Earl of Bath
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Earl of Bath was a title that was created five times in British history, three times in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

, once in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
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...

 and once Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. See also Marquess of Bath
Marquess of Bath
Marquess of Bath is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth. The Thynne family descends from the soldier and courtier Sir John Thynne , who constructed Longleat House between 1567 and 1579...

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Earls of Bath; Second creation (1536)

  • John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath
    John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath
    John Bourchier, 11th Baron FitzWarin, created 1st Earl of Bath was born in Essex, England to Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin and Elizabeth Dinham.-Marriages:...

     (1470–1539)

  • John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath
    John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath
    Sir John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, PC was an Earl in the peerage of England. He also succeeded to the titles of 4th Baron FitzWarin, Baron of Daubeney and 4th Count of Eu....

     (1499–1561) (commissioner at the trial of Lady Jane Grey
    Lady Jane Grey
    Lady Jane Grey , also known as The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman who was de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553 and was subsequently executed...

    )
    • John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarine (1529–1556)
  • William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
    William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
    William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath was the son of John Bourchier, 5th Baron FitzWarin, who died in the same year he was born, and Lady Frances Kytson. William succeeded to the title on the death of his grandfather, John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath in 1561.He was married in 1583 to Lady Elizabeth...

     (bef. 1557–1623)
    • John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarine (1585–1587)
    • Robert Bourchier, Lord FitzWarine (1587–1588)
  • Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath
    Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath
    Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath , was born 27 Aug 1575 in Somerset to William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath and Elizabeth Russell. Edward was married twice first on 14 July 1623 to Dorothy St John, daughter of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso and Dorothy Read. They had five children...

     (1590–1636)
    • John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarine (1630–1631)
  • Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath
    Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath
    Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath was an English Peer of the Realm, Lord Privy Seal, and landowner in counties Limerick, Armagh, Devon and Somerset-Biography:Sir Henry Bourchier was probably born and was certainly brought up in Ireland...

     (1593–1654)

Earls of Bath; Third creation (1661)

  • John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
    John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
    John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC was an English royalist statesman, whose highest position was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland....

     (1628–1701)
  • Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath
    Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath
    Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath was an English soldier, politician, diplomat, courtier and peer....

     (1661–1701)
  • William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath
    William Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath
    William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath was an English peer, styled Viscount Lansdown from August to September 1701...

     (1692–1711)

Earls of Bath; Fourth creation (1742)

  • William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
    William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
    William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, PC was an English politician, a Whig, created the first Earl of Bath in 1742 by King George II; he is sometimes stated to have been Prime Minister, for the shortest term ever , though most modern sources reckon that he cannot be considered to have held the...

     (1684–1764)
    • William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney
      William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney
      William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney was a British Whig politician and soldier.He was the only son of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Anna Maria Gumley, daughter of John Gumley. Pulteney was educated at Westminster School from 1740 to 1747 and began his Grand Tour in the following...

       (1731–1763)

Earls of Bath; Fifth creation (1803)

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