Earl of Warwick is one of the most prestigious titles in the peerages of the

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. The title has been created four times in English history, and the name refers to

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and the town of

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Overview

The first creation came in 1088, and the title was held by the

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and later by the Beauchamp families. The 14th earl was created

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in 1445, a title which became extinct on his early death the following year. The best-known earl of this creation was the 16th earl ''jure uxoris'', Richard Neville, who was involved in the deposition of two kings, a fact which later earned him the epithet of "Warwick the Kingmaker". This creation became extinct on the death of the 17th earl in 1499. The title was revived in 1547 for the powerful statesman John Dudley, 1st Viscount Lisle, who was later made

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. The earldom was passed on during his lifetime to his eldest son,

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, but both father and son were attainted in 1554. The title was recreated or restored in 1561 in favour of Ambrose Dudley, younger son of the Duke of Northumberland. However, Ambrose was childless and the earldom became extinct on his death in 1590. It was created for a third time in 1618 for Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, in spite of the fact that the

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was not in possession of

. From 1673, the earls also held the title of

Earl of Holland Earl of Holland was a title in the Peerage of England. 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 ...

. All of the titles became extinct on the death of the 8th earl in 1759. The earldom was revived the same year in favour of Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke. The Greville family was in possession of Warwick Castle, and the title and castle were thereby re-united for the first time in over a century. The 1759 creation is extant and currently held by Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick. However, Warwick Castle was sold by the family in 1978, and they currently live in Australia.

1088 creation

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The

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earldom Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant " chieftain", particula ...

created in 1088 was held to be heritable via a female line of descent, and thus was held by members of several different families. It was traditionally associated in its feudal form with possession of

. The ancient

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of the Earls of Warwick, the Bear and Ragged Staff, is believed to derive from two legendary Earls, Arthal and Morvidus. Arthal is thought to mean "bear", while Morvidus was to have slain a giant "with a young ash tree torn up by the roots." Alternatively the emblem of a bear (Latin ''ursus'') is believed to refer to

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( 1040 – 1108), 1st feudal baron of

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, a

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who followed King

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to England, and served as

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. His heir was his son-in-law Walter de Beauchamp (died 1130/3), whose descendant was

William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (c. 1238 – 1298) was the eldest of eight children of William de Beauchamp of Elmley and his wife Isabel de Mauduit. He was an English nobleman and soldier, described as a “vigorous and innovative mili ...

(c.1238–1298). The first Earl of Warwick was

Henry de Beaumont Henry de Beaumont (before 1280 – 10 March 1340), '' jure uxoris'' 4th Earl of Buchan and ''suo jure'' 1st Baron Beaumont, was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Ind ...

(d.1119), second son of

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(d. circa 1094) by his wife Adeline de Meulan (c. 1014/20–1081), daughter and heiress of Waleran III,

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. Henry's elder brother was Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, who fought at the

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with

. The family name of "Beaumont" was Latinised to ''de Bello Monte'' ("from the beautiful mountain"); the Warwick branch of the family was also known as ''de Newburgh'', Latinised to ''de Novo Burgo'' ("from the new borough/town"). Henry changed his name to "de Newburgh", after the Castle de Neubourg, his home in Normandy, an ancient Beaumont possession. Henry became Constable of

in 1068 and Earl of Warwick in 1088 as reward for his support for the king during the

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. The title passed through several generations of the Beaumont family until 1242 when

Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick (1208 – 26 June 1242), Earl of Warwick, Baron of Hocknorton (Hook Norton) and Hedenton, was the son of Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick and Margaret D'Oili. He was also known as Thomas de H ...

died without male issue. The earldom then went to his sister, Margaret de Beaumont, 7th Countess of Warwick and her successive husbands '' jure uxoris'', and on her death to her cousin

William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick or William Maudit (c. 1221 – 8 January 1268) was an English nobleman and participant in the Second Barons' War. He was the son of Lady Alice de Newburgh (daughter of 4th Earl of Warwick from his second wife, ...

. When he died also without a male heir, the title passed to his sister, Isabel de Mauduit, and her husband Lord William de Beauchamp (d.1268), and thence to her son

. During this period the Earldom and the Beauchamps were elevated to the highest levels until Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, 14th Earl of Warwick, was created Duke of Warwick with precedence over all except the

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. This precedence was disputed however and with Henry's death in 1445, also without male issue, the dukedom was extinguished. The earldom went to his infant daughter, and on her death aged 5 a few years later passed to Henry's sister

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and her husband

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, who "succeeded in right of his wife" but was subsequently "confirmed" in that title on 23 July 1449 which confirmation he thereafter resigned and was definitively created Earl of Warwick by letters patent dated 2 March 1450, with his wife being similarly created Countess of Warwick.G. E. Cokayne. ''

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'', n.s., XII, Part 2, p.385 He is known to history as "Warwick the Kingmaker" and died without male issue in 1471, aged 42, when the Earldom fell into abeyance between his two daughters. After Richard Neville's death the title was passed through his eldest daughter

