Cornish Peerage Titles, which counties are the most popular for peerage titles?s?

[marquess]

Apart from the Duke of Cornwall, Viscount Falmouth, Lord Penrhyn and Lord Vivian of Truro there aren't any other hereditary peerages associated with this distinctive part of the country. There are such romantic sounding place names, such as Penzance and St Ives, it's a shame we don't have them in the peerage. 

Can anyone make a comprehensive list of peerage titles associated with Cornwall? 

In my series of detective books, the main protagonist is Lord John Penkarrow a younger son of the Marquis of Liskeard. 

[S. S.]

marquess, it appears you have made me jump down another list-rabbit hole.

Here are the peerages, either explicit or by territorial designation, referencing Cornwall between 1801 and 2023:

1.     B Erskine of Restormel

2.     E of Saint Germans

3.     E of Falmouth

4.     B Vivian of Glynn and Truro

5.     B Penzance

6.     B Robartes of Lanhydrock and of Truro

7.     B Saint Levan

8.     B Courtney of Penwith

9.     V Launceston

10.  B St Just

11.  B Pender

12.  B Caradon of St Cleer [L]

13.  B Trevelyan of Saint Veep [L]

14.  B Roberthal of Silverspur… and of Trenance [L]

15.  B Wolfson of Sunningdale of Trevose [L]

16.  B Wolfson of Sunningdale of Trevose [L]

17.  B George of St Trudy [L]

18.  B Tyler of Linkinhorne [L]

19.  B Teverson of Tregony [L]

20.  B Myners of Truro [L]

21.  B Taylor of Goss Moor of Truro [L]

22.  Bss Jolly of Congdon’s Shop [L]

23.  B Darroch of Kew of St Mawes [L].

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[S. S.]

Dukedoms

1.     Argyll (1701 S; 1892 UK)

2.     Bedford (1414; 1478; 1485; 1694)

3.     Buckingham (1444; 1623)

4.     Buckingham and Chandos (1822)

5.     Buckingham and Normanby (1703)

6.     Cambridge (1664; 1667; 1706; 1801; 2011)

7.     Chester (1067; 1071; 1254; 1301; 1312 and later with the Principality of Wales in 1399, 1454, 1471, 1483, 1489, 1504, 1537, 1610, 1616, 1688, 1714, 1728, 1751, 1762, 1841, 1901, 1910, 1958, 2022 etc)

