Earl of Carnarvon
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The title Earl of Carnarvon has been created several times in British history.
It was first created in 1628 for the 2nd Baron Dormer, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Ascott. That creation became extinct in 1709, though the Barony of Dormer is still extant.
The title was created again in 1714 for the 9th Baron Chandos, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Wilton. The 1st Earl was created Marquess of Carnarvon and Duke of Chandos in 1719. These titles became extinct in 1789.
The title was created for a final time in 1793 for the 1st Baron Porchester, a grandson of the 8th Earl of Pembroke, the precise form of this creation being Earl of the Town and County of Carnarvon, in the Principality of Wales. The most famous holders of this title have been the 4th Earl, a minister under Disraeli, and the 5th Earl, who along with Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Lord Carnarvon holds the subsidiary title Baron Porchester, of Highclere in the County of Southampton (1780), in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The town and county in Wales to which the title refers are now usually spelt Caernarfon.
The family seat is Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
[edit] Earls of Carnarvon, First Creation (1628)
[edit] Earls of Carnarvon, Second Creation (1714)
- See Duke of Chandos.
[edit] Earls of Carnarvon, Third Creation (1793)
- Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1741-1811)
- Henry George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1772-1833)
- Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon (1800-1849)
- Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831-1890)
- George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923)
- Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (1898-1987)
- Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon (1924-2001)
- George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (b. 1956)
Heir Apparent: George Kenneth Oliver Molyneux Herbert, Lord Porchester (b. 1992)
