Earl of Scarsdale was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1645 for Francis Leke, 1st Baron Deincourt, an ardent supporter of

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during the

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. He had already been created a baronet, of Sutton in the County of Derby, in the Baronetage of England on 25 May 1611, and Baron Deincourt, of Sutton in the County of Derby, in the Peerage of England in 1628. His grandson, the third Earl, was a politician and courtier. In 1680, one year before he succeeded his father in the earldom, he was summoned to the

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through a

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as Baron Scarsdale. He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Earl. He was the son of the Honourable Richard Leke, younger son of the second Earl. He served as

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. He never married and the titles became extinct on his death in 1736.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900
/ref> One of the family seats was Sutton Scarsdale Hall,

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, built for the fourth Earl. It is now an elaborate ruin managed by English-Heritage. Some of the interior fixtures now reside in the United States at the Philadelphia Museum. Another family seat was Kirk Hallam Hall, Derbyshire.

Earls of Scarsdale (1645)

Francis Leke, 1st Earl of Scarsdale Francis Leke, 1st Earl of Scarsdale (1581–1655) of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, was an English peer who fought for the Royalist cause in the Civil War. Origins He was the son and heir of Sir Francis Leke (d.1626) by his first wife Frances Swifte, a ...

(1581–1655) *Nicholas Leke, 2nd Earl of Scarsdale (1612–1681) *

Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale (9 March 1654 – 27 December 1707) was an English politician and courtier, styled Lord Deincourt from 1655 to 1681. He was related by marriage to the Earl of Huntingdon, a firm adherent of James and one ...

(1654–1707) *

Nicholas Leke, 4th Earl of Scarsdale Nicholas Leke, 4th Earl of Scarsdale (1682? – 17 July 1736) was an English politician and courtier. Biography Leke was the nephew of Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale, succeeding him when Robert died childless in 1707. He was admitted to ...

(1682–1736)

References

* * ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' Sir Bernard Burke (1844) p308. Pedigree of Leke of Sutton. Google Books {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarsdale Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of England 1645 establishments in England Noble titles created in 1645