Earl of Guilford is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1752. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The Earl holds the subsidiary title of Baron Guilford, of Guilford in the County of Surrey (1683), in the Peerage of England. The heir-apparent to the earldom uses the invented courtesy title of Lord North. Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ...

An unqualified reference to Lord North almost always refers to Frederick North, Lord North, later 2nd Earl of Guilford, who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770-1782. Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG , PC (April 13, 1732–August 5, 1792), more often known by his earlier title, Lord North, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782, and a major actor in the American Revolution. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... 1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The family seat is Waldershare House, near Dover, Kent. The town in Surrey from which both titles derive is now spelt Guildford. Map sources for Dover at grid reference TR315415 Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port town. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Guildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region. ...

Barons Guilford (1683)

• Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1637-1685)
• Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford (1673-1729)
• Francis North, 3rd Baron Guilford (1704-1790) (became Earl of Guilford in 1752)

Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1637 - 1685), was the third son of the 4th Baron North, and was created Baron Guilford in 1683, after becoming lord keeper in succession to Lord Nottingham. ... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... Events January 22 - Impostor Mary Carleton is hanged in Newgate prison in England for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation March 18 - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Quakers. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Earls of Guilford (1752)

Arms of the Earls of Guilford.

• Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford (1704-1790)
• Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732-1792)
• George Augustus North, 3rd Earl of Guilford (1757-1802)
• Francis North, 4th Earl of Guilford (1761-1817)
• Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827)
• Francis North, 6th Earl of Guilford (1772-1861)
• Dudley Francis North, 7th Earl of Guilford (1851-1885)
• Frederick George North, 8th Earl of Guilford (1876-1949)
• Edward Francis North, 9th Earl of Guilford (1933-1999)
• Piers Edward Brownlow North, 10th Earl of Guilford (b. 1971)