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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Earldom of Dudley</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/150px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/225px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/300px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COA_-_Ward,_Earl_of_Dudley.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/COA_-_Ward%2C_Earl_of_Dudley.svg/180px-COA_-_Ward%2C_Earl_of_Dudley.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/COA_-_Ward%2C_Earl_of_Dudley.svg/270px-COA_-_Ward%2C_Earl_of_Dudley.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/COA_-_Ward%2C_Earl_of_Dudley.svg/360px-COA_-_Ward%2C_Earl_of_Dudley.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="563" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Arms of Ward: <i>Chequy or and azure, a bend ermine</i>; Crest: <i>Out of a ducal coronet or a lion's head azure</i>; Supporters: <i>On either side an angel proper crined and winged or under-robes sanguine outer-robes azure</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Creation date</th><td class="infobox-data">17 February 1860</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Creation</th><td class="infobox-data">Second<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peerage</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">Peerage of the United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley">William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Present holder</span></th><td class="infobox-data">David Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heir presumptive</th><td class="infobox-data">Leander Grenville Dudley Ward</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Remainder to</th><td class="infobox-data">First earl's heirs male of the body, lawfully begotten</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Subsidiary titles</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Viscount Ednam<br />Baron Ward</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former seat(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dudley_House,_London" title="Dudley House, London">Dudley House</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Witley_Court" title="Witley Court">Witley Court</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Himley_Hall" title="Himley Hall">Himley Hall</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>COMME JE FÛS</b> <br /> <i>("As I was")</i><sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Ward,_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/William_Ward%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg/200px-William_Ward%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/William_Ward%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg/300px-William_Ward%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/William_Ward%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg/400px-William_Ward%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1075" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley">William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Earl of Dudley</b>, of <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Castle" title="Dudley Castle">Dudley Castle</a> in the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">County of the West Midlands</a> (though previously in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Stafford" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Stafford">County of Stafford</a>) is a title that has been created twice in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">Peerage of the United Kingdom</a>, both times for members of the Ward family. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dudley was first used for a peerage on 25 March 1341/42, when John Sutton became the first Lord Dudley of Dudley Castle. The male line failed at the 10th Baron, Sir <a href="/wiki/Ferdinando_Sutton" title="Ferdinando Sutton">Ferdinando Dudley</a>, and Dudley Castle passed to his daughter, <a href="/wiki/Frances_Ward,_6th_Baroness_Dudley" title="Frances Ward, 6th Baroness Dudley">Frances Dudley, Baroness Dudley</a> (1611–1697).<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She married Sir <a href="/wiki/Humble_Ward,_1st_Baron_Ward" title="Humble Ward, 1st Baron Ward">Humble Ward</a>, the son of a wealthy goldsmith and jeweller to King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Baron_Dudley" title="Baron Dudley">Baron Dudley</a> for more history of the Sutton family). Frances was given away in marriage by her grandfather Lord Dudley in order for him to be able to redeem the heavily mortgaged estates around Dudley, whose mineral resources were the foundation of the family's great wealth. </p><p>In 1644, Frances's husband Sir Humble Ward was raised to the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_England" title="Peerage of England">Peerage of England</a> in his own right as <b>Baron Ward</b>, of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Warwick" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Warwick">County of Warwick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast to the barony of Dudley, which had been created by <a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer#Writs_of_summons" title="Hereditary peer">writ</a>, this peerage was created by <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> and with remainder to heirs male. Lady Dudley and Lord Ward were both succeeded by their son Edward, the seventh and second Baron, respectively. He was styled Lord Dudley and Ward. He was succeeded by his grandson, the eighth and third Baron. He was the son of William Ward. On Lord Dudley and Ward's early death the titles passed to his posthumous son, the ninth and fourth Baron. He died unmarried at an early age and was succeeded by his uncle, the 10th and fifth Baron.<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On his death in 1740, the two baronies separated. The barony of Dudley, which could pass through female lines, was inherited by the late Baron's nephew <a href="/wiki/Ferdinando_Dudley_Lea,_11th_Baron_Dudley" title="Ferdinando Dudley Lea, 11th Baron Dudley">Ferdinando Dudley Lea</a> (see the <a href="/wiki/Baron_Dudley" title="Baron Dudley">Baron Dudley</a> for later history of this title).