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Earl Sydney of Scadbury in Kent is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
28th February 1874. John Robert Townshend 1st Earl Sydney (age 68) created.
14th February 1890. John Robert Townshend 1st Earl Sydney extinct.
The London Gazette 24071. Whitehall, February 28, 1874.
The Queen (age 54) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable John Robert, Viscount Sydney (age 68), GCB, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Earl Sydney, of Scadbury, in the county of Kent. [Note. Emily Paget Countess Sydney (age 63) by marriage Countess Sydney of Scadbury in Kent.]
The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Cardwell, of Ellerbeck, in the county palatine of Lancaster.
The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the undermentioned persons, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten:-
The Right Honourable Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue (age 51), by the name, style, and title of Baron Carlingford, of Carlingford, in the county of Louth.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (age 75), Baronet, by the name, style, and title of Baron Cottesloe, of Swanbourne, and of Hardwick, in the county of BucKingham. [Louisa Elizabeth Nugent Baroness Cottesloe (age 71) by marriage Baroness Cottesloe of Swanbourne and Hardwick in BucKinghamshire]
The Right Honourable Edmund Hammond, by the name, style, and title of Baron Hammond, of Kirkella, in the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull.
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On 14th February 1890 John Robert Townshend 1st Earl Sydney (age 84) died. Earl Sydney of Scadbury in Kent and Viscount Sydney extinct.