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EARLS OF PORTSMOUTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EARLS OF

PORTSMOUTH  . In 1743 John Wallop (169o-1762) of Farley Wallop in Hampshire was created
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earl of Portsmouth . He belonged to an old Hampshire
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family and had been a lord of the
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treasury from 1717 to 172o, when he was created Baron Wallop . The earldom has since been held by his descendants, one of whom, Newton Wallop (b . 1856), became the 6th earl in 1891 . This earl was a member of parliament from 188o to 1881 and was under secretary of state for war from 1905 to 1908 .

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