Earl of Egmont is a title in the Peerage of Ireland that dates to 1733. Lord Egmont holds the subsidiary titles Viscount Perceval, of Kanturk in the County of Cork (created 1723), Baron Lovel and Holland, of Enmore in the County of Somerset (1762), Baron Perceval, of Burton in the County of Cork (1715), Baron Arden, of Lohort Castle in the County of Cork (1770), and Baron Arden, of Arden in the County of Warwick (1802). All are in the Peerage of Ireland except the Barony of Lovel and Holland (Peerage of Great Britain) and the 1802 Barony of Arden (Peerage of the United Kingdom).
JOSEPH DAMER, baron Milton of Milton Abbey; and baron Milton of Shrone Hill in the kingdom of Ireland.
This nobleman was born 12 March 1718, and elected 1741 to represent the boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the county of Dorset, 1747 to represent the borough of Bramber in the county of Sussex, and 1754 to represent the borough of Dorchester in the, county of Dorset.
HENRY DIGBY, baron Digby of Sherborne; and baron Digby of Geaffiil of the kingdom of Ireland; lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the county of Dorset.
All are in the Peerage of Ireland except the Barony of Lovel and Holland, which is in the Peerage of Great Britain, and the 1802 Barony of Arden, which is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Perceval was created Baron Perceval in 1715, with remainder to the heirs male of his father, and Viscount Perceval in 1722 and Earl of Egmont in 1733, with remainder to the heirs male of his body.
In 1762 he was created BaronLovel and Holland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the British House of Lords.
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