Talk:Earl of Clare

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It seems to me that the Earls of Clare in the Peerage of Ireland and the Marquesses of Clare in the Peerages of either England or the U.K. got mixed up in this page....

--Robert Prummel 23:20, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This article states that the first creation was in 1624, but Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford (fl. ~1200) is in his article stated also to have been Earl of Clare. I guess this means that the 'first creation' was not the first at all, but the second at best. - Andre Engels 07:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Mmm, the assorted Gilberts and Richards were not really Earls of Clare, though they were called that; they took thei name from Clare, in Suffolk, and were called Earl, sometimes as a courtesy, because they were powerful, and sometimes as a title, from Gloucester, Hertford, and/or Pembroke. Clearer? Cheers, Lindsay 15:13, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Corrected Hereford to Hertford; don't know what i was thinking....Lindsay 10:07, 4 September 2007 (UTC)