18th Century
| Date inherited | Date of death |
Title | Name | Other titles |
Preceded in title by | Succeeded in title by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1714 | 26 June 1718 | 4th Baroness Strange | Henrietta Stanley | Countess of Anglesey Baroness Ashburnham |
William Stanley, father | Henrietta Ashburnham, daughter |
| 1717 | 19 August 1758 | 14th Countess of Erroll | Mary Hay (Falconer) | Charles Hay, brother | James Hay, great-nephew | |
| 25 December 1717 | 13 March 1741 | 14th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley | Elizabeth (Shirley) Compton | Countess of Northampton | Robert Shirley, grandfather | Abeyant (later Charlotte Townshend, daughter) |
| 26 June 1718 | 1732 | 5th Baroness Strange | Henrietta Ashburnham | Henrietta Stanley, mother | James Stanley, great-uncle | |
| 16 June 1722 | 24 October 1723 | 2nd Duchess of Marlborough | Henrietta Godolphin | Countess of Godolphin | John Churchill, father | Charles Spencer, nephew |
| 29 January 1737 | 5 December 1756 | 2nd Countess of Orkney | Anne (Douglas-Hamilton) O'Brien | Countess Inchiquin | George Douglas-Hamilton, father | Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney|Mary O'Brien, daughter |
| 5 June 1740 | 10 January 1797 | 2nd Marchioness Grey | Jemima (Campbell) Yorke | Countess of Hardwicke | Henry Grey, grandfather | Extinct |
| 4th Baroness Lucas | Amabel Hume-Campbell, daughter | |||||
| 14 September 1749 | 1752 | 2nd Viscountess Cobham | Hester (Grenville) Temple | Countess Temple |
Richard Temple, brother | Richard Grenville-Temple, son |
| 1749 | 3 September 1770 | 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley | Charlotte (Compton) Townshend | Viscountess Townshend | Elizabeth Compton, mother |
George Townshend, son |
| 3 October 1754 | 7th Baroness Compton | James Compton, father | ||||
| 7 February 1750 | 5 December 1776 | 2nd Baroness Percy | Elizabeth (Seymour) Percy | Duchess of Northumberland | Algernon Seymour, father | Hugh Percy, son |
| 15 December 1753 | 8 December 1754 | 6th Baroness Clifford | Charlotte (Boyle) Cavendish | Marchioness of Hartington | Richard Boyle | William Cavendish, son |
| 5 December 1756 | 10 May 1791 | 3rd Countess of Orkney | Mary O'Brien | Countess Inchiquin | Anne O'Brien, mother | Mary FitzMaurice, daughter |
| 8 January 1764 | 13 October 1805 | 8th Baroness Strange | Charlotte Murray | Duchess of Atholl | James Murray, father | John Murray, son |
| 1766 | 29 January 1839 | 19th Countess of Sutherland | Elizabeth (Sutherland) Leveson-Gower | Marchioness of Stafford Duchess of Sutherland |
William Sutherland, father | George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, son |
| 27 April 1782 | 14 March 1793 | 2nd Baroness Dynevor | Cecil de Cardonnel | William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, father | George Talbot Rice, son | |
| 16 May 1778 | 27 January 1784 | de jure 12th Baroness Darcy de Knayth 9th Baroness Conyers |
Amelia (Darcy) Osborne | Marchioness of Carmarthen | Robert Darcy, father | George Osborne, son |
| 28 April 1786 | 8 January 1840 | 6th Countess of Loudoun | Flora Mure-Campbell | Marchioness of Hastings | James Mure-Campbell, father | George Rawdon-Hastings, son |
| 2 October 1789 | 11 April 1808 | 16th Baroness Botreaux 15th Baroness Hungerford 13th Baroness de Moleyns 13th Baroness Hastings de Hastings 12th Baroness Hastings de Hungerford |
Elizabeth (Hastings) Rawdon | Countess of Moira | Francis Hastings, brother | Francis Rawdon-Hastings, son |
| 10 May 1791 | 30 December 1831 | 4th Countess of Orkney | Mary (O'Brien) FitzMaurice | Mary O'Brien, mother | Thomas FitzMaurice, grandson |
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