Earl of Sussex

Arms of Lennard: Or, on a fess gules three fleurs-de-lys of the field^[1]

Arms of Radcliffe: Argent, a bend engrailed sable

Earl of Sussex is a title that has been created several times in the Peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The early Earls of Arundel (up to 1243) were often also called Earls of Sussex.

The fifth creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1717 in favour of Talbot Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Longueville. The Yelverton family descended from Christopher Yelverton, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1597 to 1598. Christopher's grandson and namesake, Christopher Yelverton, was created a baronet, of Easton Mauduit in the County of Northampton, in the Baronetage of England in 1641. He was succeeded by his son, Henry, the second Baronet. He married Susan Longueville, suo jure 13th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. Their eldest son, Charles, succeeded in both the baronetcy and barony. However, he died young and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry, the fifteenth Baron. In 1690 he was created Viscount Longueville in the Peerage of England. Henry's son, Talbot, the aforementioned second Viscount, was created Earl of Sussex in 1717. Henry's two sons, George and Henry, both succeeded in the earldom. The baronetcy, viscountcy and earldom became extinct on Henry's death in 1799. He was succeeded in the barony of Grey de Ruthyn by his grandson, Henry, the nineteenth Baron, the son of his daughter Lady Barbara Yelverton by Colonel Edward Thoroton Gould. See Baron Grey de Ruthyn for further history of this title.

Earls of Sussex; First creation (1282)

• John de Warenne, 1st Earl of Sussex (1231–1304)
• John de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1286–1347)

Earls of Sussex; Second creation (1529)

Monument to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Radcliffe Earls of Sussex in St Andrew's Church, Boreham, Essex
Originally built in the 16th century and rebuilt in the 19th, the Sussex Chapel running south off the chancel is for this 1587-1589 tomb of the first three Earls of Sussex, of the second creation: Robert, Henry and Thomas, built by Richard Stevens of Southwark, in the Grade I listed 11th- to 15th-century Parish Church of St Andrew's, in Boreham village, Essex, England. Ape foot-rests wearing caps of maintenance.

• Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex (1483–1542)
• Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1507–1557)
• Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1525–1583)
• Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex (1532–1593)
• Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (1573–1629)
• Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex (1559–1643)

Subsidiary titles: Viscount FitzWalter (1525), Baron FitzWalter (1295) (1st–5th Earls)

Family tree

v t e Baron FitzWalter, Viscount FitzWalter, Earl FitzWalter, Viscount Harwich and Earl of Sussex (2nd creation)

