Grafton, Duke.—From a Village in Northamptonshire, which was erected into an Honour, and conferred by King Charles II. on his Natural Son by the Duchess of Cleveland.
Euston, Earl (Fitzroy).—From the Seat in Suffolk.
Devonshire, Duke (Cavendish).—From the County. Descended from a Gentleman Usher to Cardinal Wolsey[242].
Hartington, Marquis (Cavendish).—From an obscure Village (the Property of the Duke) in the Peak of Derbyshire.
Dorset, Duke.—From the County. Sir Lionel Cranfield, Knight, Lord Cranfield, &c. was a Shop-keeper in London, as his Father had been before him[243].
Effingham, Earl (Howard).—From Effingham in Surrey, a Seat of this Branch of the Family, and where there was a Castle.
Sussex, Earl.—From the County.
Longueville, Viscount (Yelverton).—Sir Henry Yelverton, the Second Baronet, married Susan Baroness Grey of Ruthyn, Daughter and sole Heiress of Charles Longueville, Lord Grey of Ruthyn. To this Title the eldest Son of Sir Henry succeeded on the death of his Mother (being a Barony in Fee); and was followed by his Brother Henry, who was created Viscount Longueville 1690. Talbot Yelverton, the eldest Son of Henry, was created Earl of Sussex in 1717.
Beaufort, Duke.—Henry Beaufort, third Duke of Somerset, temp. Henry VII. had a Natural Son, to whom he gave the names of Charles Somerset (afterwards a Knight), whose Descendant was created Duke of Beaufort. Thus, by a Child of Casualty, the Name and Title have changed positions; as what was Beaufort Duke of Somerset is now Somerset Duke of Beaufort.