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[[Screenwriter]] [[Julian Fellowes]] used the title, Earl of Grantham — although as a fictional one created in 1772 in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/downtonabbey/default.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029053751/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/downtonabbey/default.html|title=Press releases - Programme press releases - Downton Abbey - ITV Press Centre|archivedate=29 October 2012|publisher=}}</ref> — for one of the main characters, Robert Crawley, in his 2010 [[ITV1]] period drama ''[[Downton Abbey]]''. In this fictional setting, '''Viscount Downton''' was one of Crawley's subsidiary titles.<ref>https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6382545/this-abbey-addition-is-impressive/ Downton Abbey review] - website of Australian daily newspaper [[The Canberra Times]]</ref><ref>[https://ew.com/movies/2019/09/18/downton-abbey-movie-series-everything-you-need-to-know/ Everything you need to know about Downton Abbey before watching the movie] - website of American magazin [[Entertainment Weekly]]</ref> |
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[[File:Grantham Arms.png|thumb|center|224x224px|Arms of the fictional Earls of Grantham in the TV-series Downton Abbey.]] |
[[File:Grantham Arms.png|thumb|center|224x224px|Arms of the fictional Earls of Grantham in the TV-series Downton Abbey.]] |
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Revision as of 12:25, 26 December 2021
Earl of Grantham was a title in the Peerage of England created once on 24 December 1698, along with the titles Viscount Boston, of Boston in the County of Lincoln, and Baron Alford, of Alford in the County of Lincoln, for Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque. The titles were created with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his three brothers Cornelius, Maurice, and Francis, in like manner respectively.[1] Since both his sons and as well his three brothers had predeceased him, the titles became extinct upon his death in 1754.
Earls of Grantham (1698)
- Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham (1675–1754)
- Henry, Viscount Boston (1697–1718)
- Thomas, Viscount Boston (1700–1730)
In fiction
Screenwriter Julian Fellowes used the title, Earl of Grantham — although as a fictional one created in 1772 in the Peerage of Great Britain[3] — for one of the main characters, Robert Crawley, in his 2010 ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey. In this fictional setting, Viscount Downton was one of Crawley's subsidiary titles.[4][5]
See also
- Baron Grantham, created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1761, merged with the title Earl de Grey from 1833 and extinct in 1923.
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "European Heraldry, United Kingdom > Families > Families L to N > House of Nassau". European Heraldry. 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Press releases - Programme press releases - Downton Abbey - ITV Press Centre". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
- ^ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6382545/this-abbey-addition-is-impressive/ Downton Abbey review] - website of Australian daily newspaper The Canberra Times
- ^ Everything you need to know about Downton Abbey before watching the movie - website of American magazin Entertainment Weekly