Earl of Cambridge
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The title of Earl of Cambridge was created several times in the Peerage of England, and since 1362 the title has been closely associated with the Royal Family (see also Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge). The first Earl of the fourth creation, the Marquess of Hamilton, was at the time sixth in line to the Crown of Scotland (after the Duke of Rothesy, later King Charles I, his sister Elizabeth and her children); his grandfather Lord Arran had been heir-presumptive to, and Regent for, Mary Queen of Scots.
The title is currently held as a subsidiary title of the 15th Duke of Hamilton
[edit] Earls of Cambridge, 1st Creation (1340)
- William of Juliers, 1st Earl of Cambridge (1299–1361)
[edit] Earls of Cambridge, 2nd Creation (1362)
- Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402)
- Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (–1415), resigned 1414
[edit] Earls of Cambridge, 3rd Creation (1414)
- Richard of Conisburgh, 1st Earl of Cambridge (1373–1415), forfeit 1415
- Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1412–1460), restored 1426
- Edward Plantagenet, 4th Duke of York (1442–1483), merged in crown 1461
[edit] Earls of Cambridge, 4th Creation (1619)
The subsidiary title was Baron of Innerdale (1619).
- James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589–1625)
- James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606–1649)
- William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616–1651) extinct
[edit] Earls of Cambridge, 5th Creation (1659)
- Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640–1660) extinct
[edit] Earls of Cambridge, 6th Creation (1664)
- James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1663–1667)
[edit] Earls of Cambridge, 7th Creation (1667)
- Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1667–1671)
[edit] Earls of Cambridge, Reaffirmed from 4th Creation (1st 1660, 2nd 1698)[1]
- William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton de jure uxoris (1660–1694)
- Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton suo jure (1660–resigned 1698)
- James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton {1698–1712)
For further Earls of Cambridge see: Duke of Hamilton
