Earl of Ranfurly

Earl of Ranfurly, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of Ireland, which is supported by the family Knox.

Ancestral home of the family is Maltings Chase at Nayland, Suffolk.

Award

The title was first to Thomas Knox, 2nd Viscount Northland awarded in 1831, who had previously represented for many years the County Tyrone in Ireland and later in the British House of Commons.

Subordinate title

The father of the first Earl was in 1781 created Baron Welles, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, and ten years later Viscount Northland, been of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, levied. Both titles that are still run as subordinate titles include, in the Peerage of Ireland.

The first Earl in 1826 the title of Baron Ranfurly, of Ramphorlie had already been awarded in the County of Renfrew. This also today the earldom subordinate title belongs to the peerage of the United Kingdom and resulted in the respective Earl automatically had a seat in the House of Lords.

The respective heir takes the courtesy title Viscount Northland.

List of Earls of Ranfurly and Viscount Northland

Viscount Northland (1791 )

  • Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland ( 1729-1818 )
  • Thomas Knox, 2nd Viscount Northland ( 1754-1840 ) (1831 Earl of Ranfurly applicable)

Earls of Ranfurly (1831 )

  • Thomas Knox, 1st Earl of Ranfurly ( 1754-1840 )
  • Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly ( 1786-1858 )
  • Thomas Knox, 3rd Earl of Ranfurly ( 1816-1858 )
  • Thomas Granville Henry Stuart Knox, 4th Earl of Ranfurly ( 1849-1875 )
  • Uchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly ( 1856-1933 )
  • Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly ( 1913-1988 )
  • Gerald Francoys Needham Knox, 7th Earl of Ranfurly (* 1929)

The heir apparent is the son of the present Earl, Edward John Knox, Viscount Northland (* 1957).

Swell

  • Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Editor): Debrett 's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment 's Peerage Page
  • Www.thepeerage.com
  • Earldom
  • Earl of Ranfurly
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