Earl of Warwick
The Earl of Warwick is one of the oldest English earldoms.
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2 The Dudley Family 3 The Rich Family 4 The Greville Family: Castle and Title Reunited |
The Medieval Earldom
The medieval earldom was held to be inheritable through a female line of descent, and thus was held by several families.
- Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick (~1048 - 1119)
- Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick (~1102 - 1153)
- William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick (d. 1184)
- Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick (d. 1203?)
- Henry de Beaumont, 5th Earl of Warwick (~1195 - 1229)
- Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick (d. 1242)
- John du Plessis, 7th Earl of Warwick (d. 1262/3)
- William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick (~1220 - 1267/8)
- William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (~1240 - 1298)
- Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (d. 1315)
- Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (d. 1369)
- Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (~1339 - 1401)
- Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1381/2 - 1439)
- Henry de Beauchamp, 14th Earl of Warwick, Duke of Warwick (1424/5 - 1464)
- Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
- George, Duke of Clarence
- Edward, Earl of Warwick
The Dudley Family
The Dudley family rose to power during the reign of Henry VIII when Edmund Dudley became one of the king's ministers. He married Elizabeth Talbot, Baroness Lisle, who was a great-granddaughter of the 13th Earl.
- John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick
- John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick
- Ambrose Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick
The Rich Family
Following the death of Ambrose Dudley, the title again lapsed. It was granted anew in 1618 to Robert Rich. However, unlike previous holders of the title, the Rich family did not control Warwick Castle, ancient seat of the Earl of Warwick. This was in the hands of the Greville familly, who held the title Baron Brooke
- Robert Rich I, 1st Earl of Warwick
- Robert Rich II, 2nd Earl of Warwick
- Robert Rich III, 3rd Earl of Warwick
- Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick
- Robert Rich IV, 5th Earl of Warwick
- Edward Rich I, 6th Earl of Warwick
- Edward Henry Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick
- Edward Rich II, 8th Earl of Warwick
The Greville Family: Castle and Title Reunited
In 1759, the title of Earl of Warwick was conferred upon the Grevilles, who had owned the castle since the days of Sir Fulke Greville, Baron Brooke.
- Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick
- George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick
- Henry Richard Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick
- George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick
- Francis Richard Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick
- Leopold Guy Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick
- Charles Guy Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick
- David Greville, 8th Earl of Warwick
- Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick