Earl of Aldborough

Earl of Aldborough, of the Palatinate of Upper Ormond, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland held by the Noble House of Stratford. It was created on 9 February 1777, along with the courtesy title of Viscount Amiens, for John Stratford, 1st Viscount Aldborough,^[1][2] a descendant of the English Stratford family.^[3] He had already been created Baron Baltinglass, of Baltinglass, in the County of Wicklow,^[4] on 21 May 1763, and Viscount Aldborough, of the Palatinate of Upper Ormond,^[5] on 22 July 1776.^[2] These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. Three of his sons, the second, third and fourth Earls, all succeeded in the titles.^[6] They became extinct on the death of the latter's grandson, the sixth Earl, in 1875.^[7]

Earls of Aldborough (1777)

• John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough (1697–1777)
• Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough (died 1801)
• John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough (c. 1740–1823)
• Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 4th Earl of Aldborough (c. 1746–1833)
• Mason Stratford, 5th Earl of Aldborough|Mason Gerard Stratford, 5th Earl of Aldborough (1784–1849)
• Benjamin Stratford, 6th Earl of Aldborough|Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 6th Earl of Aldborough (1808–1875)

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References

• Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary, ed. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 98–101.
• Cokayne, George E. (1998). Hammond, Peter W., ed. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. XIV, Addenda and Corrigenda. London: St. Catherine Press. p. 18.