Earle baronets

The Earle Baronetcy, of Allerton Tower in Woolton (South Liverpool) in the parish of Childwall in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 November 1869 for the businessman and slave trader Hardman Earle.

[2] His son John settled in Liverpool and served as Mayor of the city in 1709.

His grandson Thomas Earle, also a slave trader, was Mayor of Liverpool in 1787.

Besides Richard, he had a further 5 children by his then third wife, Francis, who was sister to Sir Thomas Coney of Bassingthorpe.

Augustine was buried in the Chapel of Stragglethorpe in 1636 and his will, dated 20 July 1636, can be downloaded from the National Archives.

Escutcheon of the Earle baronets of Craglethorpe
Shield of arms of the Allerton Tower baronets: Argent three pallets Ermines. [ 4 ]