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Early Earth: The early Earth is loosely defined as Earth in its first one billion years, or gigayear (Ga, 10y). The “early Earth” encompasses approximately the first gigayear in the evolution of our planet, from its initial formation in the young Solar ... (Earth) [100%] 2023-11-28 [Geologic time scales of Earth]
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Carlisle, Earls Of: This English title has been held by two families, being created for James Hay in 1622, and being extinct in that line on the death of his son in 1660, and then being given in 1661 to Charles Howard, and ... [85%] 2022-09-02
March, Earls Of: March, Earls Of, title derived from the “marches” or boundaries (1) between England and Wales, and (2) England and Scotland, and held severally by great feudal families possessed of lands in those border districts. The earls of March on the ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Lonsdale, Earls Of: This English earldom is held by the ancient family of Lowther, which traces its descent to Sir Hugh Lowther, who flourished in the reign of Edward I. Sir Hugh’s descendant Sir Richard Lowther (1529-1607) received Mary queen of ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Marchmont, Earls Of: The 1st earl of Marchmont was Sir Patrick Hume or Home (1641-1724), son of Sir Patrick Hume, bart., of Polwarth, Berwickshire, and a descendant of another Sir Patrick Hume, a supporter of the Reformation in Scotland. A member of ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Earls Of. Nottingham: Nottingham The English title of earl of Nottingham has been held by different families, notably by the Mowbrays (1377 to 1475; merged in the Norfolk title from 1 397), the Howards (1596-1681), and the Finches (1681; since 1729 united ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Earls Of March: Earls Of March, title derived from the "marches" or boundaries (I) between England and Wales, and (2) England and Scotland, and held severally by great feudal families possessed of lands in those border districts. The earls of March on the ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Liverpool, Earls Of: Charles Jenkinson, 1st earl of Liverpool (1729-1808), English statesman, eldest son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson (d. and grandson of Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bart., of Walcot, Oxfordshire, was born at Winchester on the 16th of May 1729. [85%] 2022-09-02
Earls Of Wemyss: Earls Of Wemyss, the title held by a Scottish family who had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fifeshire since the 12th century, and of which various members had attained distinction. In 1628 Sir John Wemyss, who had been created ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Essex, Earls Of: The first earl of Essex was probably Geoffrey de Mandeville (q., who became earl about 1139, the earldom being subsequently held by his two sons, Geoffrey and William, until the death of the latter in 1189. In 1199 Geoffrey Fitzpeter ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Earls Of. Pembroke: Pembroke The title of earl of Pembroke has been held successively by several English families, the jurisdiction and dignity of a palatine earldom being originally attached to it. The first creation dates from 1138, when the earldom of Pembroke was ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Chester, Earls Of: The important palatine earldom of Chester was first held by a certain Fleming named Gherbod (fl., and then by Hugh of Avranches (d., a son of Richard, viscount of Avranches. [85%] 2022-09-02
Earls Of. Westmorland: Westmorland Ralph Neville, 4th Baron Neville of Raby, and 1st earl of Westmorland (1364-1425), eldest son of John, 3rd Baron Neville, and his wife Maud Percy (see Neville, Family), was knighted by Thomas of Woodstock, afterwards duke of Gloucester ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Earls Of Middleton: Earls Of Middleton JOHN MIDDLETON, 1ST EARL OF MIDDLETON, belonged to a Kincardineshire family which had held lands at Middleton since the 12th century. In early life he served as a soldier in France; later he fought against Charles I ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Glencairn, Earls Of: The 1st earl of Glencairn in the Scottish peerage was Alexander Cunningham (d., a son of Sir Robert Cunningham of Kilmaurs in Ayrshire. Made a lord of the Scottish parliament as Lord Kilmaurs not later than 1469, Cunningham was created ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Bessborough, Earls Of: The Ponsonby family, who have contributed many conspicuous men to Irish and English public life, trace their descent to Sir John Ponsonby (d., of Cumberland, a Commonwealth soldier who obtained land grants in Ireland. His son William (1657-1724) was ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Earls Of. Tyrone: Tyrone The earldom of Tyrone was first conferred by Henry VIII. in 1542 on Conn Bacach O'Neill, and was forfeited in 1614 when an act of attainder was passed against his grandson Hugh, 2nd earl (more strictly 3rd earl ... [85%] 2022-09-02
Harrington, Earls Of: The first earl of Harrington was the diplomatist and politician, William Stanhope (c., a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope (1673-1760), an active politician during the reign of George I., was ... [85%] 2022-09-02