Earl of Normanton is a title in the

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. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton,

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. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of

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in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Viscount Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1800, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Normanton sat in the

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from 1800 to 1809 as one of the 28 original

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. His grandson, the third Earl, represented Wilton in Parliament from 1841 to 1852. In 1873, he was created Baron Somerton, of

Somerley Somerley is a large Georgian Grade II* listed English country house that is situated in the civil parish of Ellingham and Harbridge with Ibsley in the New Forest district in Hampshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) west of the New Fores ...

in the

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, in the

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. This peerage gave the Earls a seat in the

. , the titles are held by the third Earl's great-great-grandson, the seventh Earl, who succeeded his father in that year. The first Earl of Normanton was the younger brother of

James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (25 March 1734 – 1 January 1789), was an Irish peer and politician and held the office of one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. Family He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, ...

and the nephew of the politician Welbore Ellis. The latter was in 1794 created Baron Mendip, of

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in the

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with remainder to his nephews Lord Clifden, the future Lord Normanton and a younger brother. On Lord Mendip's death in 1802, the barony passed according to the special remainder to his great-nephew the second Viscount Clifden. The titles remained united until 1974, when the Viscountcy of Clifden became extinct. However, the barony of Mendip survived, and was inherited by the sixth Earl of Normanton, who became the ninth Baron Mendip as well. The family seat is

Somerley House Somerley is a large Georgian Grade II* listed English country house that is situated in the civil parish of Ellingham and Harbridge with Ibsley in the New Forest district in Hampshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) west of the New For ...

, near Ringwood,

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Earls of Normanton (1806)

Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (22 December 1736 – 14 July 1809), was an Anglo-Irish clergyman of the Church of Ireland. He served as Dean of Kilmore, as Bishop of Cloyne, as Archbishop of Cashel, and finally as Archbishop of Dublin from ...

(1736–1809),

Welbore Ellis Agar, 2nd Earl of Normanton Welbore Ellis Agar, 2nd Earl of Normanton (12 November 1778 — 26 August 1868) was an Irish peer and landowner, of Anglo-Irish origins, who spent most of his life in England, where he acquired the Somerley estate in 1825. His father was Charle ...

(1778–1868) *

James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton Deputy Lieutenant, DL (17 September 1818 – 19 December 1896), styled Viscount Somerton from birth until 1868, was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative and later Peelite member of ...

(1818–1896) *

Sidney James Agar, 4th Earl of Normanton Sidney James Agar, 4th Earl of Normanton (9 April 1865 – 25 November 1933) was a British and Irish peer and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1896 until his death. The second son of James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, 3rd Ear ...

(1865–1933) * Edward John Sidney Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton (1910–1967) * Shaun James Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton (1945–2019) *James Shaun Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, 7th Earl of Normanton (b. 1982) who, through his marriage to Lady Lucy Alexander is a son-in-law of

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. The

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is the present holder's eldest son Arthur Alexander Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, Viscount Somerton (b. 2016).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Normanton Earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1806

Earls of Normanton (1806)

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