Earl of Rochford

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The Earl of Rochford was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, historically associated with influential aristocrats who held high political and diplomatic offices in the 18th century.

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Label Occurrences
Earl of Rochford canonical 3
Earl of Rochford (Jacobite peerage) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
associatedMonarch George II of Great Britain
George III of the United Kingdom
associatedOffice British Ambassador to France
British Ambassador to Spain
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
associatedWith House of Orange-Nassau
associatedWithEvent Anglo-French relations in the 18th century
Anglo-Spanish relations in the 18th century
Seven Years' War diplomacy
coatOfArmsBearer Nassau de Zuylestein family
country Kingdom of Great Britain
createdBy King William III of England
createdFor William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford
dateOfCreation 1695
extinctionDate 1830
familyName Nassau de Zuylestein
fieldOfActivity British diplomacy
British politics
grantedBy English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England
heldBy Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford
Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 5th Earl of Rochford
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford
historicalPeriod 18th century
jurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain House of Lords
languageOfTitle English
notableEra Georgian era
notableHolder Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
originOfFamily Dutch nobility
peerage Peerage of Great Britain
precedence below Marquess and above Viscount
rank earl
region Essex
seat St Osyth Priory
linked to: St Osyth
status extinct title
subsidiaryTitle Baron Enfield
Viscount Tunbridge
territorialDesignation Rochford in the County of Essex
linked to: Rochford
typeOfNobility British aristocracy

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Rochford nobleTitle Earl of Rochford
Henry FitzJames nobleTitle Earl of Rochford (Jacobite peerage)
linked to: Earl of Rochford
Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford heldTitle Earl of Rochford
subject linked to: Nassau de Zuylestein