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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was compensated by being raised, on 19 June 1627, to the earldom of Sunderland.
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In 1930 he succeeded to the earldom and to an alarming load of debt.
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In the prince's earldom of Chester there were even fewer changes.
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Lieutenant Denholm is the heir to an earldom .
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The Duke's lesser titles include a couple of earldoms, a barony or two and the lordship of Eskdale.
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Their union, in 1664, had only produced one daughter before he was killed; the earldom became extinct.
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Three of his daughters by Elizabeth married into families holding the earldoms of Suffolk, Lincoln, and Rutland.
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When the heir to the Spencer earldom got married three years ago, Guppy was his best man.