Earl of Eldon

Earl of Eldon, in the County Palatine of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for the lawyer and politician John Scott, who served as Lord Chancellor from 1801 to 1806 and from 1807 to 1827. He had already been created Baron Eldon, of Eldon in the County Palatine of Durham, in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1799, and was made Viscount Encombe, of Encombe in the County of Dorset, at the same time was given the earldom. His grandson, the second Earl, briefly represented Truro in the House of Commons. As of 2006 the titles are held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the fifth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1976.

William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell, was the elder brother of the first Earl of Eldon.

Earls of Eldon (1821)

*John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838)
*John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon (1805-1854)
*John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon (1845-1926)
*John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon (1899-1976)
*John Joseph Nicholas Scott, 5th Earl of Eldon (b. 1937)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son John Francis Scott, Viscount Encombe (b. 9 Jul 1962)

ee also

*Baron Stowell

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.