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(Encyclopedia) Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st earl of: see Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of: see Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset. ...

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Charles, 1st earl of Carlisle: see Carlisle, Charles Howard, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cork, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of: see Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st earl of ĕlˈənbûrˌə [key], 1790–1871, British statesman; son of the 1st Baron Ellenborough. He served as president of the Board of Control of the East India Compan...

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, James, 1st earl of Murray: see Murray, James Stuart, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nottingham, Heneage Finch, 1st earl of , nŏtˈĭngəm [key], 1621–82, lord chancellor of England. He took no part in the politics of the English civil war, but in 1660 he entered Parliament and bec...

(Encyclopedia) Stockton, 1st earl of: see Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold. ...

(Encyclopedia) Carlisle, Charles Howard, 1st earl of kärlīlˈ [key], 1629–85, English statesman. A member of the prominent Howard family, he held various offices under Oliver Cromwell and remained in favor after...

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork, 1566–1643, English settler in Ireland. He first went to Ireland in 1588 and in 1602 purchased for a small sum Sir Walter Raleigh's large landholdings in Cork, Water...