Earl of Cromer is a title in the

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, held by members of the British branch of the Anglo-German Baring banking family. It was created in 1901 for Evelyn Baring, 1st Viscount Cromer, long time British Consul-General in

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. He had already been created Baron Cromer, of

Cromer Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. It is north of Norwich, northwest of North Walsham and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local ...

in the County of Norfolk, in 1892 and Viscount Cromer in 1899. At the time of his elevation to an Earl on 8 August 1901, he was also awarded the title Viscount Errington, of

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. These titles are also in the

. The first Lord Cromer was the son of Henry Baring, third son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl, a diplomat and civil servant. His son, the third Earl, was also a diplomat and served as British Ambassador to the United States between 1971 and 1974. In 2010 the titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth Earl, who succeeded in 1991. Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, was the third son of the first Earl. The family seat is Drayton Court, near Drayton,

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Baron Cromer (1892)

* Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Cromer (1841–1917) (created Viscount Cromer in 1899)

Viscount Cromer (1899)

* Evelyn Baring, 1st Viscount Cromer (1841–1917) (created Earl of Cromer in 1901)

Earl of Cromer (1901)

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, (; 26 February 1841 – 29 January 1917) was a British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British controller-general in Egypt during 1879, part of the international control whic ...

(1841–1917) * Rowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer (1877–1953) * George Rowland Stanley Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer (1918–1991) * Evelyn Rowland Esmond Baring, 4th Earl of Cromer (born 1946) The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Alexander Rowland Harmsworth Baring, Viscount Errington (born 1994).

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cromer Earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1901

Earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the Peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ...

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