Earl of Macclesfield is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1679 in favour of the soldier and politician...
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Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, PC, FRS (23 July 1666 – 28 April 1732) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705...
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George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, FRS (c. 1697 – 17 March 1764) was an English peer and astronomer. George was tutored by Welsh mathematician William...
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Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (17 March 1811 – 24 July 1896) was a British peer. Before inheriting the earldom, he sat in the House of Commons as Conservative...
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Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield (born 31 May 1943) is a British peer. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1992 until 1999. The son of George Parker...
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miles (61 km) east of Chester. Before the Norman Conquest, Macclesfield was held by Edwin, Earl of Mercia and was assessed at £8. The medieval town grew up...
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Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, PC (c. 1618 – 7 January 1694) was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier. The eldest son of Sir Charles Gerard...
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Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (c. 1659 – 5 November 1701) was an English peer, soldier and MP. He was born in France, the eldest son of Charles Gerard...
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Countess of Macclesfield. Rivers' intrigue with Lady Macclesfield was the cause of that lady's divorce from her husband Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield...
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Baron Gerard (category Extinct baronies in the Peerage of England)
Earl of Macclesfield, 1st Baron Gerard, (1618–1694) Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, 2nd Baron Gerard, (1659–1701) Fitton Gerard, 3rd Earl of...
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