Earl of Holland

Earl of Holland was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1624 for Henry Rich, 1st Baron Kensington. He was the younger son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, and had already been created Baron Kensington in 1623, also in the Peerage of England, having married Isabelle Cope, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Walter Cope (c.1553-1614), of Cope Castle in Kensington, Middlesex. His eldest son, the second Earl, succeeded his first cousin as fifth Earl of Warwick in 1673. All the titles became extinct on the death of the eighth Earl of Warwick and fifth Earl of Holland in 1759 (see Earl of Warwick for a more detailed description of the descent of the titles).

Arms of Rich: Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonée or

Henry, 1st Earl of Holland.

Lady Mary Rich, daughter of the first Earl of Holland, married Sir John Campbell, 5th Baronet, who was created Earl of Breadalbane and Holland in the Peerage of Scotland in 1681. Also, Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter and heiress of the fifth Earl of Warwick and second Earl of Holland, married Francis Edwardes. Their son William Edwardes succeeded to parts of the Rich estates and was created Baron Kensington in the Peerage of Ireland in 1776.

The name "Holland" in the title refers to the area of Lincolnshire historically known as Holland.

Earls of Holland (1624)

• Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1590–1649)
• Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Holland, 5th Earl of Warwick (c. 1620–1675)
  • Henry Rich, Lord Kensington (1642–1659)
• Edward Rich, 3rd Earl of Holland, 6th Earl of Warwick (1673–1701)
• Edward Henry Rich, 4th Earl of Holland, 7th Earl of Warwick (1697–1721)
• Edward Rich, 5th Earl of Holland, 8th Earl of Warwick (1695–1759)

Family tree of the peerages of Brooke, Holland, Kensington, and Warwick

Earl of Warwick (1st creation), 1088 Robert de Beaumont (d. 1119) 1st Earl of Warwick William de Warenne (d. 1138) Earl of Surrey Elizabeth de Vermandois (c. 1085–1131) Countess of Leicester Roger de Beaumont (c. 1102–1153) 2nd Earl of Warwick Gundred de Warenne William de Beaumont (bef. 1140–1184) 3rd Earl of Warwick Waleran de Beaumont (d. 1204) 4th Earl of Warwick Henry de Beaumont (c. 1192-1229) 5th Earl of Warwick Lady Alice de Newburgh Thomas de Beaumont (1208–1242) 6th Earl of Warwick m1. John Marshal (d. 1242) 7th Earl of Warwick jure uxoris Margaret de Beaumont (d. 1242) 7th Countess of Warwick suo jure m2. John du Plessis (d. 1263) 7th Earl of Warwick jure uxoris Isabel de Mauduit William Mauduit (c. 1221–1268) 8th Earl of Warwick William de Beauchamp (c. 1238–1298) 9th Earl of Warwick Guy de Beauchamp (c. 1272–1315) 10th Earl of Warwick Thomas Beauchamp (c. 1313–1369) 11th Earl of Warwick Thomas Beauchamp (1338–1401) 12th Earl of Warwick Richard Beauchamp (1382–1439) 13th Earl of Warwick Duke of Warwick, 1445 Margaret Beauchamp (1404–1467) Countess of Shrewsbury Henry Beauchamp (1425–1446) Duke of Warwick, 14th Earl of Warwick Richard of York (1411–1460) Duke of York Anne Beauchamp (1426–1492) 16th Countess of Warwick Richard Neville "the Kingmaker" (1428–1471) 16th Earl of Warwick jure uxoris Henry VI (1421–1471) King of England Dukedom of Warwick extinct, 1446 John Talbot (1426–1453) 1st Viscount Lisle Anne Beauchamp (1444–1449) 15th Countess of Warwick George Plantagenet (1449–1478) Duke of Clarence Isabel Neville (1451–1476) Duchess of Clarence m2. Richard III (1452–1485) King of England Anne Neville (1456–1485) m1. Edward of Westminster (1453–1471) Prince of Wales Elizabeth Talbot (d. 1487) Edward Grey (d. 1492) 1st Viscount Lisle Edward Plantagenet (1475–1499) 17th Earl of Warwick Earldom of Warwick (1st creation) forfeit, 1499 Elizabeth Grey (c. 1482/1484–c. 1525/1526) Earl of Warwick (2nd creation), 1547 Baron Rich of Leez, 1547 See also Rich family tree John Dudley (c. 1502–1553) Duke of Northumberland, 1st Earl of Warwick Richard Rich (1496–1567) 1st Baron Rich Fulke Greville (d. 1559) John Dudley (c. 1527–1554) 2nd Earl of Warwick Ambrose Dudley (c. 1530–1590) 3rd Earl of Warwick Robert Dudley (1532–1588) Earl of Leicester Robert Rich (c. 1538–1581) 2nd Baron Rich Earldom of Warwick (2nd creation) extinct, 1590 Earl of Warwick (3rd creation), 1618 Fulke Greville (1536–1606) Robert Greville (?) Robert Rich (1559–1619) 1st Earl of Warwick, 3rd Baron Rich Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, 1621 Baron Kensington of Kensington in the County of Middlesex (1st creation), 1623 Earl of Holland, 1624 Fulke Greville (1554–1628) de jure 13th Baron Latimer, 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke, 1st Baron Brooke Fulke Greville (1575–1632) Robert Rich (1587–1658) 2nd Earl of Warwick, 4th Baron Rich Henry Rich (1590–1649) 1st Earl of Holland, 1st Baron Kensington Robert Greville (1607–1643) 2nd Baron Brooke Lady Anne Rich (1604–1642) Countess of Manchester Robert Rich (1611–1659) 3rd Earl of Warwick, 5th Baron Rich Charles Rich (1623–1673) 4th Earl of Warwick, 6th Baron Rich Francis Greville (bef. 1637–1658) 3rd Baron Brooke Robert Greville (1639–1677) 4th Baron Brooke Fulke Greville (1643–1710) 5th Baron Brooke Lady Anne Montagu (d. c. 1689) Robert Rich (1620–1675) 5th Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl of Holland, 7th Baron Rich, 2nd Baron Kensington Cope Rich (1634–1676) Francis Greville (d. 1710) Elizabeth Rich (d. 1725) Edward Rich (1673–1701) 6th Earl of Warwick, 3rd Earl of Holland, 8th Baron Rich, 3rd Baron Kensington Cope Rich (d. 1706) Fulke Greville (c. 1693–1711) 6th Baron Brooke William Greville (1695–1727) 7th Baron Brooke Francis Edwardes (d. 1725) Edward Henry Rich (1698–1721) 7th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl of Holland, 9th Baron Rich, 4th Baron Kensington Edward Rich (1695–1759) 8th Earl of Warwick, 5th Earl of Holland, 10th Baron Rich, 5th Baron Kensington Earldoms of Warwick (3rd creation) and Holland extinct, 1759 Earl Brooke, 1746 Earl of Warwick (4th creation), 1759 Baron Kensington (Ireland) Francis Greville (1719–1773) 1st Earl of Warwick, 1st Earl Brooke, 8th Baron Brooke William Edwardes (c. 1711–1801) 1st Baron Kensington George Greville (1746–1816) 2nd Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl Brooke, 9th Baron Brooke George Greville (1772–1786) styled Lord Brooke Henry Richard Greville (1779–1853) 3rd Earl of Warwick, 3rd Earl Brooke, 10th Baron Brooke William Edwardes (1777–1852) 2nd Baron Kensington George Guy Greville (1818–1893) 4th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl Brooke, 11th Baron Brooke William Edwardes (1801–1872) 3rd Baron Kensington Baron Kensington, of Kensington in the County of Middlesex (United Kingdom) Francis Richard Charles Greville (1853–1924) 5th Earl of Warwick, 5th Earl Brooke, 12th Baron Brooke William Edwardes (1835–1896) 4th/1st (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville (1882–1928) 6th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl Brooke, 13th Baron Brooke William Edwardes (1868–1900) 5th/2nd (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington Hugh Edwardes (1873–1938) 6th/3rd (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington Charles Guy Fulke Greville (1911–1984) 7th Earl of Warwick, 7th Earl Brooke, 14th Baron Brooke William Edwardes (1904–1981) 7th/4th (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington Hugh Owen Edwardes (1905–1937) David Robin Francis Guy Greville (1934–1996) 8th Earl of Warwick, 8th Earl Brooke, 15th Baron Brooke Hugh Ivor Edwardes (1933–2018) 8th/5th (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington Guy David Greville (b. 1957) 9th Earl of Warwick, 9th Earl Brooke, 16th Baron Brooke William Owen Alexander Edwardes (b. 1964) 9th/6th (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington Charles Fulke Chester Greville (b. 1982) styled Lord Brooke William Francis Ivor Edwardes (b. 1993) Heir apparent to the Earldom of Warwick and the Earldom Brooke Heir apparent to the Baronies Kensington

See also

• Earl of Warwick (1618)
• Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
• Baron Kensington
• Baron Holland

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.