The first creation was made in favour of Sir Thomas Boleyn in 1525 by King Henry VIII.
[citation needed] In 1529, Thomas was promoted even further when the King created him Earl of Wiltshire.
[1] In that same year, Thomas also inherited the wealth and title of his mother's ancestors, the Earls of Ormond.
[1] In 1542, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, George's widow, was also executed after she was implicated in the fall of Queen Catherine Howard.
[4] The title was recreated in 1619 for Thomas Boleyn's great-great-grandson Henry Carey, 4th Baron Hunsdon, who was created Earl of Dover in 1628.