The title of Earl of Southampton was created three times in the Peerage of England - in 1537, 1544, and 1670. The second creation was associated with a subsidiary title, Baron Wriothesley (created three years earlier). See also Duke of Southampton, Baron Southampton.
EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON, an English title borne by the families of Fitzwilliam and Wriothesley.
After the death of Lady Gainsborough the London property of the earl passed to her sister Rachel, wife of William, Lord Russell, the patriot, and later to the dukes of Bedford.
The barony of Southampton was created in 1780 in favour of Charles Fitzroy (1737-1797), a grandson of Charles Fitzroy, 2nd duke of Grafton, he being thus, like the holders of the dukedom of Southampton, descended from Charles II.
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (October 6, 1573–November 10, 1624), one of William Shakespeare's patrons, was the second son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and his wife Mary Browne, daughter of the 1st Viscount Montague.
Southampton took a considerable share in promoting the colonial enterprises of the time, and was an active member of the Virginia company's council.
Henry, Earl of Oxenford, Henry, Earle of Southampton, Robert, Earl of Essex (1624).
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