{{Short description|Title in British Peerage (created 1722, 1754)}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Earl of Darlington''' is a title that has been created twice, each time in the Peerage of Great Britain. Baroness von Kielmansegg, half-sister of King George I, was made countess of Darlington in 1722. This creation was for life only, and so the title expired on her death in 1725.<ref>Matthew Kilburn, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76310 ‘Kielmansegg, Sophia Charlotte von, suo jure countess of Darlington and suo jure countess of Leinster (1675–1725)’], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 21 Dec 2013 {{registration required}}</ref>
The second creation came in 1754 in favour of Henry Vane, 3rd Baron Barnard, who became the first Earl of Darlington. *Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington (c. 1705–1758) *Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (1726–1792) *William Harry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington (1766–1842)
In 1827 Lord Darlington was created Marquess of Cleveland and in 1833 Duke of Cleveland. *William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland (1766–1842) *Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1788–1864) *William John Frederick Vane, 3rd Duke of Cleveland (1792–1864) *Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland (1803–1891)
== Family tree == {{Dukes of Cleveland and Southampton family tree}}
==In fiction== The Earl of Darlington was a character in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel ''The Remains of the Day''. The novel was adapted into a 1993 film by Merchant Ivory Productions starring Anthony Hopkins as Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton. Lord Darlington was played by James Fox.
==References== <references/> {{British earldoms}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Darlington}} Category:Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain Category:Noble titles created in 1722 Category:Noble titles created in 1754 *