The title of Baron Farnham was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1756. The 2nd Baron was created Viscount Farnham (1760) and Earl of Farnham (1763), but these titles became extinct upon his death in 1779. His successor, the 3rd Baron, was again created Viscount Farnham (1781) and Earl of Farnham (1785), but these titles again became extinct upon the death of the 2nd Earl of this creation in 1823.
During a visit to BC in 1908, then Governor General, Earl Grey crossed the Purcell Mountains from Invermere to Argenta on Kootenay Lake on a trail up Toby Creek.
This trail and the high pass was later named in Earl Greys honor.
The Earl Grey Pass Traverse is located in southern interior mountains of British Columbia.
The title of Baron Farnham, of Farnham in the County of Cavan, was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1756 for John Maxwell, who had previously represented County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons.
His son, the 2nd Baron, was created Viscount Farnham (1760) and Earl of Farnham (1763) in the Peerage of Ireland, but these titles became extinct upon his death in 1779.
His brother and successor, the 3rd Baron, was again created Viscount Farnham (1781) and Earl of Farnham (1785) in the Peerage of Ireland, but these titles again became extinct upon the death of his son, the 2nd Earl of this creation, in 1823.
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