On his death, the title passed to his son Martin Richard Attlee, 2nd Earl Attlee ( 1927 – 91 ).

:* William Godolphin, Marquess of Blandford ( 1700 – 1731 ), elder son of the 2nd Duchess, predeceased his mother without issue

* 587: In the 2nd year of Yōmei-tennō's reign ( 用明天皇2年 ), the emperor died, and despite a dispute over who should follow him as sovereign, the succession (‘‘ senso ’’) was received by another son of Emperor Kimmei, one of Yōmei's younger brothers.

The first son was reportedly named after his godfather Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford.

* 1469 3 June – After the death of Alfonso de Castilla and the 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia, his son and heir Enrique de Guzman, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia changed side and in reward, saw the status of Gibraltar, as part of the domains of the Duke, confirmed by the Queen Isabella I of Castile.

His only surviving son, William, succeeded him as 2nd earl of Aberdeen.

* William Randolph Hearst III, son of 2nd son William Randolph Hearst, Jr.

* 1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.

He was the eldest son of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley ( 4th son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran ), and of Margaret, daughter of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton.

The followers of Bardaisan of Mesopotamia, a sect of the 2nd century deemed heretical by the Catholic Church, drew upon Chaldean astrology, to which Bardaisan's son Harmonius, educated in Athens, added Greek ideas including a sort of metempsychosis.

* Sir William Compton ( 1625-1663 ; third son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton )

Sarah's son, Carlos Martínez de Irujo, 2nd Marquis of Casa Irujo, would later become Prime Minister of Spain.

* 261 BC: Antiochus II Theos, 2nd son, at the death of his father becomes emperor of the Seleucid empire.

** Charles Adams, second son of John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States ( b. 1770 )

* Ferdinand I ( 1403 – 1478 ), 2nd Duke of Braganza, son of Afonso I, 1st Duke of Braganza

Carlisle died shortly after, but his son, the 2nd Earl of Carlisle, leased the patents to Lord Willoughby for 21 years in 1647.

** Ninth son: Imperial Prince Yutahito ( 豊仁親王 ) ( 2nd Northern Pretender Emperor Kōmyō

* 1423 ( Ōei 30, 2nd month ): Shogun Yoshimochi retired in favor of his son, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, who was 17 years old.

Sir Edward Borough was the eldest son of the 2nd Baron's eldest son, Sir Thomas Borough, who would become the 1st Baron Burgh in December 1529 after his father was declared insane.

Fearing the Woodvilles would attempt to seize power, Richard quickly moved to take control of the young king and had Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers and Richard Grey, brother and son to Queen Elizabeth arrested and beheaded.

* Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford ( 1701 – 31 March 1751 ), who married Margaret Rolle ( 17 January 1709 – 13 January 1781 ), later the 15th Baroness Clinton, on 26 March 1724 and had one son.

The following year, Edward III bestowed the title ( 2nd creation ) on his fourth son, John of Gaunt, who was also married to the first duke's daughter.

* 3rd son ( Illegitimate 2nd son ): Araki Magozaburo-Born on October 6, 1885.

* Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough ( 1681 – 1733 ), eldest daughter of the 1st Duke, succeeded her father by Act of Parliament ( 1706 )

John de la Pole was Duke of Suffolk and John Howard was Duke of Norfolk ( 2nd creation ), while the duchy of Cornwall was reserved as a title and source of income for the eldest son of the sovereign, and the duchy of Lancaster was now held by the monarch.

Sometime before 1499, Boleyn married Lady Elizabeth Howard, eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney.

Sir Henry Percy KG ( 20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403 ) was the eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby, and Alice de Audley.

Henry Percy was born 20 May 1364 at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, the eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph de Neville, 2nd Lord Neville of Raby, and Alice de Audley.

He had been predeceased by his eldest son and heir, George Stanley, Lord Strange by a matter of months and was succeeded as Earl by his grandson, Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby.

Their eldest son, Sir Mark Thatcher, became the 2nd Baronet upon his father's death in 2003.

Marshal's eldest son, William Marshal ( d. 1231 ), 2nd Earl of Pembroke of this line, passed some years in warfare in Wales and Ireland, where he was justiciar from 1224 to 1226 ; he also served Henry III in France.

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke ( 1580 – 1630 ), eldest son of the 2nd Earl and his famous countess, was a conspicuous figure in the society of his time and at the court of James I.

His eldest surviving son, Philip ( 1621 – 1669 ), became 5th Earl of Pembroke, and 2nd Earl of Montgomery ; he was twice married, and was succeeded in turn by three of his sons, of whom Thomas, the 8th Earl ( c. 1656 – 1733 ), was a person of note during the reigns of William III and Anne.

His eldest son Raymond Asquith was killed at the Somme in 1916 ; thus, the peerage passed to Raymond's only son Julian, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith ( born in 1916, only a few months before his grandfather's resignation as Prime Minister ).

* William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire ( 1591 – 1628 ), eldest son of the 1st Earl

* John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare ( 1595 – 1666 ), eldest son of the 1st Earl

* Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare ( 1633 – 1689 ), second ( eldest adult ) son of the 2nd Earl

:* George Pelham-Clinton, Lord Clinton ( 1745 – 1752 ), eldest son of the 2nd Duke, died young

The 9th Duke was succeeded by his and Consuelo Vanderbilt's eldest son: John, 10th Duke of Marlborough ( 1897 – 1972 ) who after eleven years as a widower, remarried at the age of 74, to ( Frances ) Laura Charteris, formerly the wife of the 2nd Viscount Long and the 3rd Earl of Dudley, and granddaughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss.

Langley died in 1402 and the castle was inherited by his eldest son Edward, 2nd Duke of Albemarle.

His eldest son Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley, married Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of King Henry VII, and also Eleanor Nevill.

Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, the king's eldest daughter, is the Director of Cultural and Social Projects of Mapfre Foundation, while Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, the king's youngest daughter, served as the Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations for the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing, and is a member of the Dali Foundation Board of Trustees, president of the International Foundation for Disabled Sailing, and Director of Social Welfare at the La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona where she lives with her family.

Her eldest daughter, Isabel de Verdun married Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby, and her younger daughter, Elizabeth d ' Amory, married John Bardolf, 3rd Lord Bardolf of Wormegay, Knight Banneret ( 1314 – 1363 ).

While talking to a friend in a bookseller's shop at Tunbridge, Wycherley heard The Plain Dealer asked for by a lady who, in the person of the countess of Drogheda ( Letitia Isabella Robartes, eldest daughter of the 1st Earl of Radnor and widow of the 2nd Earl of Drogheda ), answered all the requirements.

The eldest son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, he was captain of the 83rd Regiment from 1824, and was active in suppressing the Canadian rebellion in 1837.