The title of Earl of Effingham has been created twice in British history, both times for holders of the Barony of Howard of Effingham. It was created first in 1731 in the Peerage of Great Britain, becoming extinct in 1816. It was created again for the last Earl's cousin, who succeeded him as Lord Howard of Effingham, in 1837.
The Earl holds the subsidiary title of Baron Howard of Effingham (1554) in the Peerage of England.
Effingham and the Earl of Essex jointly led an attack against the Spanish base at Cadiz on June 20.
Effingham was at Elizabeth's deathbed in 1603 and later enjoyed the confidence of her successor, James I.
None of his three sons left heirs, and shortly after the last died the Nottingham earldom was recreated for a close relative of the Earl of Winchilsea; the Howard of Effingham barony passed to descendants of his brother, the Earl of Effingham being the modern heir.
He was created BaronHoward of Effingham in 1554 for his defence of London in the rebellion of Thomas Wyatt the younger against Mary I of England.
His daughter Douglas Howard [sic] was born in 1545, married first John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Butterwick, secondly (in secret) Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and thirdly Edward Stafford.
This earldom became extinct on the death of Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham in 1816 but was created again in 1837 in favor of Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham (1767–1845) another of his descendants, who had succeeded to the barony of Howard of Effingham in 1816.
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