Earl of Holland was a title in the
Peerage of England
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. It was created in 1624 for
Henry Rich, 1st Baron Kensington. He was the younger son of
Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, and had already been created Baron Kensington in 1623, also in the Peerage of England, having married Isabelle Cope, daughter and sole heiress of
Sir Walter Cope
Sir Walter Cope ( – 30 July 1614) of Cope Castle in the parish of Kensington, Middlesex, England, was Master of the Court of Wards, Chamberlain of the Exchequer, public Registrar-General of Commerce and a Member of Parliament for Westminst ...
(c.1553-1614), of
Cope Castle in
Kensington
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The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
,
Middlesex
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. His eldest son, the second Earl, succeeded his first cousin as fifth
Earl of Warwick in 1673. All the titles became extinct on the death of the eighth Earl of Warwick and fifth Earl of Holland in 1759 (see Earl of Warwick for a more detailed description of the descent of the titles).
Lady Mary Rich, daughter of the first Earl of Holland, married
Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet, who was created
Earl of Breadalbane and Holland in the
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland ( gd, Moraireachd na h-Alba, sco, Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, ...
in 1681. Also, Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter and heiress of the fifth Earl of Warwick and second Earl of Holland, married
Francis Edwardes. Their son
William Edwardes succeeded to parts of the Rich estates and was created
Baron Kensington
Baron Kensington is a title that has been created three times, in the Peerages of England, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
English title (1623)
The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1623 when the Honourable Henry Rich was made B ...
in the
Peerage of Ireland in 1776.
The name "Holland" in the title refers to the area of
Lincolnshire
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historically known as
Holland
Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...
.
Earls of Holland (1624)
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Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1590–1649)
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Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Holland, 5th Earl of Warwick (c. 1620–1675)
**Henry Rich, Lord Kensington (1642–1659)
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Edward Rich, 3rd Earl of Holland, 6th Earl of Warwick (1673–1701)
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Edward Henry Rich, 4th Earl of Holland, 7th Earl of Warwick (1697–1721)
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Edward Rich, 5th Earl of Holland, 8th Earl of Warwick (1695–1759)
See also
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Earl of Warwick (1618)
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Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
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Baron Kensington
Baron Kensington is a title that has been created three times, in the Peerages of England, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
English title (1623)
The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1623 when the Honourable Henry Rich was made B ...
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Baron Holland
Baron Holland, of Holland in the County of Lincoln, and Baron Holland of Foxley, of Foxley in the County of Wiltshire, were two titles in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first barony was created on 7 March 1762 for Lady Caroline Fox, the dau ...
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of England
Noble titles created in 1624
Holland
Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...