<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded in the barony of Ward, which could only pass through male lines, by his second cousin John Ward, who became the sixth Baron Ward. He was the grandson of William Ward (d. 1714), second son of the first Baron. Lord Ward had earlier represented <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a> in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain" title="House of Commons of Great Britain">House of Commons</a>. In 1763 he was created <b>Viscount Dudley and Ward</b>, of Dudley in the County of Worcester, in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Great_Britain" title="Peerage of Great Britain">Peerage of Great Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by his son from his first marriage, the second Viscount. He sat as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Marlborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency)">Marlborough</a> and for <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)">Worcestershire</a>. He was childless and on his death the titles passed to his half-brother, the third Viscount. He was also Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Viscount. He was a politician and served as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs">Foreign Secretary</a> from 1827 to 1828. In 1827 he was honoured when he was created <b>Viscount Ednam</b>, of <a href="/wiki/Ednam" title="Ednam">Ednam</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Roxburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Roxburgh">County of Roxburgh</a>, and <b>Earl of Dudley</b>, of <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Castle" title="Dudley Castle">Dudley Castle</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Stafford" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Stafford">County of Stafford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lord Dudley was childless and on his death in 1833, the two viscountcies and earldom became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony of Ward by his second cousin Reverend William Humble Ward, the 10th Baron. He was the grandson of Reverend William Ward, younger brother of the first Viscount Dudley and Ward. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the 11th Baron.<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1860, the viscountcy of Ednam and earldom of Dudley were revived when the 11th baron was created <b>Viscount Ednam</b>, of <a href="/wiki/Ednam" title="Ednam">Ednam</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Roxburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Roxburgh">County of Roxburgh</a>, and <b>Earl of Dudley</b>, of <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Castle" title="Dudley Castle">Dudley Castle</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Stafford" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Stafford">County of Stafford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the <a href="/wiki/William_Humble_Ward,_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley" class="mw-redirect" title="William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley">second Earl</a>. He was a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> politician and served as <a href="/wiki/Lord-Lieutenant_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland">Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland</a> from 1902 to 1905 during the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Reform_Association" title="Irish Reform Association">Irish Reform Association</a>'s plan for <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolution</a> in Ireland, and as <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General of Australia</a> from 1908 to 1911. He is commemorated by a Dudley Street in the Queen's Quarter of Belfast. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Earl of Dudley, who represented <a href="/wiki/Hornsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornsey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wednesbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Wednesbury</a> in the House of Commons as a Conservative. The Third Earl died in Paris on 26 December 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the titles are held by his grandson, the fifth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several other members of the Ward family have also gained distinction. <a href="/wiki/William_Dudley_Ward" title="William Dudley Ward">William Dudley Ward</a>, grandson of Humble Dudley Ward, second son of the 10th Baron Ward, was a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> politician. He married the socialite <a href="/wiki/Freda_Dudley_Ward" title="Freda Dudley Ward">Freda May Birkin</a>. Their daughter <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Dudley-Ward" title="Penelope Dudley-Ward">Penelope Dudley-Ward</a> was a well-known actress. Sir John Hubert Ward (1870–1938), second son of the first Earl, was a major in the army and courtier. His son John Ward (1909–1990) was a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">colonel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Life_Guards_(British_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Life Guards (British Army)">Life Guards</a>. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ward_(British_politician)" title="Robert Ward (British politician)">Robert Ward</a>, third son of the first Earl, was Conservative Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Crewe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Crewe (UK Parliament constituency)">Crewe</a>. Edward Frederick Ward (1907–1987), third son of the second Earl, was a <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_Ward,_1st_Viscount_Ward_of_Witley" title="George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley">George Ward</a>, fourth and youngest son of the second Earl, was a Conservative politician and was created <a href="/wiki/Viscount_Ward_of_Witley" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscount Ward of Witley">Viscount Ward of Witley</a> in 1960. The actress <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Ward" title="Rachel Ward">Rachel Ward</a> and her sister the environmental campaigner <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Louise_Ward" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracy Louise Ward">Tracy Louise Ward</a> are both daughters of Peter Alistair Ward, third son of the third Earl. