Earls of Clare (1624)
- also Baron Haughton (1616)
- John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare (1564–1637) was comptroller of the household to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
- John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare (1595–1666), eldest son of the 1st Earl
- Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare (1633–1689), second (eldest adult) son of the 2nd Earl
- John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare (1662–1711), eldest son of the 3rd Earl, was created Duke in 1694
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- married Lady Margaret Cavendish, daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke
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