Earl of Harborough
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Earl of Harborough was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1719 and became extinct in 1859 upon the death of the 6th Earl. The Earls bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Sherard (1718) and Baron Harborough (1714), both in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Baron Sherard of Leitrim (1627) in the Peerage of Ireland.
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[edit] Barons Sherard (1627)
- William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard (1588-1640)
- Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard (1621-1700)
- Bennet Sherard, 3rd Baron Sherard (1675-1732) (created Viscount Sherard in 1718, and Earl of Harborough in 1719)
[edit] Viscount Sherard (1718)
- Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough (Peerage extinct on death in 1732)
[edit] Earls of Harborough (1719)
- Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough (1675-1732)
- Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough (1680-1750)
- Bennet Sherard, 3rd Earl of Harborough (1709-1770)
- Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough (1719-1799)
- Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough (1767-1807)
- Robert Sherard, 6th Earl of Harborough (1797-1859) (extinct on his death)
