Earl of Strathearn has also been granted to members of the royal family in the titles of Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (created 1766, extinct 1790), Duke of Kent and Strathearn (created 1799, extinct 1820) and Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (created 1874, extinct 1943). On 29 April 2011, the title was recreated when Queen Elizabeth II conferred the title on Prince William of Wales. As a result, on marriage his wife Catherine became Countess of Strathearn. He generally uses this title in Scotland. Earl of Strathearn Earl or Mormaer of Strathearn is a title of Scottish nobility, referring to the region of
Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer wife of the fifth Earl, was a patron of the Reform movement and a lover of Lord Byron. The family seats were Brampton Bryan Hall in Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire and Eywood House, in Kington, Herefordshire, the latter of which was demolished in the 1950s. Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for the statesman Robert Harley, with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to those of his grandfather, Sir Robert Harley. He was made Baron Harley, of Wigmore in the