earl

The four generations of the Wallop family include a British earl and 18-year U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Spencer—an earl, historian and former NBC journalist—in his book “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister” has again swung the spotlight back to that difficult time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Monstrous", is the paper's one-word headline in reference to how the earl characterised the King's words.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The tapestry begins in 1064 or 65, when Harold, the most powerful earl in England and brother-in-law of king Edward the Confessor, is sent to Normandy, now in northern France.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Father thought the king’s knights weren’t aggressive enough; the earl believed them to be valiant and praiseworthy.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

English earls were replaced with Normans, as were senior members of the Church.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

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

To pass the time, Huck is telling Jim stories about “kings, and dukes, and earls, and such.”

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2012

Impressed by what they saw, the earls introduced cannons to the English army, which adopted them enthusiastically and already used them against French soldiers at the battle of Crecy six years later.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond