Earl of Westerham

Earl of Westerham, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain held by the head of the Westerham family of Norfolk. The Westerham family descends from Sir John Westerham, who acquired the Westerham estate in Norfolk through marriage in the early 16th century. The 1st Earl made a large fortune from investments in Colonies. His descendants would continue to invest in such ventures and the Industrial revolution. By the 3rd Earl the family would own the Great Eastern Railroad. The 1st Earl was also a Member of Parliament, and served as Postmaster General. A position the 3rd,4th,5th and 6th Earls would hold as well. The 5th served as Aide-de-Camp to Edward VII and the 6th to George VI. The 5th Earl also sold the Railway in 19o2, to form with the Northern & Eastern Railway, and double the family fortune then the third largest in Britain.

The ancestral and current seat of the Westerham family is Westerham Hall in Norfolk. The House has been in the family since John Westerham acquired the house through marriage in 1694. The House was updated greatly in the 1870’s to modernize, the house is largely Edwardian, electricity, central heating, and plumbing was added in 1890 by the 5th Earl.



Baron Westerham(1753)
•	John Westerham, 1st Baron Westerham(1706–1761)

•	William Westerham, 2nd Baron Westerham (1737–1805) (created Earl of Westerham in 1784)

Earl of Westerham(Lord Westerham) (1784)
•	William Westerham, 1st Earl of Westerham(1737–1805)

•	John Henry Westerham, 2nd Earl of Westerham(1765–1809) •	Henry Westerham, 3rd Earl of Westerham(1780–1863)

•	Alistair Scott William Westerham, 4th Earl of Westerham (1816–1880) •	Edmund Henry Charles Westerham, 5th Earl of Westerham (1845–1935) •	Henry Alistair William Edmund Westerham, 6th Earl of Westerham (1872–1959)

•	Charles Edmund Westerham, 7th Earl of Westeham (1910–1980)

•	Alistair George Mercer Westerham, 8th Earl of Westerham (1912–1999)(brother of 7th Earl)

•	Charles Maurice Westerham, 9th Earl of Westerham (b. 1941)