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{{short description|Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain}}
The title of '''Earl of Eltham''' has been created two times as a subsidiary title. The first creation was in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]] in 1726 as a subsidiary title for the [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Duke of Edinburgh]], eldest son of the [[George II of Great Britain|Prince of Wales]]. This merged in the crown in 1760.▼
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox nobility title
| name = Earldom of Eltham
| image = [[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|120px|centre]][[File:Coat of arms of Adolphus, marquess of Cambridge.svg|150px|Arms of the Marquess of Cambridge]]
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| creation_date = 16 July 1917
| creation = Second
| monarch = [[George V]]
| peerage = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
| baronetage =
| first_holder = [[Adolphus Cambridge]]
| last_holder = [[George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge|George Cambridge]]
| present_holder =
| heir_apparent =
| heir_presumptive =
| remainder_to = The 1st Earl’s [[heirs male of the body]] lawfully begotten
| subsidiary_titles = Viscount Northallerton
| status = Extinct
| extinction_date = 16 April 1981
| family_seat =
| former_seat =
| motto = '''FIDES ET FIDELIS''' <br /> ''(Fearless and faithful)''
| footnotes =
}}
▲The title of '''Earl of Eltham''' has been created
The second creation was in 1917 in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] for the [[Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge|Duke of Teck]], brother of [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], who gave up his German titles for the British title of [[Marquess of Cambridge]].
==Earls of Eltham,
*[[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] (1707-1751)
*[[George III of the United Kingdom|George, Prince of Wales]] (1738-1820), merged in crown 1760.
==Earls of Eltham,
*''see [[Marquess of Cambridge]]''
== Family trees ==
[[Category:Peerages of the United Kingdom]]▼
{{Dukes of Gloucester and Edinburgh family tree}}
{{Dukes of Cambridge family tree}}
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[[Category:Noble titles created in 1726]]
[[Category:Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain]]
[[Category:Noble titles created in 1917]]
[[Category:British and Irish peerages which merged in the Crown]]
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