The title of Earl of Kenmare was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1801. It became extinct upon the death of the 7th Earl in 1952.

All of the Earls bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Castlerosse (1801), Viscount Kenmare (1798), and Baron Castlerosse (1798) in the Peerage of Ireland. The 2nd Earl was created Baron Kenmare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1841, but this title became extinct upon his death. His brother and successor, the third earl, was again created Baron Kenmare in the Peerage of the UK in 1856, and this title survived until the extinction of the earldom in 1952.

Earls of Kenmare (1801)

• Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare (1754-1812)
• Valentine Browne, 2nd Earl of Kenmare (1788-1853)
• Thomas Browne, 3rd Earl of Kenmare (1789-1871)
• Valentine Augustus Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare (1825-1905)
• Valentine Charles Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare (1860-1941)
• Valentine Edward Charles Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare (1891-1943)
• Gerald Ralph Desmond Browne, 7th Earl of Kenmare (1896-1952)