page_title: Earl of Guilford
section_title: Earls of Guilford (1752)
hierarchical_section_title: Earl of Guilford / Earls of Guilford (1752)
caption_attribution_description: Arms of North, Earl of Guildford
context_page_description: Earl of Guilford is a title that has been created three times in history. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1660 for Elizabeth Boyle. She was a daughter of William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, and the widow of Lewis Boyle, 1st Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky. The title was for life only and became extinct on her death in 1667. The title was created for a second time in the Peerage of England in 1674 for John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale.
  Despite the first two creations, the title of Earl of Guilford is chiefly associated with one branch of the North family, which descends from the Hon. Sir Francis North, second son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, a lawyer and politician. He was Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1675 to 1682 and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal from 1682 to 1685. In 1683 he was created Baron Guilford, of Guilford in the County of Surrey, in the Peerage of England. He died in middle age and was succeeded by his son, the second Baron, who briefly served as President of the Board of Trade from 1713 to 1714 and was also Lord-Lieutenant of Essex.
context_section_description: Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford (1704–1790)
  Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1732–1792)
  George Augustus North, 3rd Earl of Guilford (1757–1802)
  Francis North, 4th Earl of Guilford (1761–1817)
  Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766–1827)
  Francis North, 6th Earl of Guilford (1772–1861), clergyman, Master of Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, the inspiration for The Warden by Anthony Trollope
  Dudley North, Lord North (1829–1860)
  Dudley Francis North, 7th Earl of Guilford (1851–1885)
  Dudley Francis North, Lord North (1875–1875)
  Frederick George North, 8th Earl of Guilford (1876–1949)
  Francis George North, Lord North (1902–1940)
  Edward Francis North, 9th Earl of Guilford (1933–1999)
  Piers Edward Brownlow North, 10th Earl of Guilford (b. 1971)
  The heir apparent is the present holder's son Frederick Edward George North, Lord North (b. 2002)
caption: Arms of the Earls of Guilford
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