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Memorial_to_William_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Memorial_to_William_Ward%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg/220px-Memorial_to_William_Ward%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Memorial_to_William_Ward%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg/330px-Memorial_to_William_Ward%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Memorial_to_William_Ward%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg/440px-Memorial_to_William_Ward%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dudley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2457" data-file-height="1776" /></a><figcaption>The funerary monument to the <a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley">1st Earl of Dudley of the 1860 creation</a> in <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Cathedral" title="Worcester Cathedral">Worcester Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The family seat of the Earls of Dudley was <a href="/wiki/Himley_Hall" title="Himley Hall">Himley Hall</a> until the 1830s, after which <a href="/wiki/Witley_Court" title="Witley Court">Witley Court</a> served as the main residence along with <a href="/wiki/Dudley_House,_London" title="Dudley House, London">Dudley House</a>. Witley Court was sold in 1920 and became derelict after a fire in 1937. The <a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley">1st Earl of Dudley of the 1860 creation</a> was originally buried in the crypt of Saint Michael and All Angels Church in <a href="/wiki/Great_Witley" title="Great Witley">Great Witley</a>, but was later moved to <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Cathedral" title="Worcester Cathedral">Worcester Cathedral</a> where he is commemorated with a large <a href="/wiki/Funerary_monument" class="mw-redirect" title="Funerary monument">funerary monument</a>. His more recent successors – including the <a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_4th_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley">4th Earl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Swanson" title="Maureen Swanson">his wife</a> – rest in a private burial ground at <a href="/wiki/Himley" title="Himley">Himley</a>. Located at the rear of Himley's parish church, it is laid out as a memorial garden and normally closed to the public. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Barons_Ward_(1644)_of_Birmingham"><span id="Barons_Ward_.281644.29_of_Birmingham"></span>Barons Ward (1644) of Birmingham</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Barons Ward (1644) of Birmingham"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humble_Ward,_1st_Baron_Ward" title="Humble Ward, 1st Baron Ward">Humble Ward, 1st Baron Ward</a> (1614–1670)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Ward,_7th_Baron_Dudley" title="Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley">Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley, 2nd Baron Ward</a> (1631–1701)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Ward,_8th_Baron_Dudley" title="Edward Ward, 8th Baron Dudley">Edward Ward, 8th Baron Dudley, 3rd Baron Ward</a> (1683–1704)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Ward,_9th_Baron_Dudley" title="Edward Ward, 9th Baron Dudley">Edward Ward, 9th Baron Dudley, 4th Baron Ward</a> (1704–1731)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_10th_Baron_Dudley" title="William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley">William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley, 5th Baron Ward</a> (1685–1740)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ward,_1st_Viscount_Dudley_and_Ward" title="John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward">John Ward, 6th Baron Ward</a> (1700–1774) (created <b>Viscount Dudley and Ward</b> in 1763)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Viscounts_Dudley_and_Ward_(1763)"><span id="Viscounts_Dudley_and_Ward_.281763.29"></span>Viscounts Dudley and Ward (1763)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Viscounts Dudley and Ward (1763)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Ward,_1st_Viscount_Dudley_and_Ward" title="John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward">John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward</a> (1700–1774)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ward,_2nd_Viscount_Dudley_and_Ward" title="John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward">John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward</a> (1725–1788)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_3rd_Viscount_Dudley_and_Ward" title="William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward">William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward</a> (1750–1823)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley" title="John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley">John William Ward, 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward</a> (1781–1833) (created <b>Earl of Dudley</b> in 1827)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earls_of_Dudley,_First_Creation_(1827)"><span id="Earls_of_Dudley.2C_First_Creation_.281827.29"></span>Earls of Dudley, First Creation (1827)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Earls of Dudley, First Creation (1827)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley" title="John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley">John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley</a> (1781–1833)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Barons_Ward_(1644;_Reverted)"><span id="Barons_Ward_.281644.3B_Reverted.29"></span>Barons Ward (1644; Reverted)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Barons Ward (1644; Reverted)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Humble_Ward,_10th_Baron_Ward" title="William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward">William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward</a> (1781–1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley">William Ward, 11th Baron Ward</a> (1817–1885) (created <b>Earl of Dudley</b> in 1860)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earls_of_Dudley,_Second_Creation_(1860)"><span id="Earls_of_Dudley.2C_Second_Creation_.281860.29"></span>Earls of Dudley, Second Creation (1860)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Earls of Dudley, Second Creation (1860)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley">William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley</a> (1817–1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_2nd_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley">William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley</a> (1867–1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_3rd_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley">William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley</a> (1894–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ward,_4th_Earl_of_Dudley" title="William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley">William Humble Davis Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley</a> (1920–2013)</li> <li>William Humble David Jeremy Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley (b. 1947)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_peer">Present peer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Present peer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Humble David Jeremy Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley (born 1947), also known as David Dudley, is the son of the 4th Earl and his wife Stella Carcano y Morra. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford</a>, and was styled as Viscount Ednam between 1969 and 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-BP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 July 1972 Dudley married firstly Sarah Mary Coats, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Coats_baronets" title="Coats baronets">Captain Sir Alastair Francis Stuart Coats, 4th Baronet</a>, and his wife Lukyn Gordon; they were divorced in 1976, and in the same year he married secondly Debra Louise Pinney, daughter of George Robert Pinney. They were divorced in 1980, after having one child, Bethany Rowena Ward (born 1977).<sup id="cite_ref-BP_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, Dudley was living at Villa Montanet, Les Garrigues, <a href="/wiki/Goult" title="Goult">Goult</a>-<a href="/wiki/Gordes" title="Gordes">Gordes</a>, France. On 16 November 2013 he succeeded to the peerages.<sup id="cite_ref-BP_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Heir_presumptive" title="Heir presumptive">heir presumptive</a> to the peerages is the present peer's younger half-brother Leander Grenville Dudley Ward (born 1971).<sup id="cite_ref-BP_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Line_of_succession">Line of succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Dudley&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Line of succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256386598">.mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#F0F2F5;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#CCFFCC;color:inherit}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#14181F;color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#003500;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#14181F;color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#003500;color:inherit}}</style> <div style="margin-left:0"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-archivedtalk mw-collapsed" style="color:inherit; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid Silver; margin: 0.2em auto auto; width:100%; clear: both; padding: 1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="cot-header-mainspace" style="; font-size:87%; padding:0.2em 0.3em; text-align:center;"><div style="font-size:115%;margin:0 4em"><span style="font-size:85%;">Line of succession (simplified)</span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; border: solid 1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i>William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1867–1932)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i>William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley (1894–1969)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i>William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley (1920–2013)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <b>William Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley</b> (born 1947)</li> <li><b>(1).</b> Hon. Leander Grenville Dudley Ward (born 1971)</li></ul></li> <li><i>Hon. Peter Alistair Ward (1926–2008)</i> <ul><li><b>(2).</b> Alexander Evelyn Giles Ward (born 1961) <ul><li><b>(3).</b> Archibald Rupert William Ward (born 1993)</li></ul></li> <li><b>(4).</b> Jeremy Christopher Ward (born 1975) <ul><li><b>(5).</b> Harry Peter Ward (born 2007)</li> <li><b>(6).</b> Hector Geordie Ward (born 2009)</li></ul></li> <li><b>(7).</b> Benjamin Robin Ward (born 1978)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i>Hon. 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href="/wiki/Earl_of_Pembroke" title="Earl of Pembroke">Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Devon" title="Earl of Devon">Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lincoln" title="Earl of Lincoln">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Suffolk" title="Earl of Suffolk">Suffolk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Montgomery" title="Earl of Montgomery">Montgomery</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Denbigh" title="Earl of Denbigh">Denbigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Westmorland" title="Earl of Westmorland">Westmorland</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Berkshire" title="Earl of Berkshire">Berkshire</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lindsey" title="Earl of Lindsey">Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Winchilsea" title="Earl of Winchilsea">Winchelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Sandwich" title="Earl of Sandwich">Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Essex" title="Earl of Essex">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Carlisle" title="Earl of Carlisle">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Shaftesbury" title="Earl of Shaftesbury">Shaftesbury</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Nottingham" title="Earl of Nottingham">Nottingham</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Abingdon" title="Earl of Abingdon">Abingdon</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Portland" title="Earl of Portland">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Scarbrough" title="Earl of Scarbrough">Scarbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Albemarle" title="Earl of Albemarle">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Coventry" title="Earl of Coventry">Coventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Jersey" title="Earl of Jersey">Jersey</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/80px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/120px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/160px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Scotland" title="Peerage