8.     Cornwall (1068; 1072; 1106; 1140; 1141; 1225; 1307; 1330 etc)

9.     Cumberland (1644; 1689; 1726)

10.  Cumberland and Strathearn (1766)

11.  Cumberland and Teviotdale (1799)

12.  Devonshire (1694)

13.  Dorset (1719)

14.  Fife (1889; 1900)

15.  Gloucester (1385; 1414; 1461; 1659; 1928)

16.  Gloucester and Edinburgh (1764)

17.  Hereford (1397)

18.  Inverness (1840)

19.  Kent (1710)

20.  Lancaster (1351; 1362; 1399)

21.  Leinster (1691 I; 1766 I)

22.  Monmouth (1663)

23.  Munster (1716 I)

24.  Norfolk (1397 twice; 1477; 1483)

25.  Northumberland (1551; 1683; 1766)

26.  Richmond and Somerset (1525)

27.  Ross (1488)

28.  Roxburghe (1707 S)

29.  Rutland (1703)

30.  Somerset (1443; 1448; 1499; 1547)

31.  Southampton (1675)

32.  Suffolk (1448; 1514; 1551)

33.  Surrey (1397

34.  Sussex (1801; 2018)

35.  Sutherland (1833)

36.  Warwick (1445)

37.  York (1385; 1474; 1494; 1605; 1644; 1892; 1920; 1986)

38.  York and Albany (1716; 1760; 1784)

Marquessates

1.     Aberdeen and Temair (1916)

2.     Anglesey (1815)

3.     Angus and Abernethy (1703 S)

4.     Antrim (1645 I; 1789 I)

5.     Argyll (1641 S)

6.     Bristol (1826)

7.     Buckingham (1618; 1784)

8.     Bute (1796)

9.     Cambridge (1706; 1917)

10.  Carmarthen (1689)

11.  Carnarvon (1719)

12.  Dorset (1397; 1442; 1475)

13.  Downshire (1789 I)

14.  Dumfriesshire (1684 S)

15.  Fife (1567 S)

16.  Hertford (1641)

17.  Kent (1706)

18.  Kildare (1761 I)

19.  Lincolnshire (1912)

20.  Linlithgow (1902)

21.  Londonderry (1816 I)

22.  Lothian (1701 S)

23.  Northampton (1547; 1812)

24.  Pembroke (1532)

25.  Powis (1687)

26.  Sligo (1800 I)

27.  Somerset (1397

28.  Stafford (1786)

29.  Suffolk (1444

30.  Waterford (1789 I)

31.  Westmeath (1822 I)

32.  Wigtown (1602 S)

33.  Worcester (1643)

Earldoms

1.     Aberdeen (1682 S)

2.     Anglesey (1623; 1661)

3.     Angus (1330 S; 1389 S; 1633 S)

4.     Antrim (1620 I; 1785 I)

5.     Argyll (1457 S)

6.     Armagh (1799 I)

7.     Bedford (1138; 1366; 1550)

8.     Berkshire (1621; 1626)

9.     Brecknock (1660)

10.  Bristol (1622; 1714)

11.  Buckingham (1097; 1164; 1377; 1617; 1618)

12.  Buckinghamshire (1746)

13.  Bute (1703 S)

14.  Caithness (1334 S; 1375 S; 1452 S; 1455 S)

15.  Cambridge (1340; 1362; 1414; 1619; 1659; 1664)

16.  Cardigan (1661)

17.  Carnarvon (1628; 1714; 1793)

18.  Cork (1396 I; 1620 I)

19.  Cornwall (multiple creations)

20.  Cromartie (1703 S)

21.  Cromartie (1861)

22.  Cumberland (1525)

23.  Derby (1138; 1337; 1385; 1485)

24.  Devon (1100; 1469; 1485; 1553)

25.  Devonshire (1603; 1618)

26.  Dorset (1070; 1411; 1441; 1603)

27.  Downe (1628 I)

28.  Dublin (1766 I; 1799 I)

29.  Dumbarton (1675 S)

30.  Dumfries (1633 S)

31.  Essex (1139; 1199; 1227; 1376; 1461; 1540; 1543; 1572; 1661)

32.  Fife (1107 S; 1120 S; 1129 S; 1759 I; 1885)

33.  Forfar (2019)

34.  Galway (1697 I)

35.  Glamorgan (1644?)

36.  Gloucester (1093; 1121; 1299; 1337; 1397)

37.  Haddington (1619)

38.  Hereford (1043; 1052; 1058; 1067; 1141; 1199)

39.  Hertford (1138;1299; 1537; 1599; 1750)

40.  Huntingdon (1065; 1337; 1377; 1387; 1471; 1479; 1529)

41.  Inverness (1801; 1892; 1920; 1986)

42.  Kent (1067; 1141; 1227; 1321; 1360; 1461; 1465; 1866)

43.  Kerry (1723 I)

44.  Kildare (1316 I; 1554 I)

45.  Kilkenny (1793 I)

46.  Lanark (1639 S)

47.  Lancaster (1267)

48.  Leicester (1107; 1206; 1265; 1564; 1618; 1744; 1784; 1837)

49.  Leinster (1646 I; 1721 I)

50.  Leitrim (1795 I)

51.  Limerick (1686 I; 1803 I)

52.  Lincoln (1141; 1143; 1147; 1217; 1232; 1349; 1467; 1525; 1572)

53.  Linlithgow (1600 S)

54.  Londonderry (1622 I; 1726 I; 1796 I)

55.  Longford (1677 I; 1785 I)

56.  Lothian (1606 S; 1631 S)

57.  Louth (1319 I; 1759 I)

58.  Mayo (1785 I)

59.  Meath (1627 I)

60.  Middlesex (1622; 1675)

61.  Midlothian (1911)

62.  Monmouth (1626; 1689)

63.  Montgomery (1605)

64.  Moray (1314 S; 1359 S; 1501 S; 1562 S)

65.  Munster (1789 I)

66.  Norfolk (1140; 1312; 1644)

67.  Northampton (1065; 1337; 1604; 1618)

68.  Northumberland (1377; 1467; 1557; 1674; 1749)

