Examples of 'first earl' in a sentence

Meaning of "first earl"

first earl: Typically refers to the highest rank of nobility in the British peerage system, above viscounts and below marquesses

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The first Earl was succeeded by his only son.
On his death the line of the first Earl failed.
The first earl of Dorincourt was created an earl hundreds of years ago.
The final phase of construction was carried out by the first Earl of Breadalbane.
The first Earl and his wife are buried in the churchyard.
It probably was built by the first Earl of Peterborough.
The first Earl Annesley had several illegitimate children but no legitimate issue.
He was the second son of the first Earl of Halifax.
The first Earl of the new creation was succeeded by his son, the second Earl.
He was the third son of the first Earl Grey.
This pike saved the First Earl of Slaughter from the beast.
In gratitude Harald made him the first Earl of Lade.
First Earl of Cornwall, you stand before us accused of treason.
His son was the first Earl Beauchamp.
The first Earl of Lytton was succeeded by his son, the second Earl.

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Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex.
It 's the First Earl driving the beast back into its cave.
In return, he was gifted this land and the title First Earl of Slaughter.
In that year, the first Earl of Lindsey inherited the Great Chamberlainship.
Hugh d'Avranches created as first Earl of Chester.
Sir Piers Gaveston, First Earl of Cornwall, you stand before us accused of treason.
Sir Alexander Carnegie, fourth son of the first Earl of Southesk.
I am Godefroy the Hardy, the first Earl of Montmirail, through the grace of Louis VI.
He was the grandson of Lady Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of the first Earl of Seafield.
He was made the first Earl of Berkeley.
Admiral Henry John Rous, was the second son of the first Earl.
The Honourable Roden Noel, son of the first Earl by his fourth marriage, was a poet.
The first Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was succeeded by his eldest son, Oliver.
He was married to the daughter of the first Earl of Lemos, Isabel Perez Osorio.
The first earl was the eldest son of Richard Wesley, the first Baron Mornington.
However, the Heimskringla states specifically that Sigurd was the first Earl of Orkney.
The First Earl constructed the original house … on top of the beast 's lair.
What the devil? This pike saved the First Earl of Slaughter from the beast.
It 's the First Earl driving the beast back into its cave . Look.
His uncle, John Digby, was the first Earl of Bristol.
The first Earl was succeeded by his son, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury.
Thomas Cecil, first earl of Exeter.
For a complete and authoritative biography, see, Haley, The First Earl of Shaftesbury.
Henry Rich, first earl of Holland.
William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell, was the elder brother of the first Earl of Eldon.
He was created the first earl of Queensberry in 1633, originating the still-extant Queensberry titles.
David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk, was the elder brother of the first Earl.
The first Earl Canning was childless and on his death in 1862 both titles became extinct.
Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe was the nephew of the first Earl.
I, Evan R. Lawson, first Earl of Passaic, am proud to present our humble abode.
He was the son of the Hon. Charles Yorke, second son of the first Earl.
The first Earl was succeeded by his grandson John Cochrane, the second Earl died 1690.
Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, was the third son of the first Earl.
His son-in-law, Henry Rich, the first Earl of Holland eventually inherited the house.
Pollard, revised by Sean Kelsey, ' Villiers, Christopher, first earl of Anglesey d.

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