Earls of Lincoln, Seventh Creation (1525)
- Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1516–1534)
The Earldom was created for the seventh time in 1525 for Henry Brandon. He was the only son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, by his wife Mary Tudor. He died at the age of eleven in 1534 when the title became extinct.
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