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unusual facts about Earl of Lincoln



Blanche of Lancaster

However, through his marriage to Blanche, John of Gaunt became Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lincoln and Earl of Leicester (although Gaunt did not receive all of these titles until the death of Blanche's older sister, Maud, in 1362).

Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Her godmother was Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was represented on this occasion by the Earl of Lincoln.

Lincoln, New Zealand

In 1862 James Edward FitzGerald of ‘The Springs’ subdivided some of his freehold land for the new township of Lincoln, named after the Earl of Lincoln, a foundation member of the Canterbury Association and from 1851 a member of the management committee.


see also

Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, KG (1512 – 16 January 1584/85) was an English nobleman and Lord High Admiral.

Elizabeth Clinton

Elizabeth Blount, married name Elizabeth Clinton, mistress of Henry VIII, first wife of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln (1527-1589), aka The Fair Geraldine, Irish noblewoman; 3rd wife of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle

On 23 March 1931, the Earl of Lincoln married Jean Gimbernat (died 1968), the former wife of a Mr Gimbernat and daughter of David Banks of Park Avenue, New York City.