* 1792 – John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English statesman ( d. 1840 )

* 1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician ( d. 1751 )

The most nearly complete collection of Aldine editions ever brought together was in the Althorp library of the 2nd Earl Spencer, now in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

* 1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English statesman ( d. 1701 )

* 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scots army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.

The title of Baron Abergavenny, in the Nevill family, dates from Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny ( d. 1476 ), who was the youngest son of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland by his second wife Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, first Duke of Lancaster.

* John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 1865 – 1868

* John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1891 – 1894

* John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1896 – 1902

* John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1902 – 1905

One of the chief commanders at both Crecy and Poitiers was John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, mentioned above.

* Back to Basics, a government policy slogan portrayed by opponents and the press as a morality campaign to compare it with a contemporaneous succession of sex scandals in John Major's government which led to the resignation of Tim Yeo and the Earl of Caithness, among others ( 1994 )

Sir Robert Gordon, a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, acquired the lease in 1830 and made major alterations to the castle, with baronial-style extensions designed by John Smith of Aberdeen.

It is now held by Clement Attlee's grandson John Richard Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee.

Four-fifths of the cost for the venture was paid for by noble lords, who were among the most powerful men in England: the Earl of Orford, The Baron of Romney, the Duke of Shrewsbury and Sir John Somers.

The board complained that Pfeiffer was too removed from management and the troops, as he surrounded himself with a " clique " of Chief Financial Officer Earl Mason, Senior Vice-President John Rose, and Human Resources Chief Hans Gutsch.

Rosen assumed the capacity of interim CEO and began " cleaning house ", as shortly afterward many of Pfeiffer's top executives resigned or were pushed out, including John Rando, Earl Mason, and John Rose.

The dukedom was created in 1702 by Queen Anne ; John Churchill, whose wife was a favourite of the queen, had earlier been made Lord Churchill of Eyemouth in the Scottish peerage ( 1682 ), which became extinct with his death, and Earl of Marlborough ( 1689 ) by King William III.

* John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), became Duke of Marlborough in 1702

: Lord Blandford's heir apparent: George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland ( b. 1992 ), his elder son

Oxford was the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding.

He was born on 12 April 1550 at the de Vere ancestral home, Castle Hedingham, the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and his second wife, Margery Golding.

Both the 16th Earl and the Countess of Oxford had established court connections: John accompanying Princess Elizabeth from house arrest at Hatfield to the throne, and Margery being appointed a Maid of Honor in 1559.

** Earl Hindman, American actor ( d. 2003 )

* Earl Hindman — actor best known for portraying Wilson W. Wilson Jr. on the sitcom Home Improvement, was born in Bisbee in 1942.

Lead actors in the movie are Johnny Cash, Andy Griffith & Earl Hindman.

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* Earl Hindman as J. T.

* Earl Hindman ... Chet / Black John / Jerry ( voice )

The case was legally resolved on October 19, 1973 when U. S. District Judge Earl R. Larson held the ENIAC patent invalid, ruling that the ENIAC derived many basic ideas from the Atanasoff – Berry Computer.

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS ( 3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967 ) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

On 18 October, he was created 1st Earl Beatty, Viscount Borodale and Baron Beatty of the North Sea and Brooksby.

* 18 October 1919 – 1936: Admiral of the Fleet the Right Honourable the Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO

* Earl Beatty, Viscount Borodale of Wexford in the County of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby in the County of Leicester-18 October 1919

In October 1595 Oxford wrote to his brother in law, Sir Robert Cecil of friction between himself and the ill-fated Earl of Essex, partly over his claim to the property, terming him ' the only person that I dare rely upon in the court '.

Since Mountbatten had no sons, when he was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma of Romsey in the County of Southampton on 27 August 1946 and then Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey in the County of Southampton on 28 October 1947, the Letters Patent were drafted such that in the event he left no sons or issue in the male line, the titles could pass to his daughters, in order of seniority of birth, and to their heirs male respectively.

* 1656-In a letter to Councillor General Montagu ( afterwards Earl of Sandwich ), General-at-sea and one of the Protector's personal friends, Cromwell mentioned the necessity of securing a permanent base at the entry of the Mediterranean, preferably Gibraltar ( the first suggestion for the occupation of Gibraltar as a naval base had been made at an English Council of War held at sea on 20 October 1625 ).

George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen ( 6 October 1637 – 20 April 1720 ), Lord Chancellor of Scotland, was the second son of Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, ( executed in 1644 ); by his wife, Mary Forbes.

After the completion of his courses, Alexander, on 14 October 1931, married Lady Margaret Bingham, the daughter of the Earl of Lucan and with whom Alexander had two sons — Shane, born 1935, and Brian, born 1939 — and a daughter, as well as adopting another daughter during his time as Canada's governor general.

' before falling have been that during the battle Richard was abandoned by Baron Stanley ( made Earl of Derby in October ), Sir William Stanley, and Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland.

* Hester Stanhope, Viscountess Mahon ( 19 October 1755-20 July 1780 ), who married Viscount Mahon, later the 3rd Earl Stanhope, on 19 December 1774 ; three children, including the traveler and Arabist Lady Hester Stanhope.

On Palmerston's death in October, Earl Russell formed his second ministry.

* October 24 – Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey Fen drainage adventurer and soldier ( b. 1583 )

* October 13 – Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet ( b. 1702 )

* October 11 – Earl Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and builds Mississippi's first permanent rodeo arena at Columbia, Mississippi.

* October 27 – King James II of England dismisses minister Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.

* October 31 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral ( b. 1775 )

* October 31 – William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Irish astronomer ( b. 1800 )

* October 23 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( b. 1799 )

* 27 October – Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester ( executed ; b. 1262 )

* October 13 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician ( d. 1643 )

* October 19 – Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman ( b. 1537 )

* October 2 – Earl Wilson, baseball player ( d. 2005 )