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Not to be confused with Earl of Stafford.
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (of the first creation)
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
(of the first creation)

Earl of Strafford is a title that has been created three times in British history. The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1640 for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, the close advisor of King Charles I. The Peerage of England comprises all Peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford ( April 13, 1593 &ndash May 12, 1641) was an English statesman and a major figure in Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. He had already been created Baron Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, Baron of Newmarch and Oversley, in 1628, Viscount Wentworth in 1629 and was made Baron Raby at the same time he was given the earldom. In 1641 he was attainted. A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of Attainder) is an act of Legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of His son successfully had the attainder reversed in 1662, but died without heirs in 1695 when the barony of Wentworth, viscountcy and earldom became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony of Raby according to a special remainder by his first cousin once removed, Thomas Wentworth, the third Baron. He was the grandson of Sir William Wentworth, younger brother of the first Earl of the 1640 creation. In 1711 the earldom was revived when he was created Viscount Wentworth and Earl of Strafford in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of However, all titles became extinct on the death of the third Earl in 1799.

The title was created for a third time in 1847 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, when the prominent soldier John Byng, 1st Baron Strafford, was made Viscount Enfield, of Enfield in the County of Middlesex, and Earl of Strafford. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when Field Marshal John Byng 1st Earl of Strafford, GCB, GCH, PC (I (1772 &ndash 3 June 1860) was a British He had already been created Baron Strafford, of Harmondsworth in the County of Middlesex, in 1833. Byng was the grandson the Hon. Robert Byng, third son of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, and the great-grandson of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (of the second creation). George Byng 1st Viscount Torrington, KB PC (1668 &ndash 17 January, 1733) was a British Admiral and statesman of the late 17th He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He was a Whig politician and held minor office under Lord Grey, Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764 &ndash 17 July 1845 known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807 was a British William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS (15 March 1779 &ndash 24 November 1848 was a British Whig Statesman who John Russell 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 &ndash 28 May 1878 known as Lord John Russell before 1861 was an English

His eldest son, the third Earl, was a Liberal politician and served under William Gladstone as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Under-Secretary of State for India. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is a junior position in the British government since 1782 subordinate to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office during the period of British rule In 1874, twelve years before he succeeded his father, he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Strafford. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" A writ in acceleration, commonly called a writ of acceleration was a type of writ of summons to the House of Lords that enabled the eldest son and Heir apparent On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Earl. He was a clergyman. His son, the sixth Earl, was a County Alderman in Middlesex and Hertfordshire. An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of He was succeeded by his nephew, the seventh Earl. He was the second but only surviving son of the Hon. Ivo Francis Byng, fourth son of the fifth Earl. As of 2007 the titles are held by his eldest son, the eighth Earl, who succeeded in 1984. As a descendant of the first Viscount Torrington Lord Strafford is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles the barony of Byng and baronetcy of Wrotham.

Another member of the Byng family was the soldier Field Marshal Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. For other meanings see Field Marshal (disambiguation Field marshal is a military officer rank Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy GCB GCMG MVO ( 11 September 1862 &ndash He was the youngest son of the second Earl of Strafford from his second marriage.

The family seat is Apple Tree Cottage, near Winchester, Hampshire. Winchester or Winton ( archaic) is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40000 within a radius of its centre Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain

Contents

Earls of Strafford, First Creation (1640)

Barons Raby (1640; Reverted)

Earls of Strafford, Second Creation (1711)

Earls of Strafford, Third Creation (1847)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son William Robert Byng, Viscount Enfield (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive 1964)

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