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Similarly, the earl of Peterborough's son refused both to remove his hat and to enter a plea when tried for treason in 1658.

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026

Once, it is said, an earl stormed into Holbein’s London workshop demanding that the artist paint his portrait at once.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Though he had - as he put it - "defended the indefensible" by arguing against the removal of hereditary peers, the earl has accepted his fate and was not "unduly distressed by it".

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

The earl is shocked to discover that the family would have neighbors and that he’d have to “go along” the hallway to bed rather than ascend the stairs as he would in a grand home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025

If Father wrote I must marry the earl, I would have to do it.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Its inhabitants are those of “there will always be an England” England: stern vicars, timid curates, lords and earls, penniless titled wastrels living on allowances from their uncles, imperious aunts, upper-crust twits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

Prince William, the heir to the throne, will be there along with his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and their children, as well as marquesses, dukes, baronesses, lords and earls.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

“The United States Constitution's ban on inherited titles met with unanimous approval because of the perceived threat posed by lords and earls to a democratic republic.”

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2018

The tradition caught on and English colleges became diploma mills for earls and barons who never cracked a book or scribbled on parchment in their storied halls.

From Washington Times ● May 9, 2018

I twined arms with a succession of momentary partners—dukes, earls, knights, squires—and back to Char.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine