Earl of Howthとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Earl of Howth was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1767 for Thomas St Lawrence, 15th Baron Howth. He was made Viscount St Lawrence at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The St Lawrence family descended from Christopher St Lawrence who was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Howth in circa 1425. The third and fourth Barons both served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The fourteenth Baron represented Ratoath in the Irish House of Commons. The third Earl served as Lord-Lieutenant of Dublin. The fourth Earl sat as Member of Parliament for Galway Borough. In 1881 he was created Baron Howth, of Howth in the County of Dublin, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. However, all the titles became extinct on his death in 1909.