Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of March
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox then 1st Earl of March( c. 152229 March 1586) was a Scottish nobleman of the family of Stewart of Darnley.
James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres
James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres( 14 November 1691 – 20 February 1768) was a Scottish peer, the son of Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres and Lady Margaret Campbell, daughter of the Earl of Loudoun.
He became the 5th Earl of Balcarres on 25 July 1736 on the death of his brother Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres.
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery, FRS( 13 January 1707 – 16 November 1762) was a writer and a friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson.
The only son of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Cecil( 1687 – 1708), daughter of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter.
He was born at Westminster and attended Christ Church, Oxford.
He published a translation of the letters of Pliny the Younger in 1751, and" Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift" in the same year, and the" Memoirs of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth".
His" Letters from Italy" was published in 1774 by J. Duncombe.
John Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley
John Stuart Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley( 16 April 1827 – 14 December 1896), styled Lord Clifton from 1831 to 1835, was a British peer.
The eldest son of Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley, he succeeded his father in the earldom in 1835.
He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent on 3 September 1847.
Darnley matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 15 May 1845 and received his B.A. in 1848 and his M.A. in 1869.
On 24 July 1848, he was commissioned captain of the Cobham Troop of the West Kent Yeomanry.
He was promoted to major on 18 April 1859, and to lieutenant- colonel on 28 April 1863.
He retired from the Yeomanry on 9 September 1874, retaining his rank.
On 31 August 1850, Darnley married Lady Harriet Mary Pelham, the daughter of Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester, by whom he had eight children:
Darnley died on 14 December 1896 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward.
Adolfo Costa du Rels
Adolfo Costa du Rels( or Adolfo Costa du Reís)( 19 June 1891 – 26 May 1980) was a Bolivian writer and diplomat who became the last President of the Council of the League of Nations.
He was the author of many plays, novels and other writings, mostly in French, and received several literary awards.
Edward Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley
Edward Henry Stuart Bligh, 7th Earl of Darnley( 21 August 1851 – 31 October 1900), styled Lord Clifton until 1896, was an English landowner and aristocrat who played first- class cricket for Kent and for other amateur sides in the 1870s.
He was born and died at the English home of the Earls of Darnley, Cobham Hall, at Cobham, near Gravesend in Kent.
Described as" having a fearsome temper and being profligate", Bligh matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 8 June 1870.
In 1896, Bligh succeeded his father as the Earl of Darnley and" spent money like water", greatly reducing the wealth of the Darnleys.
On 26 January 1899, he married Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood, daughter of Francis J. L. Blackwood, by whom he had one daughter:
Upon his death on 31 October 1900, he was succeeded as Earl of Darnley by his brother Ivo and as Baron Clifton by his infant daughter Elizabeth.
Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley
Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley
( 9 November 1715 – 22 July 1747) was an Irish peer born of an English family who resided in Kent.
The eldest son of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and Lady Theodosia Hyde, Baroness Clifton, he was educated at Westminster and at Geneva.
He succeeded his mother as Baron Clifton in 1722 and, in 1728, his father as Earl of Darnley.
Lord Darnley was a Grand Master of Freemasons( 1737 to 1738), elected a Fellow of the Royal Society( in 1737) and in 1742 was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales: a position that he held until his death.
He was one of the Whigs who, under the auspices of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, opposed Robert Walpole's office.
Although he never married, he is reputed to have been the lover of the popular Irish actress Margaret Woffington.
According to Westminster Abbey's Funeral Book and Burke's Peerage he died at Cobham Hall, the family seat, and was buried in Westminster Abbey on 1 August 1747, aged 31.
Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley
Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley,( 25 February 1795 – 12 February 1835), styled Lord Clifton until 1831, was a British peer and politician.
Henry Bligh
Reverend Henry Bligh( 10 June 1834 – 4 March 1905) was an English clergyman and cricketer.
He played eight first- class cricket matches between 1853 and 1860, five for Kent County Cricket Club, two for the Gentlemen of Kent and one for Marylebone Cricket Club( MCC).
Bligh was born in Westminster, the fifth child of Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley and his wife Emma Parnell.
The Darnley family lived at Cobham Hall near Gravesend in Kent and was closely associated with Kent cricket and Bligh's two brothers, John Bligh, 6th Earl of Darnley and Edward Vesey Bligh both played the sport.
John was President of Kent and MCC and his son, Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley, played for Kent and captained England in their Ashes win in Australia in 1882/ 3.
Bligh was vicar of Abingdon and then of St James' Church, Hampton Hill between 1881 and 1893, where he was also the President of the cricket club.
He left St James' in 1893 as a result of" suffering from the strain of over- work" and moved to Holy Trinity Church in Fareham where he was vicar between 1893 and 1900.
After retiring in 1900 he lived in Winchester but was buried at St James' in Hampton Hill when he died in 1905.
Florence Bligh, Countess of Darnley
Florence Rose Bligh( née Morphy), Countess of Darnley, DBE( c. 186030 August 1944) was the Australian- born wife of Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley.

Question: Who is older, Edward Bligh, 5Th Earl Of Darnley or Adolfo Costa Du Rels?
Answer: Edward Bligh, 5Th Earl Of Darnley