Earl of Effingham
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Earl of Effingham, in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837 for Kenneth Howard, 11th Baron Howard of Effingham, named after the village of Effingham, Surrey, where heads of the family owned the manor.
This branch of the
The titles of the Earl of Nottingham passed to a younger son, the second Earl. He represented
The barony descended to the most senior male heir, who was a first cousin twice removed, who became the fifth Lord Howard. He was the great-grandson of Sir William Howard (d. 1600), a younger son of the first Baron: this Lord Howard of Effingham served as Governor of Virginia from 1683 to 1692.
His eldest son, the sixth Baron, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Baron, a prominent military commander. In 1731 he was made Earl of Effingham in the
The barony descended to a third cousin, the eleventh Baron. He was the grandson of Lieutenant-General
Another member of this branch of the Howard family was
The family seat in the 21st century is Readings Farmhouse, near Blackmore End, Essex.
Barons Howard of Effingham (1554)
- William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (1510–1573)
- Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham (1536–1624; created Earl of Nottingham in 1596)
Earls of Nottingham (1596)
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham (1536–1624)
- William Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham (1577–1615)
- Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (1579–1642)
- Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, 4th Baron Howard of Effingham (1610–1681)
Barons Howard of Effingham (1554; reverted)
- Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham (1643–1695)
- Thomas Howard, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham (1682–1725)
- Francis Howard, 7th Baron Howard of Effingham (1683–1743; created Earl of Effingham in 1731)
Earls of Effingham, first creation (1731)
- Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham, 7th Baron Howard of Effingham (1683–1743)
- Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, 8thth Baron Howard of Effingham (1714–1763)
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham, 9th Baron Howard of Effingham (1746–1791)
- Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham, 10th Baron Howard of Effingham (1748–1816)
Barons Howard of Effingham (1554; reverted)
- Kenneth Alexander Howard, 11th Baron Howard of Effingham (1767–1845; created Earl of Effingham in 1837)
Earls of Effingham, second creation (1837)
- Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham (1767–1845)
- Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham (1806–1889)
- Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (1837–1898)
- Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham (1866–1927)
- Gordon Frederick Henry Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham (1873–1946)
- Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham (1905–1996)
- David Peter Mowbray Algernon Howard, 7th Earl of Effingham (1939–2022)
- Edward Mowbray Nicholas Howard, 8th Earl of Effingham (born 1971)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Frederick Henry Charles Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham (born 2007).
See also
- Howard family
- Duke of Norfolk
- Earl of Carlisle
- Earl of Suffolk (1603 creation)
- Earl of Berkshire (1626 creation)
- Baron Lanerton
- Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent
- Baron Howard of Penrith
- Baron Howard of Escrick
- Baron Stafford (1640 creation)
- Baron Howard de Walden
References
- ^ "No. 19460". The London Gazette. 24 January 1837. p. 170.
- ^ Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 332.
Attribution
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 332.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]