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Current Great Britain Earldoms

Abergavenny, Earl of (GB, 1784) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Abergavenny since 1876, when the 5th Earl of Abergavenny was GB, Earl of Lewes and Marquess of Abergavenny

Ailesbury, Earl of (GB, 1776) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Ailesbury since 1821, when the 2nd Earl of Ailesbury was GB, Viscount Savernake, Earl Bruce and Marquess of Ailesbury

Aylesford, Earl of (GB, 1714)

Bathurst, Earl (GB, 1772)

Beverley, Earl of (GB, 1790) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Northumberland since 1865, when the 2nd Earl of Beverley inherited the Dukedom of Northumberland

Bristol, Earl of (GB, 1714) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Bristol since 1826, when the 5th Earl of Bristol was GB, Earl Jermyn and Marquess of Bristol

Brooke, Earl (GB, 1746) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Warwick since 1759, when the 1st Earl Brooke was GB, Earl of Warwick

Buckinghamshire, Earl of (GB, 1746)

Cadogan, Earl (GB, 1800)

Camden, Earl (GB, 1786) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses Camden since 1812, when the 2nd Earl Camden was GB, Earl of Brecknock and Marquess Camden

Carnarvon, Earl of (GB, 1793)

Clarendon, Earl of (GB, 1776)

Dartmouth, Earl of (GB, 1711)

De La Warr, Earl (GB, 1761)

Ferrers, Earl (GB, 1711)

Fortescue, Earl (GB, 1789)

Gower, Earl (GB, 1746) - the earldom was held by the Marquesses of Stafford from 1786, when the 2nd Earl Gower was GB, Marquess of Stafford, and has been held by the Dukes of Sutherland since 1833, when the 2nd Marquess of Stafford was GB, Duke of Sutherland

Graham, Earl (GB, 1722) - the earldom has been held by the Dukes of Montrose since 1742, when the 2nd Earl Graham succeeded his father as 2nd Duke of Montrose

Grosvenor, Earl (GB, 1784) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Westminster since 1831, when the 2nd Earl Grosvenor was GB, Marquess of Westminster and has been held by the Dukes of Westminster since 1874, when the 3rd Marquess of Westminster was GB, Duke of Westminster

Guilford, Earl of (GB, 1752)

Hardwicke, Earl of (GB, 1754)

Harrington, Earl of (GB, 1742)

Hertford, Earl of (GB, 1750) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Hertford (2nd creation) since 1793, when the 1st Earl of Hertford was GB, Earl of Yarmouth and Marquess of Hertford

Hillsborough, Earl of (GB, 1772) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Hillsborough (Peerage of Ireland) since 1772, when the 1st Earl of Hillsborough in the Peerage of Ireland was also GB, Viscount Fairford and Earl of Hillsborough in the Peerage of Great Britain, and by the Marquesses of Downshire since 1789, when the 1st Earl of Hillsborough was GB, Marquess of Downshire

Ilchester, Earl of (GB, 1756)

Macclesfield, Earl of (GB, 1721)

Malmesbury, Earl of (GB, 1800)

Mansfield, Earl of (GB, 1776)

Mansfield, Earl of (GB, 1792) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Mansfield (cr. 1772) since 1792, when the 1st Earl of Mansfield was granted a second peerage with the same title but a different territorial designation and a different remainder clause

Mount Edgcumbe, Earl of (GB, 1789)

Northumberland, Earl of (GB, 1749) - the earldom was held by the 7th Duke of Somerset from 1749, when he was GB, Baron Warkworth and Earl of Northumberland, with a special remainder to his son-in-law Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Bt., who became 2nd Earl of Northumberland in 1750, and has been held by the Dukes of Northumberland since 1766, when the 2nd Earl of Northumberland was GB, Earl Percy and Duke of Northumberland

Percy, Earl (GB, 1766) - the earldom was held by the Dukes of Northumberland since 1766, when the 2nd Earl of Northumberland was GB, Earl Percy and Duke of Northumberland

Portsmouth, Earl of (GB, 1743)

Radnor, Earl of (GB, 1765)

Spencer, Earl (GB, 1765)

Talbot, Earl (GB, 1784) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Shrewsbury since 1856, when the 3rd Earl Talbot succeeded to the more senior Earldom of Shrewsbury

Tankerville, Earl of (GB, 1714)

Uxbridge, Earl of (GB, 1784) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Anglesey since 1815, when the 2nd Earl of Uxbridge was GB, Marquess of Anglesey

Waldegrave, Earl (GB, 1729)

Warwick, Earl of (GB, 1759)

Windsor, Earl of (GB, 1796) - the earldom has been held by the Marquess of Bute since 1796, when the 4th Earl of Bute was GB, Viscount Mountjoy, Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute

Wycombe, Earl (GB, 1784) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Lansdowne since 1784, when the 2nd Earl of Shelburne was GB, Viscount Calne and Calstock, Earl Wycombe and Marquess of Lansdowne

Yarmouth, Earl of (GB, 1793) - the earldom has been held by the Marquesses of Hertford (2nd creation) since 1793, when the 1st Earl of Hertford was GB, Earl of Yarmouth and Marquess of Hertford

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