Baron FitzWalter, 1295 Robert FitzWalter (1247–1326) 1st Baron FitzWalter 1295–1326 Robert FitzWalter (before 1300–1328) 2nd Baron FitzWalter John FitzWalter (before 1315–1361) 3rd Baron FitzWalter Walter FitzWalter (1345–1386) 4th Baron FitzWalter Walter FitzWalter (1368–1406) 5th Baron FitzWalter Humphrey FitzWalter (1398–1415) 6th Baron FitzWalter Walter FitzWalter (1400–1431) 7th Baron FitzWalter Elizabeth FitzWalter (1430–1485) 8th Baroness FitzWalter John Radcliffe (d. 28 March 1461) John Radcliffe (1451–1496) 9th Baron FitzWalter Viscount FitzWalter, 1525 Earl of Sussex (2nd creation), 1529 Robert Radcliffe (1483–1542) 1st Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 10th Baron FitzWalter 1525–1542 Henry Radcliffe (1507–1557) 2nd Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 11th Baron FitzWalter 1542–1557 Humphrey Radcliffe (d. 1566) Thomas Radcliffe (c. 1525–1583) 3rd Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 12th Baron FitzWalter 1557–1583 Henry Radcliffe (c. 1530–1593) 4th Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 13th Baron FitzWalter 1583–1593 Frances Radcliffe (d. 1602) Thomas Mildmay (d. 1608) Edward Radcliffe (1559–1643) 6th Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter 1629–1643 Earldom of Sussex and Viscountcy of FitzWalter extinct, 1643 Robert Radcliffe (1573–1629) 5th Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 14th Baron FitzWalter 1593–1629 Henry Mildmay (c. 1585–1654) de jure 15th Baron FitzWalter Barony of FitzWalter dormant, 1629 Robert Mildmay (d. 1646) Henry Mildmay (d. 1662) de jure 16th Baron FitzWalter Benjamin Mildmay (c. 1646–1679) 17th Baron FitzWalter de jure 1662–1667, confirmed 1667–1679 Mary Mildmay (1637–1715) Henry Mildmay (d. 13 December 1692) Earl FitzWalter and Viscount Harwich, 1730 Bridges Baronets of Goodnestone, County Kent, 1718 Charles Mildmay (1670–d. 1727/1728) 18th Baron FitzWalter Benjamin Mildmay (1672–1756) 1st Earl FitzWalter and Viscount Harwich, 19th Baron FitzWalter 1730–1756 Frederica Schomberg (1687–1751) formerly Countess of Holderness Frances Mildmay (1666–1705) Christopher Fowler Brook Bridges (1679–1728) 1st Baronet 1718–1728 Earldom of FitzWalter, Viscountcy of Harwich extinct and FitzWalter Barony (1295 creation) extinct, 1756 Edmund Fowler (c. 1701–1751) Brook Bridges (1709–1733) 2nd Baronet 1728–1733 Fanny Fowler (1746–1825) Brook William Bridges (1733–1791) 3rd Baronet Brook William Bridges (1767–1829) 4th Baronet Reverend Brook Henry (1769–1855) Reverend Brook Edward Bridges Baron FitzWalter of Woodham Walter, County Kent, 1868 Brook William Bridges (1801–1875) 5th Baronet, 1st Baron FitzWalter 1868–1875 Brook George Bridges (1802–1890) 6th Baronet 1875–1890 Eleanor Bridges (1805–1892) Reverend Henry Western Plumptre (d. 1863) Thomas Pym Bridges (1805–1895) 7th Baronet 1890–1895 George Talbot Bridges (1818–1899) 8th Baronet 1895–1899 FitzWalter Barony of Woodham Walter, County Kent extinct, 1875 Bridges Baronetcy extinct, 1899 Major John Bridges Plumptre (1832–1888) Elizabeth Wright (1835–1909) Baron FitzWalter (1295 creation) abeyance terminated, 1924 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre (1860–1932) 20th Baron FitzWalter 1924–1932 George Beresford Plumptre (1869–1934) Baron FitzWalter (1295 creation) abeyant, 1932 Baron FitzWalter (1295 creation) abeyance terminated, 1953 FitzWalter Brook Plumptre (1914–2004) 21st Baron FitzWalter 1953–2004 Julian Brook Plumptre (b. 1952) 22nd Baron FitzWalter 2004–present Edward Brook Plumptre (b. 1989)

Earls of Sussex, Third creation (1644)

Baron Savile of Pontefract (1628)

• John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract (1556–1630) (Alternative spelling Baron Savile of Pomfret)
• Thomas Savile, 2nd Baron Savile of Pontefract (1590 – c. 1659) (created Earl of Sussex in 1644)

Earls of Sussex, Third creation (1644)

• Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex (1590–1659)
• James Savile, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1647–1671)

Subsidiary titles: Viscount Savile (1628), Baron Castlebar (1628)

Earls of Sussex; Fourth creation (1674)

• Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex (1654 – 1715)

Subsidiary title: Baron Dacre (1321)

Earls of Sussex; Fifth creation (1717)

Yelverton baronets, of Easton Mauduit (1641)

Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Longueville

• Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet (died 1654)
• Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet (1633–1670)
• Charles Yelverton, 3rd Baronet (1657–1679) (succeeded as Baron Grey de Ruthyn in 1676)

Barons Grey de Ruthyn (1324)

• Charles Yelverton, 14th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1657–1679)
• Henry Yelverton, 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (died 1704) (created Viscount Longueville in 1690)

Viscounts Longueville; First creation (1690)

• Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Longueville (died 1704)
• Talbot Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Longueville (1690–1731) (created Earl of Sussex in 1717)

Earls of Sussex; Fifth creation (1717)

• Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex (1690–1731)
• George Augustus Yelverton, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1727–1758)
• Henry Yelverton, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1728–1799)

