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

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

* 1661 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman ( d. 1715 )

* 1590 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier ( d. 1649 )

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

* 1716 – Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral

After being expelled from Poitou by their overlord, Richard the Lion-hearted, for the murder of Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Amalric arrived in Palestine c. 1174, Guy possibly later.

* 1782 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician ( b. 1710 )

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.

He married the heiress of Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, whose father had inherited the castle and estate of Abergavenny, and was summoned in 1392 to parliament as Lord Bergavenny.

From him it has descended continuously, through fifteen individuals, the title being increased to an Earldom in 1784 ; and in 1876 William Nevill 5th Earl ( b. 1826 ), ( d. 1915 ) an indefatigable and powerful supporter of the Tory Party, was created 1st Marquess of Abergavenny.

* 1287 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March ( d. 1330 )

* 1621 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier, statesman, and dramatist ( d. 1679 )

Kevin Kiernan argues that Nowell most likely acquired it through William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, in 1563, when Nowell entered Cecil ’ s household as a tutor to his ward, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, ( 21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881 ) was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure.

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | Lord Kitchener, a possible inspiration for Big Brother

* John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 1865 – 1868

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

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

* Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith ( 1925 ) 1908 – 1916

* Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith ( 1925 ) 1916 – 1926

The establishment of the bank was devised by Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, in 1694, to the plan which had been proposed by William Paterson three years before, but had not been acted upon.

The family believed themselves to be related to Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.

Early collections of English ballads were made by Samuel Pepys ( 1633 – 1703 ) and in the Roxburghe Ballads collected by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer ( 1661 – 1724 ).

** David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG ( 1435 – 29 July 1504 ) was titular King of Mann, an English nobleman and stepfather to King Henry VII of England.

Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, titular King of Mann, KG, Lord Marshal ( 10 November 1341 – 20 February 1408 ) was the son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendent of Henry III of England.

The series and titular character debuted in 1st Issue Special # 8 ( November 1975 ), and was created by Mike Grell.

William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, was the last titular Governor of Jersey

On 2 July 1800 the 4th Duke of Melfort succeeded as heir male of the attainted Earldom of Perth and titular 9th Duke of Perth, Marquess of Drummond, Earl of Stobhall, Viscount of Cargill and Lord Concraig, on the death of his second cousin once removed, James Drummond, Lord Perth and Baron Drummond of Stobhall ( a descendant of the 1st Earl and Duke of Melfort from his first marriage, to Sophie Maitland ).

The titular 6th Duke of Melfort proved his descent from the 1st Earl of Melfort in 1848, and by a reversal of his ancestors ' attainder on 28 June 1853, became 5th Earl of Perth and Lord Drummond of Stobhall, Earl of Melfort, Viscount of Forth and Lord Drummond of Riccartoun, Castlemains and Gilstoun, Viscount of Melfort and Lord Drummond of Gillestoun and Lord Drummond of Cargill.

* 1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader ( d. 1734 )

Afonso de Albuquerque ( or archaically spelt as Aphonso d ' Albuquerque and also spelt as Alfonso, and Alphonso ; ; 1453December 16, 1515 ), 1st Duke of Goa, was a Portuguese fidalgo, or nobleman, an admiral whose military and administrative activities as second governor of Portuguese India conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian Ocean.

* Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza, son of John I of Portugal.

* 1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman ( d. 1628 )

* Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( 1769 – 1852 ), Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman

* 1648 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet ( d. 1721 )

Feeling against Catholics, and especially against James, Duke of York, was running strongly ; the Exclusion Bill had been passed by the House of Commons, and the popularity of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, was very great.

As a military strategist, historians compare him to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, conservative, cautious, and competent.

On the battlefield, it is probably fair to say, Charles was comparable in skill and style to Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington-quite conservative and yet exceedingly competent.

The John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough | Duke of Marlborough's march from Bedburg ( near Cologne ) to the Danube.

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ) by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

These proved crucial in 1813 and 1814, when Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington's army besieged the city in the Napoleonic Wars, only taking it when they used a bridge of ships across the Adour to position artillery around the city.

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough was one of the first generals in the British Army, fighting campaigns in the War of the Spanish Succession.

The Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | Duke of Wellington's and Field Marshal von Blücher's triumph over Napoleon I of France | Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo

** Afonso, 8th Count of Barcelos, 1st Duke of Braganza ( 1442 ).

** Ferdinand II, 3rd Duke of Braganza and 1st Duke of Guimarães ( 1475 ).

** John I, 6th Duke of Braganza and 1st Duke of Barcelos ( 1562 ).

By means of her mother, Catherine had a stronger legitimate claim to the English throne than King Henry VII himself through the first two wives of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster: Blanche of Lancaster and the Spanish Infanta Constance of Castile.

Attacks upon the monopolists by Parliament for the abuse of prices led to the scapegoating of Francis Bacon by George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, leading to Bacon's impeachment before the Lords, the first of its kind which was not officially sanctioned by the King in the form of a bill of attainder since 1459.