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SURREY, EARLDOM OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 138 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SURREY, EARLDOM OF . There is some doubt as to when this earldom was created, but it is unquestionably of See also:early origin. A See also:Norman See also:count, See also:William de See also:Warenne (c. ro3o-1088), is generally regarded as its first holder and is thought to have been made an See also:earl by William II. about ,o88. William and his successors were styled earls of Surrey or Earls Warenne indifferently, and the See also:family became See also:extinct when William, the 3rd earl, died in 1148. The second family to hold the earldom of Surrey was descended from See also:Isabel de Warenne (d. 1199), daughter and heiress of Earl William, and her second See also:husband See also:Hamelin See also:Plantagenet (d. 1202), an illegitimate See also:half-See also:brother of See also:King See also:Henry II. Hamelin took the name of Warenne and was recognized as earl of Surrey or Earl Warenne, and his descendants held the earldom until Earl See also:John died without legitimate issue in 1347. The earldom and estates of the Warennes now passed to John's See also:nephew, See also:Richard Fitzalan, earl of See also:Arundel (c. 1307-1376), being forfeited when Richard's son, Richard, was beheaded for See also:treason in 1397. Then for about two years there was a See also:duke of Surrey, the See also:title being See also:borne by See also:Thomas See also:Roland, earl of See also:Kent (1374-1400), from 1397 until his degradation in 1399. In 1400 Richard Fitzalan's son, See also:Sir Thomas Fitzalan (1381-1415), was restored to his See also:father's honours and became earl of Arundel and earl of Surrey, but the latter earldom reverted to the See also:Crown when he died.

In 1451 John See also:

Mowbray (1444-1476), afterwards duke of See also:Norfolk, was created earl of Surrey, but the title became extinct on his See also:death. The See also:long connexion of the Howards with the earldom of Surrey began in 1483 when Thomas See also:Howard, afterwards duke of Norfolk, was created earl of Surrey. Since that See also:time, with the exception of brief periods when some of its holders were under See also:attainder, the title has been borne by the duke of Norfolk. The See also:courtesy title of the duke's eldest son is earl of Surrey. See the articles WARENNE, EARLS; and ARUNDEL, EARLS OF; also G. E. C.(okayne), See also:Complete See also:Peerage, vol. vii. (1896).

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