Earl of Rochford

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The Earl of Rochford was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, historically associated with influential aristocrats who held high political and diplomatic offices in the 18th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Earl of Rochford canonical 3
Earl of Rochford (Jacobite peerage) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
associatedMonarch George II of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedOffice British Ambassador to France ⓘ
British Ambassador to Spain ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
associatedWith House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Anglo-French relations in the 18th century ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish relations in the 18th century ⓘ
Seven Years' War diplomacy ⓘ
coatOfArmsBearer Nassau de Zuylestein family ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdBy King William III of England ⓘ
createdFor William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford ⓘ
dateOfCreation 1695 ⓘ
extinctionDate 1830 ⓘ
familyName Nassau de Zuylestein ⓘ
fieldOfActivity British diplomacy ⓘ
British politics ⓘ
grantedBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
heldBy Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford ⓘ
Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 5th Earl of Rochford ⓘ
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford ⓘ
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain House of Lords ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
notableEra Georgian era ⓘ
notableHolder Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford ⓘ
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford ⓘ
originOfFamily Dutch nobility ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
precedence below Marquess and above Viscount ⓘ
rank earl ⓘ
region Essex ⓘ
seat St Osyth Priory ⓘ
linked to: St Osyth
status extinct title ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle Baron Enfield ⓘ
Viscount Tunbridge ⓘ
territorialDesignation Rochford in the County of Essex ⓘ
linked to: Rochford
typeOfNobility British aristocracy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Rochford → nobleTitle → Earl of Rochford ⓘ
Henry FitzJames → nobleTitle → Earl of Rochford (Jacobite peerage) ⓘ
linked to: Earl of Rochford
Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford → heldTitle → Earl of Rochford ⓘ
subject linked to: Nassau de Zuylestein