Creation date 18 June 1720 | ||
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First holder James Saunderson, 6th Viscount Castleton Last holder James Saunderson, 1st Earl Castleton Remainder to Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotton Subsidiary titles Viscount CastletonBaron Saunderson | ||
James saunderson 1st earl castleton top 5 facts
The title Earl Castleton, of Sandbeck in the County of York, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1720 for the 6th Viscount Castleton, who had previously been created Baron Saunderson, of Saxby in the County of Lincoln, in 1714, and Viscount Castleton, of Sandbeck in the County of York, in 1716, both also in the Peerage of Great Britain.
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- James saunderson 1st earl castleton top 5 facts
- Saunderson Baronets 1611
- Viscounts Castleton 1627
- Earls Castleton 1720
- References
The title Viscount Castleton had been created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1627, along with the subsidiary title Baron Saunderson, of Bantry in the County of Cork, for Sir Nicholas Saunderson, 1st Baronet, who had been created a Baronet, styled "of Saxby in the County of York", in the Baronetage of England, in 1611.
All of the titles became extinct on the death of the 1st Earl in 1723. His estates passed to his cousin Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, who thereupon took the additional surname of Sanderson, by Act of Parliament.