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Similarly, the earl of Peterborough's son refused both to remove his hat and to enter a plea when tried for treason in 1658.

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026

"I don't think we should be using the hereditary privilege we have in the Lords to haggle or negotiate for life peerages," the earl said.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

The earl of Arundel’s tomb expresses the grim realities beneath the era’s facade of chivalry: Above, he is depicted resplendent in full armor; below, as a gaunt cadaver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

Viewers eventually learn Sophie’s servitude is forced after her parentage is revealed — she’s the illegitimate daughter of an earl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

“Why not wait for your just desserts?” mumbled the earl indistinctly, his mouth full of food.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

Its inhabitants are those of “there will always be an England” England: stern vicars, timid curates, lords and earls, penniless titled wastrels living on allowances from their uncles, imperious aunts, upper-crust twits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

“The United States Constitution's ban on inherited titles met with unanimous approval because of the perceived threat posed by lords and earls to a democratic republic.”

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2018

The tradition caught on and English colleges became diploma mills for earls and barons who never cracked a book or scribbled on parchment in their storied halls.

From Washington Times ● May 9, 2018

Among the 10,000 killed were King James IV, 12 earls, 13 barons, five heirs to titles, three bishops and two abbots.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2013

If this ex- panded idea of freedom spread, how safe were the kings and dukes, earls and knights, of England?

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson