Earl of Yarmouth

The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1679 in favour of the politician and scientist Robert Paston, 1st Viscount Yarmouth.

He had already been created Baron Paston and Viscount Yarmouth in the Peerage of England in 1673.

He was the son of William Paston, who had been created a Baronet, of Oxnead in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England in 1641.

The second creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1740 in favour of Amalie von Wallmoden, mistress of George II.

The third creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1793 in favour of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford.