Earl of Liverpool
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in 1796 for Charles Jenkinson, 1st Baron Hawkesbury
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC , known as the Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool....
, a favourite of King George III
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(see Jenkinson Baronets
Jenkinson Baronets
There have been two Baronetcies created for people with the surname Jenkinson, both in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2008...
for earlier history of the family). He had already been made Baron Hawkesbury, of Hawkesbury in the County of Gloucester, in 1786, and succeeded as seventh Baronet of Walcot and Hawkesbury in 1790. His eldest son, the second Earl, served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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from 1812 to 1827. The peerages became extinct in 1851 on the death of the latter's half-brother, the third Earl, while the baronetcy was inherited by a cousin (see Jenkinson Baronets).
The earldom was revived in 1905 in favour of the Liberal
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politician Cecil Foljambe, 1st Baron Hawkesbury
Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool
Cecil George Saville Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC , known as The Lord Hawkesbury between 1893 and 1905, was a British Liberal politician...
, son of George Foljambe and his second wife Lady Selina Charlotte Jenkinson, daughter of the third Earl of the first creation. He was made Viscount Hawkesbury, of Kirkham in the County of York and of Mansfield in the County of Nottingham, at the same time, and had already been created Baron Hawkesbury, of Haselbech in the County of Northampton and of Ollerton, Sherwood Forest, in the County of Nottingham, in 1893. His eldest son, the second Earl, served as Governor-General of New Zealand
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between 1912 and 1920. the titles are held by the latter's nephew, the fifth Earl, who succeeded his great-uncle in 1969. He is the posthumous son of Captain Peter George William Savile Foljambe (1919-1944), who was killed in action in the Second World War, son of the Hon. Bertram Marmaduke Osbert Savile Foljambe (1891-1955), sixth son of the first Earl. Lord Liverpool is one of the ninety elected hereditary peer
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s that remain in the House of Lords
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after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999
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, and sits on the Conservative
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benches.
Earls of Liverpool, First Creation (1796)
- Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of LiverpoolCharles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of LiverpoolCharles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC , known as the Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool....
(1729–1808) - Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of LiverpoolRobert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of LiverpoolRobert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool KG PC was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since the Union with Ireland in 1801. He was 42 years old when he became premier in 1812 which made him younger than all of his successors to date...
(1770–1828) - Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of LiverpoolCharles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of LiverpoolCharles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool GCB, PC , styled The Honourable Charles Jenkinson between 1786 and 1828, was a British politician.-Background:...
(1784–1851)
Earls of Liverpool, Second Creation (1905)
- Cecil George Savile Foljambe, 1st Earl of LiverpoolCecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of LiverpoolCecil George Saville Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC , known as The Lord Hawkesbury between 1893 and 1905, was a British Liberal politician...
(1846–1907) - Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of LiverpoolArthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool-References:...
(1870–1941) - Gerald William Frederick Savile Foljambe, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1878–1962)
- Robert Anthony Edward St Andrew Savile Foljambe, 4th Earl of Liverpool (1887–1969)
- Edward Peter Bertram Savile Foljambe, 5th Earl of LiverpoolEdward Foljambe, 5th Earl of LiverpoolEdward Peter Bertram Savile Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool is a British peer and Conservative politician.Liverpool is the son of Captain Peter George William Savile Foljambe and Elizabeth Joan Flint. In 1969, at the age of 24, he succeeded his great-uncle as Earl of Liverpool and took his seat in...
(b. 1944)
The heir apparent
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is the present holder's son Luke Foljambe, Viscount Hawkesbury (b. 1972)