Earl of Onslow
The title of
Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of
Salop (modern-day
Shropshire), was created in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom in
1801.
Lord Onslow bears the subsidiary titles of
Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey (
1801), in the Peerage of the UK, and
Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Shropshire and of Clandon in the County of Surrey (
1716), and
Baron Cranley, of Imber Court in the County of Surrey (
1776), in the
Peerage of Great Britain. He is also twice (
1660,
1674) an English
baronet.
The 7th and current Earl is the only hereditary peer to have appeared as a panellist on
Have I Got News For You.
The family seat is
Clandon House in
Surrey.
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Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow (
1654-
1717)
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Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow (
1679-
1740)
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Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow (
1715-
1776)
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George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow (
1731-
1814) (became Earl of Onslow in 1801)
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George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow (
1731-
1814)
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Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow (
1754-
1827)
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Arthur George Onslow, 3rd Earl of Onslow (
1777-
1870)
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William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow (
1853-
1911)
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Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow (
1876-
1945)
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William Arthur Bampfylde Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow (
1913-
1971)
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Michael William Coplestone Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow (b.
1938)
The Heir Apparent is
Rupert Onslow, Viscount Cranley (b.
1967 )