Isabel Neville Lady Isabel Neville (5 September 1451 – 22 December 1476) was the elder daughter and co-heiress of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the ''Kingmaker'' of the Wars of the Roses), and Anne de Beauchamp, suo jure 16th Countess of Warwick ...

to her husband

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, brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, who on 25 March 1472 by letters patent was created Earl of Warwick (and Earl of Salisbury). Although he was so created, ''The Complete Peerage'' nevertheless terms him the 17th Earl of Warwick,G. E. Cokayne. ''

'', n.s., XII, Part 2, p.394 which suggests perhaps that the creation was considered a mere formality and confirmation of his inheritance. He was attainted and executed in 1478 whereupon his titles became forfeited. His Earldom was forfeited and thus not able to be inherited by his son Edward Plantagenet, who did however manage to inherit it from his maternal grandmother Anne de Beauchamp (d.1492), wife of "Warwick the Kingmaker", who had been created Countess of Warwick by letters patent in 1450, at the same time her husband was created Earl of Warwick. He thus became

Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (25 February 1475 – 28 November 1499) was the son of Isabel Neville and George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, and a potential claimant to the English throne during the reigns of both his uncle, ...

, but on his beheading for treason in 1499 the title became forfeited.

1547 creation

The title was next conferred upon the powerful statesman and soldier John Dudley, 1st Viscount Lisle. He had already been created

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in right of his deceased mother, Elizabeth Grey, in 1543, and was made Earl of Warwick in the Peerage of England in 1547. In 1551 he was further honoured when he was created

. In January 1553 Parliament passed the earldom to his eldest son

, the second Earl. He died young in 1554, and having been attainted along with his father in August 1553, the title became extinct until it was revived in 1561 for his younger brother Ambrose, the third Earl. He served as

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and

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. On his death in 1590 the earldom became extinct.

1618 creation

The title was re-created when Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, was made Earl of Warwick in 1618. This was despite the fact that the

were not in possession of Warwick Castle (this was in the hands of the Greville family; see the 1759 creation below). His second son Henry Rich was created

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in 1623 and

in 1624. Lord Warwick was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented

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in the

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and served as

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. His eldest son, the third Earl, sat as

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for

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. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He represented

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and Essex in Parliament. On his death the line of the second Earl of Warwick failed and the titles were inherited by his first cousin Robert Rich, 2nd Earl Holland, who became the fifth Earl of Warwick as well. He was the son of the aforementioned Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, younger son of the first Earl of Warwick (see the Earl of Holland for earlier history of this branch of the family). This line of the family failed on the early death of his grandson, the seventh Earl, in 1721. The late Earl was succeeded by his second cousin Edward Rich, the eighth Earl. He was the grandson of Cope Rich, younger son of the first Earl of Holland. On his death in 1759 all the titles became extinct. Lady Mary Rich, daughter of the first Earl of Holland, married Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet, who was created

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in 1681. Also, Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter and heiress of the fifth Earl of Warwick and second Earl of Holland, married

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. Their son William Edwardes succeeded to parts of the Rich estates and was created

in the

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in 1776, a revival of the barony attached to the earldom of Holland. Charles Rich, son of Sir Edward Rich, younger son of the second Baron Rich, was created a

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in 1676 (see

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1759 creation

The title was again created in 1759 when Francis Greville, 8th Baron Brooke was made Earl of Warwick in the Peerage of Great Britain. In 1746 he had been created Earl Brooke, of Warwick Castle in the County of Warwick, in the Peerage of Great Britain. The earldom and Warwick Castle were thereby re-united for the first time in over a century. In 1767 the Earl petitioned the

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for permission to use just the more prestigious title and style of "Earl of Warwick" only, with the precedence of 1746. Such permission was never granted but the Earls nevertheless ceased to use the Brooke earldom in style, and have always been known (except in the House of Lords) simply as the Earl of Warwick. The first Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented Warwick in Parliament and served as a Lord of Trade and as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. His eldest son from his second marriage, the third Earl, sat as

for Warwick and held minor office in the second administration of

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. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Earl. He represented Warwickshire South in the House of Commons. His eldest son, the fifth Earl, was

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Member of Parliament for

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and served as

. As of 2018, the titles are held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the ninth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1996.

List of titleholders

Earls of Warwick; First creation (1088)

Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick or Henry de Newburgh (died 20 June 1119) was a Norman nobleman who rose to great prominence in the Kingdom of England. Origins Henry was a younger son of Roger de Beaumont by Adeline of Meulan, daughter of ...

(died 1119) *

Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick (c. 1102 – 12 June 1153) was the elder son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick and Margaret (d. after 1156), daughter of Geoffroy, Count of PercheDavid, Crouch"Roger, second earl of Warwick" ''Oxford ...

