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See also:DERBY, EARLS OF . The 1st See also:earl of Derby was probably See also:Robert de See also:Ferrers (d. 1139), who is said by See also:John of See also:Hexham to have been made an earl by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Stephen after the See also:battle of the See also:Standard in 1138. Robert and his descendants retained the earldom until 1266, when Robert (c. 1240-c. 1279), probably the 6th earl, having taken a prominent See also:part in the baronial rising against See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III., was deprived of his lands and practically of his See also:title. These earlier earls of Derby were also known as Earls Ferrers, or de Ferrers, from their surname; as earls of See also:Tutbury from their See also:residence; and as earls of See also:Nottingham because this See also:county was a lordship under their See also:rule. The large estates which were taken from Earl Robert in 1266 were given by Henry III. in the same See also:year to his son, See also:Edmund, earl of See also:Lancaster; and. Edmund's son, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, earl of Lancaster, called himself Earl Ferrers. In 1337 Edmund's See also:grandson, Henry (c. 1299-1361), afterwards See also:duke of Lancaster, was created earl of Derby, and this title was taken by See also:Edward III.'s son, John of Gaunt, who had married Henry's daughter, See also:Blanche. John of Gaunt's son and successor was Henry, earl of Derby, who became king as Henry IV. in 1399.
In See also:October 1485 Thomas, See also:Lord See also:Stanley, was created earl of Derby, and the title has since been retained by the Stanleys, who, however, have little or no connexion with the county of Derby. Thomas also inherited the See also:sovereign lordship of the Isle of See also:Man, which had been granted by the See also:crown in 1406 to his See also:great-grandfather, See also:Sir John Stanley; and this See also:sovereignty remained in See also:possession of the earls of Derby till 1736, when it passed to the duke of See also:Atholl.
The earl of Derby is one of the three " catskin earls," the others being the earls of See also:Shrewsbury and See also:Huntingdon. The See also:term " catskin " is possibly a corruption of quatre-skin, derived from
the fact that in See also:ancient times the See also:robes of an earl (as depicted in some See also:early representations) were decorated with four rows of See also:ermine, as in the robes of a See also:modern duke, instead of the three rows to which they were restricted in later centuries. The three " catskin " earldoms are the only earldoms now in existence which date from creations See also:prior to the 17th See also:century. (A. W.
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