earldom , also: earlship

He therefore lost the earldom upon the death of his brother in 1406.

Two years later he succeeded his father in the Earldom.

He succeeded his father in the earldom later the same year.

He was succeeded in the earldom by his only son Robert.

In 1677 he inherited the Earldom on the death of his father.

He inherited the earldom on the death of his father in 1645.

He inherited the earldom in 1422 at the age of eight.

As he had no sons the earldom died with him.

He succeeded to his father's earldom on 23 May 1947.

Their son James succeeded to the earldom on his father's death.

The earldom was passed on to his younger brother George.

They had one son, George, who succeeded to the earldom.

Her husband died the following month, so never inherited the earldom from his father.

Thomas had been the heir to the earldom since the death of his father in 1351.

By the death of his father on 29 September 1642 he had succeeded to the earldom.

The lands of the earldom were put together from several sources.

He never married and on his death in 1711 the earldom became extinct.

On 3 August 1891 he succeeded his father in the earldom.

He succeeded to the earldom upon his father's death in 19 October 1878.

This did not prevent the creation of the Earldom, for the 6th time.

He succeeded to the earldom while still a child, following the death of his older brother, James, in 1586.

Three of his sons succeeded their father in turn to the earldom.

The earldom became extinct on the latter's death in 1801.

He left no issue, and with his death the second creation of the earldom became extinct.

He had inherited the earldom only upon the death of two older brothers.