906)
- John Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook (1839-1911)
- Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 3rd Earl of Cranbrook (1870–1915)
- John Gathorne-Hardy, 4th Earl of Cranbrook (1900–1978)
- Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook (* 1933)
Heir apparent is the son of the current owner, John Gathorne-Hardy, Lord Medway (* 1968).
literature
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St. Martin's Press, New York 1990.
Web links
- Cranbrook, Earl of (UK, 1892) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page