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306:(1786–1876)
300:(1785–1860)
294:(1749–1820)
288:(1722–1802)
282:(died 1754)
276:(1717–1729)
270:(1660–1728)
264:(1663–1676)
258:(died 1674)
133:of the body
1754:Categories
1621:Midlothian
1595:Iddesleigh
1518:Yarborough
1478:Stradbroke
1453:St Germans
1398:Chichester
1223:Mexborough
1117:Malmesbury
1053:De La Warr
1016:Portsmouth
1011:Harrington
1006:Waldegrave
879:Kincardine
818:Lauderdale
808:Haddington
731:Sutherland
682:Scarbrough
664:Nottingham
638:Winchelsea
610:Montgomery
584:Huntingdon
574:Shrewsbury
382:References
130:heirs male
77:Created by
1627:St Aldwyn
1615:Liverpool
1600:Cranbrook
1570:Kimberley
1565:Cromartie
1538:Cottenham
1533:Strafford
1523:Leicester
1508:Effingham
1503:Granville
1493:Lichfield
1333:Normanton
1318:Clancarty
1228:Winterton
1154:Westmeath
1143:Waterford
1107:Carnarvon
1101:Mansfield
1095:Fortescue
1078:Mansfield
1073:Clarendon
1041:Ilchester
1036:Hardwicke
996:Aylesford
986:Dartmouth
907:Dundonald
886:Balcarres
848:Dalhousie
751:Caithness
687:Albemarle
627:Berkshire
490:cite book
81:Charles I
35:held with
1729:Stockton
1662:Inchcape
1657:Jellicoe
1610:Plymouth
1590:Selborne
1463:Bradford
1443:Cathcart
1433:Harewood
1428:Harrowby
1423:Lonsdale
1353:Ranfurly
1343:Listowel
1338:Kilmorey
1313:Limerick
1273:Annesley
1258:Longford
1243:Lisburne
1233:Kingston
1218:Courtown
1183:Drogheda
1068:Bathurst
1031:Guilford
951:Rosebery
941:Seafield
923:Melville
892:Newburgh
873:Northesk
833:Kinnoull
813:Galloway
771:Eglinton
736:Crawford
716:Scotland
692:Coventry
677:Portland
671:Abingdon
653:Carlisle
643:Sandwich
589:Pembroke
472:. 160A,
410:11 April
365:See also
232:Highland
211:(1641),
207:(1616),
69:Creation
1740:Italics
1724:Snowdon
1719:Woolton
1709:Swinton
1684:Halifax
1647:Balfour
1560:Russell
1448:Verulam
1378:Rosslyn
1348:Norbury
1328:Gosford
1303:Caledon
1293:Belmore
1208:Shannon
1203:Carrick
1193:Darnley
1188:Granard
1165:Desmond
1127:Ireland
1112:Cadogan
1063:Spencer
1047:Warwick
981:Ferrers
956:Glasgow
917:Dunmore
912:Kintore
868:Selkirk
828:Loudoun
823:Lindsay
633:Lindsey
616:Denbigh
604:Suffolk
599:Lincoln
559:England
440:Sources
351:Verbier
226:, near
164:Seat(s)
87:Peerage
1714:Attlee
1689:Gowrie
1642:Iveagh
1632:Beatty
1605:Cromer
1585:Lytton
1580:Cairns
1555:Dudley
1549:Winton
1543:Cowley
1498:Durham
1488:Cawdor
1458:Morley
1413:Nelson
1403:Wilton
1393:Romney
1388:Onslow
1383:Craven
1253:Antrim
1177:Orrery
1084:Talbot
1058:Radnor
1021:Brooke
929:Orkney
897:Dundee
863:Dysart
853:Airlie
843:Wemyss
802:Kellie
766:Buchan
761:Rothes
756:Morton
746:Erroll
697:Jersey
480:, UK:
478:London
159:Extant
156:Status
1513:Ducie
1468:Eldon
1438:Minto
1408:Powis
1323:Rosse
1288:Lucan
1238:Roden
1213:Arran
1171:Cavan
1159:Meath
946:Stair
935:March
858:Leven
838:Elgin
791:Perth
776:Moray
648:Essex
594:Devon
579:Derby
228:Nairn
72:First
1667:Peel
1637:Haig
1473:Howe
1418:Grey
1283:Erne
1268:Mayo
1149:Cork
786:Home
496:link
412:2012
356:The
64:1641
781:Mar
741:Mar
180:Lee
1756::
492:}}
488:{{
476:,
455:.
420:^
398:.
234:.
230:,
219:.
543:e
536:t
529:v
498:)
414:.
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