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Earl of Grantham was a title in the
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Peerage of England
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created once on 24 December 1698, along with the titles Viscount Boston, of Boston
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in the County of Lincoln
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, and Baron Alford, of Alford in the County of Lincoln, for Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque. The titles were created with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his three brothers Cornelius, Maurice, and Francis, in like manner respectively. Since both his sons and as well his three brothers had predeceased him, the titles became extinct upon his death in 1754.
Earls of Grantham (1698)
Arms of the Earls of Grantham
*Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham
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(1675–1754)
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In fiction
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Julian Fellowes
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used the title, Earl of Grantham — although as a fictional one and according to the storyline created in 1772 in the Peerage of Great Britain
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— for one of the main characters, Robert Crawley, in his 2010 ITV1
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period drama ''Downton Abbey
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''. In this fictional setting, Viscount Downton was one of Crawley's subsidiary titles.- website of American magazin
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See also
*Baron Grantham
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, created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1761, merged with the title Earl de Grey
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History
The title was created on 25 October 1816 (as Countess de Grey) for Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey, Amabell Hume- ...
from 1833 and extinct in 1923.
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grantham Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1698 Peerages created with special remainders