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• Earles Penny
• Earl Marshal
• Earl
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline
• Andrew Rutherford, Earl Teviot
• Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Dodge, William Earl
• Earle (or Earles), John
• Earle, Jabez, D.D.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Aberdeen, Earl of
• Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of
• Ar`lington, Henry Bennet, Earl of
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Beaconsfield, Earl of
• Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

A title of nobility, ranking third in the British peerage; originally election to the dignity of earl carried with it a grant of land held in feudal tenure, the discharge of judicial and administrative duties connected therewith, and was the occasion of a solemn service of investiture. In course of time the title lost its official character, and since the reign of Queen Anne all ceremony of investiture has been dispensed with, the title being conferred by letters-patent. The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon eorls which signified the "gentle folk," as distinguished from the ceorls , the "churls" or "simple folk."