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Earl of Darlington is a title that has been created twice, each time in the Peerage of Great Britain. Baroness von Kielmansegg, half-sister of King George I, was made countess of Darlington in 1722. This creation was for life only, and so the title expired on her death in 1725.

The second creation came in 1754 in favour of Henry Vane, 3rd Baron Barnard, who became the first Earl of Darlington.

• Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington (c. 1705–1758)
• Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (1726–1792)
• William Harry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington (1766–1842)

In 1827 Lord Darlington was created Marquess of Cleveland and in 1833 Duke of Cleveland.

• William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland (1766–1842)
• Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1788–1864)
• William John Frederick Vane, 3rd Duke of Cleveland (1792–1864)
• Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland (1803–1891)

Family tree

Family trees of the Dukes of Cleveland, Dukes of Southampton, and Earls of Darlington, Barons Barnard, and subsidiary titles

Duke of Cleveland (1st creation), Earl of Southampton, Baron of Nonsuch, 1670 Baron Barnard, of Barnard Castle in the Bishopric of Durham Barbara Palmer 1640–1709 1st Duchess of Cleveland, etc. King Charles II 1630–1685 Christopher Vane 1653–1723 1st Baron Barnard Ernest Augustus 1629–1698 Elector of Hanover Duke of Southampton, Earl of Chichester (2nd creation), and Baron Newbury, 1675 Earl of Darlington (1st creation) and Baron of Brentford, 1722 Viscount Vane and Baron Vane of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, 1720 Charles FitzRoy 1662–1730 2nd Duke of Cleveland, etc., 1st Duke of Southampton, etc. Henry Vane 1676–1676 Gilbert Vane 1678–1753 2nd Baron Barnard King George I 1660–1727 Sophia von Kielmansegg 1675–1725 Countess of Leinster, Countess of Darlington and Baroness of Brentford William Vane 1682–1734 1st Viscount Vane Earldom of Darlington (1st creation) and Barony of Brentford extinct, 1725 Earl of Darlington (2nd creation) and Viscount Barnard, 1754 William FitzRoy 1698–1774 3rd Duke of Cleveland, etc., 2nd Duke of Southampton, etc. Grace Fitzroy 1697–1763 Henry Vane c. 1705–1758 1st Earl of Darlington, etc., 3rd Baron Barnard Morgan Vane 1706–1779 William Holles Vane 1714–1789 2nd Viscount Vane Dukedoms of Cleveland (1st creation) and Southampton, and Marquess of Cleveland extinct, 1774 Viscouncy Vane and Barony Vane extinct, 1789 Henry Vane 1726–1792 2nd Earl of Darlington, etc., 4th Baron Barnard Frederick Vane 1732–1801 Raby Vane 1736–1769 Morgan Vane 1737–1789 Marquess of Cleveland, 1827 Duke of Cleveland (2nd creation) and Baron Raby (2nd creation), 1833 William Harry Vane 1766–1842 1st Duke of Cleveland, etc., 3rd Earl of Darlington, etc., 5th Baron Barnard John Vane 1788–1849 Henry Vane 1788–1864 2nd Duke of Cleveland, etc., 4th Earl of Darlington, etc., 6th Baron Barnard William John Frederick Vane 1792–1864 3rd Duke of Cleveland, etc., 5th Earl of Darlington, etc., 7th Baron Barnard Harry George Powlett 1803–1891 4th Duke of Cleveland, etc., 6th Earl of Darlington, etc., 8th Baron Barnard Henry Morgan Vane 1808–1886 Dukedom of Cleveland (2nd creation), Marquessate of Cleveland, Earldom of Darlington (2nd creation), Viscount Barnard, and Barony Raby (2nd creation) declared extinct, 1891 Henry de Vere Vane 1854–1918 9th Baron Barnard William Lyonel Vane Baron Inglewood, 1964 Henry Cecil Vane 1882–1917 Christopher William Vane 1888–1964 10th Baron Barnard William Morgan Fletcher-Vane 1909–1989 1st Baron Inglewood Harry John Neville Vane 1923–2016 11th Baron Barnard Henry Francis Cecil Vane b. 1959 12th Baron Barnard William Richard Fletcher-Vane b. 1951 2nd Baron Inglewood William Henry Cecil Vane b. 2005 Henry William Frederick Fletcher-Vane b. 1990

In fiction

The Earl of Darlington was a character in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Remains of the Day. The novel was adapted into a 1993 film by Merchant Ivory Productions starring Anthony Hopkins as Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton. Lord Darlington was played by James Fox.