of Scotland">Scotland</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland"><img alt="Kingdom of Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Sutherland" title="Earl of Sutherland">Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Crawford" title="Earl of Crawford">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mar" title="Earl of Mar">Mar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Erroll" title="Earl of Erroll">Erroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Caithness" title="Earl of Caithness">Caithness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Morton" title="Earl of Morton">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Rothes" title="Earl of Rothes">Rothes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Buchan" title="Earl of Buchan">Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Eglinton" title="Earl of Eglinton">Eglinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Moray" title="Earl of Moray">Moray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mar" title="Earl of Mar">Mar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Home" title="Earl of Home">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Perth" title="Earl of Perth">Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne" title="Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne">Strathmore and Kinghorne</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kellie" title="Earl of Kellie">Kellie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Haddington" title="Earl of Haddington">Haddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Galloway" title="Earl of Galloway">Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lauderdale" title="Earl of Lauderdale">Lauderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lindsay" title="Earl of Lindsay">Lindsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Loudoun" title="Earl of Loudoun">Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kinnoull" title="Earl of Kinnoull">Kinnoull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Elgin" title="Earl of Elgin">Elgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Wemyss" title="Earl of Wemyss">Wemyss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dalhousie" title="Earl of Dalhousie">Dalhousie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Airlie" title="Earl of Airlie">Airlie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Leven" title="Earl of Leven">Leven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dysart" title="Earl of Dysart">Dysart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Earl of Selkirk">Selkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Northesk" title="Earl of Northesk">Northesk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kincardine" title="Earl of Kincardine">Kincardine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Balcarres" title="Earl of Balcarres">Balcarres</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Newburgh" title="Earl of Newburgh">Newburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dundee" title="Earl of Dundee">Dundee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Annandale_and_Hartfell" title="Earl of Annandale and Hartfell">Annandale and Hartfell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dundonald" title="Earl of Dundonald">Dundonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kintore" title="Earl of Kintore">Kintore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dunmore" title="Earl of Dunmore">Dunmore</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Melville" title="Earl of Melville">Melville</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Orkney" title="Earl of Orkney">Orkney</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_March" title="Earl of March">March</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Seafield" title="Earl of Seafield">Seafield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Stair" title="Earl of Stair">Stair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Earl of Rosebery">Rosebery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Glasgow" title="Earl of Glasgow">Glasgow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Great_Britain" title="Peerage of Great Britain">Great Britain</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain"><img alt="Kingdom of Great Britain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Ferrers" title="Earl Ferrers">Ferrers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Dartmouth" title="Earl of Dartmouth">Dartmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Tankerville" title="Earl of Tankerville">Tankerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Aylesford" title="Earl of Aylesford">Aylesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Macclesfield" title="Earl of Macclesfield">Macclesfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Waldegrave" title="Earl Waldegrave">Waldegrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Harrington" title="Earl of Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Portsmouth" title="Earl of Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Warwick" title="Earl of Warwick">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Buckinghamshire" title="Earl of Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Guilford" title="Earl of Guilford">Guilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Hardwicke" title="Earl of Hardwicke">Hardwicke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ilchester" title="Earl of Ilchester">Ilchester</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Warwick" title="Earl of Warwick">Warwick</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_De_La_Warr" title="Earl De La Warr">De La Warr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Radnor" title="Earl of Radnor">Radnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Spencer_(title)" title="Earl Spencer (title)">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Bathurst" title="Earl Bathurst">Bathurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Earl of Clarendon">Clarendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mansfield" title="Earl of Mansfield">Mansfield</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_Talbot" title="Earl Talbot">Talbot</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe" title="Earl of Mount Edgcumbe">Mount Edgcumbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Fortescue" title="Earl Fortescue">Fortescue</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mansfield" title="Earl of Mansfield">Mansfield</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Carnarvon" title="Earl of Carnarvon">Carnarvon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cadogan" title="Earl Cadogan">Cadogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Malmesbury" title="Earl of Malmesbury">Malmesbury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Ireland" title="Peerage of Ireland">Ireland</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland"><img alt="Kingdom of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/23px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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Orrery">Orrery</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Drogheda" title="Earl of Drogheda">Drogheda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Granard" title="Earl of Granard">Granard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Darnley" title="Earl of Darnley">Darnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Bessborough" title="Earl of Bessborough">Bessborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Carrick_(Ireland)" title="Earl of Carrick (Ireland)">Carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Shannon" title="Earl of Shannon">Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Arran_(Ireland)" title="Earl of Arran (Ireland)">Arran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Courtown" title="Earl of Courtown">Courtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mexborough" title="Earl of Mexborough">Mexborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Winterton" title="Earl Winterton">Winterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kingston" title="Earl of Kingston">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Roden" title="Earl of Roden">Roden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lisburne" title="Earl of Lisburne">Lisburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Clanwilliam" title="Earl of Clanwilliam">Clanwilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Antrim" title="Earl of Antrim">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Longford" title="Earl of Longford">Longford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Portarlington" title="Earl of Portarlington">Portarlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Mayo" title="Earl of Mayo">Mayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Annesley" title="Earl Annesley">Annesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Enniskillen" title="Earl of Enniskillen">Enniskillen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Erne" title="Earl Erne">Erne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lucan" title="Earl of Lucan">Lucan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Belmore" title="Earl Belmore">Belmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Castle_Stewart" title="Earl Castle Stewart">Castle Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Caledon" title="Earl of Caledon">Caledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Donoughmore" title="Earl of Donoughmore">Donoughmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Limerick" title="Earl of Limerick">Limerick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Clancarty" title="Earl of Clancarty">Clancarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Rosse" title="Earl of Rosse">Rosse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Gosford" title="Earl of Gosford">Gosford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Normanton" title="Earl of Normanton">Normanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Kilmorey" title="Earl of Kilmorey">Kilmorey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Listowel" title="Earl of Listowel">Listowel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Norbury" title="Earl of Norbury">Norbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ranfurly" title="Earl of Ranfurly">Ranfurly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Rosslyn" title="Earl of Rosslyn">Rosslyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Craven" title="Earl of Craven">Craven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Onslow" title="Earl of Onslow">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Romney" title="Earl of Romney">Romney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Chichester" title="Earl of Chichester">Chichester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Wilton" title="Earl of Wilton">Wilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Powis" title="Earl of Powis">Powis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Nelson" title="Earl Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Grey" title="Earl Grey">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lonsdale" title="Earl of Lonsdale">Lonsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Harrowby" title="Earl of Harrowby">Harrowby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Harewood" title="Earl of Harewood">Harewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Minto" title="Earl of Minto">Minto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cathcart" title="Earl Cathcart">Cathcart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Verulam" title="Earl of Verulam">Verulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_St_Germans" title="Earl of St Germans">St Germans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Morley" title="Earl of Morley">Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Bradford" title="Earl of Bradford">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Eldon" title="Earl of Eldon">Eldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Howe" title="Earl Howe">Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Stradbroke" title="Earl of Stradbroke">Stradbroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Temple_of_Stowe" title="Earl Temple of Stowe">Temple of Stowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cawdor" title="Earl Cawdor">Cawdor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lichfield" title="Earl of Lichfield">Lichfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Durham" title="Earl of Durham">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Granville" title="Earl Granville">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Effingham" title="Earl of Effingham">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ducie" title="Earl of 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