Earl of Granard is a title in the

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. It was created in 1684 for Arthur Forbes, 1st Viscount Granard. He was a lieutenant-general in the army and served as Marshal of the Army in

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after the Restoration and was later

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. He had already succeeded his father as second Baronet of Castle Forbes and been created Baron Clanehugh and Viscount Granard in 1675, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The Baronetcy, of Castle Forbes in county Longford, was created in the

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on 29 September 1628 for his father, Arthur Forbes. The first Earl's grandson, the third Earl, was an admiral in the

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. He was summoned to the

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through a

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as ''Lord Forbes'' in his father's lifetime. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Earl. He was a lieutenant-general in the Army. His grandson, the sixth Earl, was a

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in the Army. In 1806 he was created Baron Granard, of Castle Donington in the County of Leicester, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This title gave the Earls an automatic seat in the

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until the passing of the

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. On his death the titles passed to his grandson, the seventh Earl. He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim from 1856 to 1872. His son, the eighth Earl, was a soldier and

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politician. Lord Granard held junior office in the Liberal administrations of

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and

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and was also a member of the

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and of the Senate of the Irish Free State. the titles are held by his grandson, the tenth Earl, who succeeded his uncle in 1992. The invented title of ''Viscount Forbes'' is used as a courtesy title for the Earl's heir apparent. The family seat is

Castle Forbes Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scottish baronial architecture style near Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Vale of Alford estate has been home to the Forbes for over 600 years. The original house was named Putachi ...

, near Newtownforbes, County Longford.

Forbes baronets, of Castle Forbes (1628)

* Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st Baronet (died 1632) * Sir Arthur Forbes, 2nd Baronet (1623–1695) (created Earl of Granard in 1684)

Earls of Granard (1684)

* Arthur Forbes, 1st Earl of Granard, 1st Viscount Granard, 1st Baron Clanehugh (1623–1695) * Arthur Forbes, 2nd Earl of Granard, 2nd Viscount Granard, 2nd Baron Clanehugh (–1734) * George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, 3rd Viscount Granard, 3rd Baron Clanehugh (1685–1765) *

George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard (15 March 1710 – 16 October 1769) was an Irish soldier and politician. Early life He was the eldest son of George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard by his wife Mary, daughter of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mou ...

, 4th Viscount Granard, 4th Baron Clanehugh (1710–1769) *

George Forbes, 5th Earl of Granard George Forbes, 5th Earl of Granard PC (2 April 1740 – 15 April 1780) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Early life Forbes was born on 2 April 1740. He was the only son of Lt.-Gen. George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard and the former Letitia ...

, 5th Viscount Granard, 5th Baron Clanehugh (1740–1780) * George Forbes, 6th Earl of Granard, 6th Viscount Granard, 6th Baron Clanehugh (1760–1837) * George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, 7th Viscount Granard, 7th Baron Clanehugh (1833–1889) * Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, 8th Viscount Granard, 8th Baron Clanehugh (1874–1948) * Arthur Patrick Hastings Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard, 9th Viscount Granard, 9th Baron Clanehugh (1915–1992) * Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard, 10th Viscount Granard, 10th Baron Clanehugh (born 1957) The

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is the present holder's son Jonathan Peter Hastings Forbes, Viscount Forbes (born 1981).Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Granard Earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1684

Forbes baronets, of Castle Forbes (1628)

Earls of Granard (1684)

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