He had already been created a Baronet, of Torrington in the County of Devon, in 1611,[1] Lord Ridgeway, Baron of Gallen-Ridgeway, in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1616, and was made Viscount Gallen-Ridgeway at the same time as he was granted the earldom, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
He had already been created Baron Londonderry in 1719 and was made Viscount Gallen-Ridgeway at the same time as he was granted the earldom, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
He was the husband of Lady Frances Ridgeway, daughter and heiress of the fourth Earl of the first creation.
His younger son, the third Earl (who succeeded his elder brother), represented Camelford in Parliament.
The third creation came in 1796 in favour of Robert Stewart, 1st Viscount Castlereagh, already created Baron Londonderry in 1789.