69.  Nottingham (1377; 1383; 1476; 1483; 1525; 1596; 1681)

70.  Oxford (1141)

71.  Oxford and Asquith (1925)

72.  Oxford and Earl Mortimer (1711)

73.  Pembroke (1138; 1189; 1247; 1339; 1414; 1453; 1468; 1479; 1551)

74.  Perth (1605 S)

75.  Radnor (1679)

76.  Ross (1157 S; 1215 S; 1481 S; 1565 S; 1600 S)

77.  Roxburghe (1616 S)

78.  Rutland (1390; 1525)

79.  Selkirk (1646 S)

80.  Somerset (1141?; 1397; 1613)

81.  Southampton (1537; 1547; 1670)

82.  Stafford (1351; 1688; 1688)

83.  Stirling (1633 S)

84.  Suffolk (1337; 1385; 1603)

85.  Surrey (1088; 1451; 1483)

86.  Sussex (1282; 1529; 1628; 1644; 1674; 1717; 1874)

87.  Tipperary (1801)

88.  Tyrone (1542 I; 1673 I; 1746 I)

89.  Ulster (1205 I; 1264 I; 1659 I; 1716 I; 1760 I; 1784 I; 1866; 1928)

90.  Warwick (1088; 1246; 1449; 1472; 1547; 1561; 1618; 1759)

91.  Waterford (1446 I)

92.  Westmeath (1621 I)

93.  Westmorland (1397; 1624)

94.  Wicklow (1793 I)

95.  Wigtown (1606 S)

96.  Wiltshire (1397; 1449; 1470; 1510; 1529; 1550)

97.  Worcester (1138; 1397; 1421; 1449; 1514)

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[S. S.]

Additionally, by looking at Sir David Beamish’s website (all peerages between 1801 and 2023) and doing a quick Ctrl+F, we can find the following territorial designations used (note that this has been done rather roughly since some county names used are after the local governmental reforms and thus make counting in a perfunctory manner much harder):

Bedfordshire (16)

Berkshire (23)

Bristol (9)

Buckinghamshire (61)

Cambridgeshire (29)

Cheshire (30)

co Durham (~22)

Cornwall (22)

Cumbria (16)

Derbyshire (28)

Devonshire (50)

Dorset (32)

Essex (62)

Gloucestershire (54)

Hampshire (~95)

Herefordshire (18)

Hertfordshire (48)

Kent (~108)

Lancashire (~78)

Leicestershire (22)

Lincolnshire (~31)

Northamptonshire (27)

Northumberland (44)

Nottinghamshire (22)

Oxfordshire (69)

Rutland (4)

Shropshire (34)

Somersetshire (45)

Staffordshire (35)

Suffolk (46)

Surrey (108)

Sussex (74)

Warwickshire (32)

Wiltshire (44)

Worcestershire (12)

Yorkshire (~81)

Surrey probably takes the cake in the period between 1801 and 2023 at 108 peerages. The least is poor Rutland at just 4.

S.S.

[marquess]

Thanks very much for this most interesting information, no surprise about Kent, but such a shame that Cornwall has so few hereditary peerage desginations. A Duke of Penzance or a Marques St Ives would haave been a very welcome romantic sounding edition to the hereditary peerage.

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Wasn't George III's grandson-in-law, Thomas Wilde, created Baron Truro?

[marquess]

Yes, created in 1850 and extinct in 1899 with the 3rd baron.  Interesting that a barony title would be used for such an important place. Just goes to show how underrated Cornwall has been in the general scheme of hereditary peerages, with the exception of the Royal dukedom.

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Here are a couple more:

Viscount Bodmin, subsidiary title of Earl of Radnor

Lord Camelford, Baron of Boconnoc

On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 12:48:28 PM UTC-6 S. S. wrote:

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Doing a word search of The Complete Peerage yielded some additional ones:


Baron Arundell of Trerice

Baron Berkeley of Stratton, co Cornwall

Baron Dunstanville of Tehidy & Baron Basset of Stratton

Baron Godolphin of Rialton, co Cornwall; Viscount Rialton; Earl of Godolphin, co Cornwall; Baron Godolphin of Helston, co Cornwall

Baron Hopton of Stratton, co Cornwall

Viscount Trematon (another semi-royal one)


and a Jacobite one:

Marquis of Trelissick

On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 12:48:28 PM UTC-6 S. S. wrote:

[S. S.]

Funnily enough, both the baronies of Arundell, Arundell of Wardour and Arundell of Trerice, are a pet peeve of mind. Both are recorded on the their respective patent rolls only as "Baron Arundell", despite the fact peerage writes include "of Wardour" and "of Trerice" as part of the title's name. 

S.S.