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List of Earls in order of precedence

This is a list of Earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The general order of precedence among Earls is:
  1. Earls of England
  2. Earls of Scotland
  3. Earls of Great Britain
  4. Earls of Ireland created before 1801
  5. Earls of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801

Earls of England

  1. The Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford
  2. The Earl of Derby
  3. The Earl of Huntingdon
  4. The Earl of Devon
  5. The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
  6. The Earl of Lincoln
  7. The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire
  8. The Earl of Denbigh and Desmond
  9. The Earl of Westmorland
  10. The Earl of Lindsey and Abingdon
  11. The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham
  12. The Earl of Sandwich
  13. The Earl of Essex
  14. The Earl of Carlisle
  15. The Earl of Shaftesbury
  16. The Earl of Portland
  17. The Earl of Scarbrough
  18. The Earl of Albermale
  19. The Earl of Coventry
  20. The Earl of Jersey

Earls of Scotland

  1. The Countess of Mar
  2. The Countess of Sutherland
  3. The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
  4. The Earl of Mar and Kellie
  5. The Earl of Erroll
  6. The Earl of Caithness
  7. The Earl of Rothes
  8. The Earl of Morton
  9. The Earl of Buchan
  10. The Earl of Eglinton
  11. The Earl of Moray
  12. The Earl of Home
  13. The Earl of Perth
  14. The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
  15. The Earl of Haddington
  16. The Earl of Galloway
  17. The Earl of Lauderdale
  18. The Earl of Lindsay
  19. The Earl of Loudoun
  20. The Earl of Kinnoull
  21. The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine
  22. The Earl of Wemyss and March
  23. The Earl of Dalhousie
  24. The Earl of Airlie
  25. The Earl of Leven and Melville
  26. The Countess of Dysart
  27. The Earl of Selkirk (presently disclaimed by the Lord Selkirk of Douglas)
  28. The Earl of Northesk
  29. The Earl of Dundee
  30. The Earl of Newburgh
  31. The Earl of Annadale and Hartfell
  32. The Earl of Dundonald
  33. The Earl of Kintore
  34. The Earl of Dunmore
  35. The Earl of Orkney
  36. The Earl of Seafield
  37. The Earl of Stair
  38. The Earl of Rosebery
  39. The Earl of Glasgow

Earls of Great Britain

  1. The Earl Ferrers
  2. The Earl of Dartmouth
  3. The Earl of Tankerville
  4. The Earl of Aylesford
  5. The Earl of Macclesfield
  6. The Earl Waldegrave
  7. The Earl of Harrington
  8. The Earl of Portsmouth
  9. The Earl Brooke and of Warwick (known as the Earl of Warwick)
  10. The Earl of Buckinghamshire
  11. The Earl of Guilford
  12. The Earl of Hardwicke
  13. The Earl of Ilchester
  14. The Earl De La Warr
  15. The Earl of Radnor
  16. The Earl Spencer
  17. The Earl Bathurst
  18. The Earl of Clarendon
  19. The Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
  20. The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
  21. The Earl Fortescue
  22. The Earl of Carnarvon
  23. The Earl Cadogan
  24. The Earl of Malmesbury

Earls of Ireland prior to 1801

  1. The Earl of Cork and Orrery
  2. The Earl of Westmeath
  3. The Earl of Meath
  4. The Earl of Cavan
  5. The Earl of Drogheda
  6. The Earl of Granard
  7. The Earl of Darnley
  8. The Earl of Egmont
  9. The Earl of Bessborough
  10. The Earl of Carrick
  11. The Earl of Shannon
  12. The Earl of Lanesborough
  13. The Earl of Arran
  14. The Earl of Courtown
  15. The Earl of Mexborough
  16. The Earl Winterton
  17. The Earl of Kingston
  18. The Earl of Roden
  19. The Earl of Lisburn
  20. The Earl of Clanwilliam
  21. The Earl of Antrim
  22. The Earl of Longford
  23. The Earl of Portalington
  24. The Earl of Mayo
  25. The Earl Annesley
  26. The Earl of Enniskillen
  27. The Earl Erne
  28. The Earl of Lucan
  29. The Earl Belmore
  30. The Earl Castle Stewart
  31. The Earl of Donoughmore
  32. The Earl of Caledon

Earls of the United Kingdom and of Ireland after 1801

  1. The Earl of Rosslyn
  2. The Earl of Craven
  3. The Earl of Onslow
  4. The Earl of Romney
  5. The Earl of Chichester
  6. The Earl of Wilton
  7. The Earl of Limerick
  8. The Earl of Clancarty
  9. The Earl of Powis
  10. The Earl Nelson
  11. The Earl of Gosford
  12. The Earl of Rosse
  13. The Earl of Normanton
  14. The Earl Grey
  15. The Earl of Lonsdale
  16. The Earl of Harrowby
  17. The Earl of Harewood
  18. The Earl of Minto
  19. The Earl Cathcart
  20. The Earl of Verulam
  21. The Earl of Saint Germans
  22. The Earl of Morley
  23. The Earl of Bradford
  24. The Earl of Eldon
  25. The Earl Howe
  26. The Earl of Stradbroke
  27. The Earl Temple of Stowe
  28. The Earl of Kilmorey
  29. The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
  30. The Earl of Listowel
  31. The Earl of Norbury
  32. The Earl Cawdor
  33. The Earl of Ranfurly
  34. The Earl of Lichfield
  35. The Earl of Durham
  36. The Earl Granville
  37. The Earl of Effingham
  38. The Earl of Ducie
  39. The Earl of Yarborough
  40. The Earl of Leicester
  41. The Earl of Lovelace
  42. The Earl of Gainsborough
  43. The Earl of Strafford
  44. The Earl of Cottenham
  45. The Earl Cowley
  46. The Earl of Dudley
  47. The Earl Russell
  48. The Earl of Cromartie
  49. The Earl of Kimberley
  50. The Earl of Wharncliffe
  51. The Earl Cairns
  52. The Earl of Lytton
  53. The Earl of Selborne
  54. The Earl of Iddesleigh
  55. The Earl of Cranbrook
  56. The Earl of Halsbury
  57. The Earl of Cromer
  58. The Earl of Plymouth
  59. The Earl of Liverpool
  60. The Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
  61. The Earl Saint Aldwyn
  62. The Earl Beatty
  63. The Earl Haig
  64. The Earl of Iveagh
  65. The Earl of Balfour
  66. The Earl of Oxford and Asquith
  67. The Earl Jellicoe
  68. The Earl of Inchcape
  69. The Earl Peel
  70. The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
  71. The Earl of Halifax
  72. The Earl of Gowrie
  73. The Earl Lloyd George
  74. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma
  75. The Earl Alexander of Tunis
  76. The Earl of Swinton
  77. The Earl Attlee
  78. The Earl of Snowdon
  79. The Earl of Stockton
  80. The Earl of Wessex