(c. 1102 – 1153), son, who married Gundred de Warenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth de Vermandois. * William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick (before 1140 – 1184), son, *

Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick (died 12 December 1204) was the second son of Earl Roger of Warwick and Gundreda de Warenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth de Vermandois. He was known in his elder bro ...

(1153–1204), younger brother *

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(c.1192–1229), son *

(1208–1242), son * Margaret de Beaumont, 7th Countess of Warwick (died 1253), sister ** John Marshal, ''jure uxoris'' 7th Earl of Warwick (died 1242) ** John du Plessis, ''jure uxoris'' 7th Earl of Warwick (died 1263) *

(c. 1221 – 1268), grandson of Waleran, half-cousin of Margaret *

(c. 1238 – 1298), great-grandson of Waleran, nephew of William (8th) *

Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (c. 127212 August 1315) was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite, Piers Gaveston. Guy was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl ...

(c. 1272 – 1315), son of William (9th) *

Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG (c. 14 February 131313 November 1369), sometimes styled as Lord Warwick, was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His reputation as a military leader was so f ...

(c. 1313 – 1369), son of Guy *

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(1338–1401), son of Thomas (11th) *

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (25 or 28 January 138230 April 1439) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander. Early life Beauchamp was born at Salwarpe Court Richard Gough, ''Description of the Beauchamp chapel, adjoi ...

(1382–1439), son of Thomas (12th), the Earl of Warwick in

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's '' First Part of Henry the Sixth'' * Henry de Beauchamp, 14th Earl of Warwick (1425–1446), son of Richard (created Duke of Warwick in 1445) * Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (1444–1449), daughter of Henry (14th) * Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick (1426–1492), daughter of Richard (13th) ** Richard Neville, ''jure uxoris'' 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471) (Warwick the Kingmaker) *

(1475–1499), grandson of Anne (16th)

Duke of Warwick (1445–1446)

Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick Henry Beauchamp, 14th Earl and Duke of Warwick (22 March 142511 June 1446) was an English nobleman. Life Henry was the son of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, and Isabel le Despenser. In 1434, he married Cecily Neville, the eldest daug ...

(1425–1446)

Earls of Warwick; Second creation (1547)

* John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1st Earl of Warwick (1504–1553) *

John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, KB (1527(?) – 21 October 1554) was an English nobleman and the heir of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, leading minister and regent under King Edward VI from 1550–1553. As his father's career ...

(c. 1527 – 1554) * Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick (c. 1530 – 1590)

Earls of Warwick; Third creation (1618)

''Other title:

Baron Rich Baron Rich was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1547 and was absorbed into the Earldom of Warwick in 1618. It became extinct in 1759. History The title was created in 1547 for Sir Richard Rich who was made Baron Rich, of ...

(1547)'' *

Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (December 1559 – 24 March 1619), was an English nobleman, known as Baron Rich between 1581 and 1618, when he was created Earl of Warwick. He was the first husband of Penelope Devereux, whom he d ...

(1559–1619) *

Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (5 June 158719 April 1658), Lord of the Manor of Hunningham,Hunningham, in A History of the County of Warwick: Vol. 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 117–120. was an English colonial ad ...

(1587–1658) *

Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick (28 June 1611 – 29 May 1659 in London), supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War (his father the 2nd Earl supported the Parliament of England). Biography Robert Rich was the eldest son of Robert Ri ...

(1611–1659) *

Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick (abt 1623 – 24 Aug 1673), styled The Honourable Charles Rich until 1658, was an English peer and politician. Rich was the second son of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick and Frances Hatton. As a young man, he ...

(1623–1673) * Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl of Holland (1620–1675) **Henry Rich, Lord Kensington (1642–1659) * Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick, 3rd Earl of Holland (1673–1701) * Edward Henry Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl of Holland (1698–1721) * Edward Rich, 8th Earl of Warwick, 5th Earl of Holland (1695–1759)

Earls of Warwick; Fourth creation (1759), also Earls Brooke (1746)

''Other title: Baron Brooke (1621)'' * Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, 1st Earl Brooke (1719–1773) * George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl Brooke (1746–1816) **George Greville, Lord Brooke (1772–1786) * Henry Richard Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick, 3rd Earl Brooke (1779–1853) * George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl Brooke (1818–1893) * Francis Richard Charles Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick, 5th Earl Brooke (1853–1924) * Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl Brooke (1882–1928) * Charles Guy Fulke Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, 7th Earl Brooke (1911–1984) *David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Earl of Warwick, 8th Earl Brooke (1934–1996) *Guy David Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick, 9th Earl Brooke (born 1957) The

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is the present holder's son Charles Fulke Chester Greville, Lord Brooke (born 1982)

Other uses

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Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *

External links

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Pedigree of Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick
{{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of England Earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1088 Noble titles created in 1547 Noble titles created in 1618 Noble titles created in 1759

Earls of Warwick Forfeited earldoms in the Peerage of England