Second Creation (1675)
The title was created for the second time in the Peerage of England in 1675 as a subsidiary title of the dukedom of Southampton created in that year for Charles II's illegitimate son Charles Fitzroy. See the Duke of Southampton for more information on this creation of the earldom.
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