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PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF . In 1743 See also:John See also:Wallop (169o-1762) of Farley Wallop in See also:Hampshire was created See also:earl of Portsmouth. He belonged to an old Hampshire See also:family and had been a See also:lord of the See also:treasury from 1717 to 172o, when he was created See also:Baron Wallop. The earldom has since been held by his descendants, one of whom, See also:Newton Wallop (b. 1856), became the 6th earl in 1891. This earl was a member of See also:parliament from 188o to 1881 and was under secretary of See also:state for See also:war from 1905 to 1908.

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