Family tree

v t e Grosvenor and Grey family tree: Dukes of Westminster, Marquesses of Westminster Earls: Grosvenor, Sussex (5th creation), and of Wilton Viscounts: Belgrave, Grey de Wilton, and de Longueville and Barons: Grey de Wilton, Grey of Ruthin (Ruthyn), Grey de Radcliffe, Ebury, Grosvenor, and Stalbridge

Baron Grey de Wilton (1st creation), 1285 Reginald Grey d. 1308 1st Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey c. 1268–1323 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton Baron Grey of Ruthin, 1324 Henry Grey 1281–1342 3rd Baron Grey de Wilton Roger Grey d. 1352/1353 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin King Edward III 1312–1377 Reynold Grey 1311–1370 4th Baron Grey de Wilton Reynold Grey c. 1322 – c. 1388 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Thomas Holland Earl of Kent c. 1314–1360 Henry Grey c. 1340–1396 5th Baron Grey de Wilton Reynold Grey c. 1362 – c. 1440 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin Elizabeth of Lancaster bef. 1363–1426 John Holland Earl of Huntingdon Duke of Exeter c. 1352–1400 Richard Grey c. 1393–1442 6th Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey c. 1387–1439 Constance Holland 1387–1437 Reynold Grey c. 1421–1493/94 7th Baron Grey de Wilton Edmund Grey c. 1362 – c. 1440 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin See Template:Dukes of Kent family tree Edmund Grey d. 1499 8th Baron Grey de Wilton George Grey 2nd Earl of Kent, 5th Baron Grey of Ruthin c. 1460–1503 Edmund Grey c. 1469–1511 9th Baron Grey de Wilton Richard Grey 3rd Earl of Kent, 6th Baron Grey of Ruthin 1481–1524 Henry Grey 4th Earl of Kent, 7th Baron Grey of Ruthin c. 1495–1562 George Grey c. 1493–1514/1515 10th Baron Grey de Wilton Thomas Grey c. 1496–1517 11th Baron Grey de Wilton Richard Grey c. 1505–1523 12th Baron Grey de Wilton William Grey c. 1509–1562 13th Baron Grey de Wilton Henry Grey 1520–1545 Arthur Grey 1536–1593 14th Baron Grey de Wilton Reginald Grey d. 1573 5th Earl of Kent, 8th Baron Grey of Ruthin Henry Grey 1541–1615 6th Earl of Kent, 9th Baron Grey of Ruthin Charles Grey c. 1545–1623 7th Earl of Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthyn Bridget Grey d. 1648 Thomas Grey 1575–1614 15th Baron Grey de Wilton Susan Grey Henry Grey c. 1583–1639 8th Earl of Kent, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthyn Barony Grey de Wilton (1st creation) extinct, 1614 Baronet of Egerton and Oulton, 1617 Roland Egerton d. 1646 1st Baronet Charles Longueville 1612–1643 12th Baron Grey de Ruthyn John Egerton d. 1674 2nd Baronet Susan Longueville d. 1676 13th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure Viscount Longueville (1st creation), 1690 John Egerton d. 1729 3rd Baronet Charles Yelverton 1657–1679 14th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Yelverton c. 1664–1703/1704 1st Viscount Longueville, 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earl of Sussex (5th creation), 1717 Holland Egerton c. 1689–1730 4th Baronet Talbot Yelverton c. 1664–1703/1704 1st Earl of Sussex, 2nd Viscount Longueville, 16th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Edward Egerton bef. 1721–1743/1744 5th Baronet Thomas Grey Egerton c. 1721–1756 6th Baronet George Augustus Yelverton 1727–1758 2nd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount de Longueville, 17th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Yelverton 1728–1799 3rd Earl of Sussex, 4th Viscount de Longueville, 18th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earldom of Sussex (5th creation) and Viscountcy de Longueville (1st creation) extinct, 1799 Baron Grosvenor of Eaton in the County of Chester, 1761 Earl Gosvenor and Viscount Belgrave of Belgrave in the County of Chester, 1784 Baron Grey de Wilton (2nd creation), 1784 Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, 1801 Richard Grosvenor 1731–1802 7th Baronet of Eaton, 1st Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Thomas Egerton 1749–1814 7th Baronet of Egerton and Oulton, 1st Earl of Wilton, Viscount Grey de Wilton, and Baron Grey de Wilton Barbara Yelverton d. 1781 Barony Grey de Wilton (2nd creation) extinct, 1784 Marquess of Westminster, 1831 Robert Grosvenor 1767–1845 1st Marquess of Westminster, 2nd Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Eleanor Egerton 1770–1846 Henry Yelverton 1780–1810 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Baron