Earl of Eldon, in the County Palatine of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

It was created in 1821 for the lawyer and politician John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon, Lord Chancellor from 1801 to 1806 and again from 1807 to 1827.

As of 2017[update] the titles are held by the latter's great-great-great-grandson, the sixth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2017.

Sir Ernest Scott, second son of the third Earl, was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Hungary.

John Francis "Jock" Scott, 6th Earl of Eldon (born 9 July 1962) is the son of the 5th Earl and his wife Countess Claudine de Montjoye-Vaufrey et de la Roche and was educated at Ampleforth College.