Earl of Lathom

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The Earl of Lathom was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom held by members of the Bootle-Wilbraham family, prominent Lancashire landowners and Conservative politicians in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Earl of Lathom canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
associatedCounty Lancashire
associatedEstate Lathom House estate
linked to: Lathom House
associatedFamily Bootle-Wilbraham family
associatedPoliticalActivity Conservative politics in Lancashire
associatedWithMonarch King Edward VII
linked to: Edward VII

Queen Victoria
associatedWithRole Lord Chamberlain of the Household
centuryOfProminence 19th century
20th century
country United Kingdom
createdFor Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
creationDate 1880
extinctionDate 1930
extinctionReason death of the 3rd Earl without male issue
familySeat Lathom House
firstHolder Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
heldBy Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Earl of Lathom
Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 3rd Earl of Lathom
hereditarySuccession male-preference primogeniture
higherThan Viscount
jurisdiction United Kingdom Parliament
linked to: British Parliament
lastHolder Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 3rd Earl of Lathom
lowerThan Marquess
monarchAtCreation Queen Victoria
nobleFamily Bootle-Wilbraham
nobleRank Earl
notableCharacteristic influential Conservative politicians
prominent Lancashire landowners
notableLandholdingsRegion Lancashire
Skelmersdale
notableOfficeHeldByTitleholder Lord Chamberlain
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
parliamentaryAffiliationOfTitleholders Conservative Party
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
politicalAlignment Conservative Party
region Lancashire
socialClass British aristocracy
status extinct
subsidiaryTitle Baron Skelmersdale
Viscount Skelmersdale
territorialDesignation of Lathom in the County Palatine of Lancaster
titleCreatedFrom Baron Skelmersdale
titleType noble title
usedIn British House of Lords
linked to: House of Lords

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Bootle-Wilbraham hasNotableTitle Earl of Lathom
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom nobleTitle Earl of Lathom
subject linked to: Earldom of Lathom