Ebury of Ebury Manor in the County of Middlesex, 1857 Richard Grosvenor 1795–1869 2nd Marquess of Westminster, 3rd Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Thomas Grosvenor (Egerton) 1799–1882 2nd Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Grosvenor 1801–1893 1st Baron Ebury Barbara Rawdon-Hastings 1810–1858 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1808–1844 Marquess of Hastings Duke of Westminster, 1874 Baron Stalbridge of Stalbridge in the County of Dorset, 1886 Baron Grey de Radcliffe in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1875 Barony Grey de Ruthin (Ruthyn) abeyance terminated, 1885 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1825–1899 1st Duke of Westminster, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, 4th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Richard de Aquila Grosvenor 1837–1912 1st Baron Stalbridge Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton 1833–1885 3rd Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, Baron Grey de Radcliffe Seymour John Grey Egerton 1839–1898 4th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Wellesley Grosvenor 1834–1918 2nd Baron Ebury Bertha Lelgarde Clifton 1835–1887 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 1842–1868 Marquess of Hastings, Earl of Loudoun, 21st Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Baron Botreaux, Baron Hungerford, Baron de Moleyns, Baron Hastings Barony Grey de Radcliffe extinct, 1885 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1868 Victor Alexander Grosvenor 1853–1884 styled Earl Grosvenor Henry George Grosvenor 1861–1914 Hugh Grosvenor 1880–1949 2nd Baron Stalbridge Arthur George Egerton 1863–1915 5th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Victor Grosvenor 1868–1921 3rd Baron Ebury Ella Cicely Mary Clifton 1856–1912 Rawdon George Grey Clifton 1858–1912 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn Cecil Talbot Clifton 1862–1934 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Barony Stalbridge extinct, 1949 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1934 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyance terminated, 1940 Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor 1879–1953 2nd Duke of Westminster, 4th Marquess of Westminster, 5th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor William Grosvenor 1894–1963 3rd Duke of Westminster, 5th Marquess of Westminster, 6th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Hugh William Grosvenor 1884–1914 Seymour Edward Frederick Egerton 1896–1927 6th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Francis Egerton Grosvenor 1883–1932 4th Baron Ebury John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Bowden 1883–1963 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1963 Gerald Hugh Grosvenor 1907–1967 4th Duke of Westminster, 6th Marquess of Westminster, 7th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Robert George Grosvenor 1910–1979 5th Duke of Westminster, 7th Marquess of Westminster, 8th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Seymour William Arthur John Egerton 1921–1999 7th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Grosvenor 1914–1957 5th Baron Ebury Francis Grosvenor b. 1934 8th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury heir presumptive to the Marquessate of Westminster Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor 1951–2016 6th Duke of Westminster, 8th Marquess of Westminster, 9th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Julian Grosvenor b. 1959 styled Viscount Grey de Wilton Heir apparent to the 8th Earldom of Wilton Hugh Grosvenor b. 1991 7th Duke of Westminster, 9th Marquess of Westminster, 10th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor

Earls of Sussex; Sixth creation (1874)

• Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1st Earl of Sussex (1850–1942)^[2]
  • Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938)
• Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1914–1943)

See also

• Duke of Sussex
• Earl of Arundel
• Yelverton baronets
• Baron Grey de Ruthyn

References

1. Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.601
2. "No. 24098". The London Gazette. 26 May 1874. p. 2779.

External links

• Earl of Sussex^[usurped]
• Sussex, Earl of (E, 1644 - 1671)
• Sussex, Earl of (E, 1674 - 1715)
• Sussex, Earl of (GB, 1717 - 1799)