Earl of Holland was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1624 for Henry Rich, 1st Baron Kensington. He was the younger son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick. Rich had already been created Baron Kensington in 1623, also in the Peerage of England. His eldest son, the second Earl, succeeded his first cousin as fifth Earl of Warwick in 1673. All the titles became extinct on the death of the eighth Earl of Warwick and fifth Earl of Holland in 1759. Lady Mary Rich, daughter of the first Earl of Holland, married Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet, who was created Earl of Breadalbane and Holland in 1681. Also, Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter and heiress of the fifth Earl of Warwick and second Earl of Holland, married Francis Edwardes. Their son William Edwardes succeeded to parts of the Rich estates and was created Baron Kensington in the Peerage of Ireland in 1776. The "Holland" in question is that in the English county of Lincolnshire, not the one in the Netherlands.
Earls of Holland (1624)
- Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1590–1649)
- Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Holland and 5th Earl of Warwick (c. 1620–1675)
See Earl of Warwick for further holders.
See also
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
- www.thepeerage.com
