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See also:RIVERS, See also:EARL , an See also:English See also:title held in See also:succession by the families of Woodville or Wydeville, See also:Darcy and See also:Savage. In 1299 See also:John Rivers, or de Ripariis, was summoned to See also:parliament as a See also:baron, and his son John was similarly summoned by See also:Edward II. The earldom was created for See also:Sir See also:Richard Woodville in 1466 and remained in this See also:family until 1491. (For the three earls of his See also:line see below.) As See also:borne by the Woodvilles the title was not derived from the name of a See also:place, but from an See also:ancient family name, Redvers, or Reviers, members of this family, whose arms are quartered on the Rivers See also:shield, having been sometime earls of See also:Devon.
From 1626 to his See also:death in 164o the earldom was held by 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 Darcy, See also:Viscount See also:Colchester, from whom it descended by See also:special See also:remainder to his See also:grandson John (c. 1610—1654), the son of his daughter See also:Elizabeth (d. 1651) by her See also:marriage with Sir Thomas Savage (d. 1635), who was created Viscount Savage in 1626. John's son Thomas (c. 1626—1694) was the 3rd earl, and his grandson Richard the 4th earl (see below). The title became See also:extinct when John, the 5th earl, died about 1735.
A new See also:barony of Rivers, held by the family of See also:Pitt and its later representative, that of Pitt-Rivers, was in existence from 1776 to i880.
End of Article: RIVERS, EARL
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