| 41. | The estates attached to the Earldom reverted to the crown.
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| 42. | The English earldom of Morton, as the 6th earl.
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| 43. | In 1840 he also succeeded his mother in the earldom of Loudoun.
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| 44. | He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, William.
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| 45. | He was succeeded in the earldom by his elder son, Richard.
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| 46. | Sir William received the charter for the earldom on 20 July 1589.
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| 47. | Ashley-Cooper succeeded his elder brother to the earldom.
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| 48. | He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, George.
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| 49. | This is the earliest known contemporary reference to the earldom of Orkney.
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| 50. | He had been granted the earldom of Caithness in 1455.
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