Earls of Newburgh (1660)

1^st Earl of Newburgh, James Livingston, b.1622, a.1660, d.1670

Son of John Livingston, 1^st Baronet Livingston of Kinnaird (b.?, d.1628). He was a Royalist and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles I, and was created 1^st Viscount of Newburgh in 1647. In 1654, he was exempted from Cromwell’s Act of Grace and accompanied his King to the Hague. At the Restoration in 1660 he was created 1^st Earl of Newburgh, 1^st Viscount of Kinnaird and 1^st Lord Levingston and was Captain of the Guards.

2^nd Earl of Newburgh, Charles Livingston, b.?, a.1670, d.1694

Son of the 1^st Earl and Anne Poole (b.b.1640, d.1692), daughter of Sir Henry Poole, Baronet Poole. The baronetcy and viscountcy became extinct at his death as they required actual male heirs.

3^rd Earl (Countess) of Newburgh, Charlotte Maria Livingston, b.1694, a.1694, d.1755

Daughter of the 2^nd Earl and Frances Brudenell (b.?, d.1735-1736), a grand-daughter of Sir Robert Brudenell, 2^nd Earl of Cardigan.

4^th Earl of Newburgh, James Bartholomew Radclyffe, b.1725, a.1755, d.1787

Son of the 3^rd Countess and Charles Radclyffe (b.1693, d.1746), son of Edward Ratcliffe, 2^nd Earl of Derwentwater and Mary Tudor (b.1673, d.1726), daughter of King Charles II. He also inherited the title of 6^th Earl of Derwentwater.

5^th Earl of Newburgh, Anthony James Radclyffe, b.1757, a.1787, d.1814

Son of the 4^th Earl and Barbara Kemp (b.?, d.1797). He was also the 7^th Earl of Derwentwater, but this title became extinct at his death.

6^th Earl of Newburgh, Vincent Giustaniani, b.1762, a.1814, d.1826

With no immediate heirs, the closest person to the main line was Anne Clifford (b.?, d.1793), daughter of the 3^rd Countess and her first husband Thomas Clifford (b.1687, d.1718-1719), son of Hugh Gifford, 2^nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh. She married John Joseph Mahony (b.1699, d.1757), son of Daniel O’Mahony, Comte de Castile. Their daughter Cecilia Carlotta Francesca Anna Mahony (b.1740, d.1789) married Beneditto Giustaniani, 5^th Prince Giustaniani, and their son became 6^th Earl. His full name is Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustaniani.

7^th Earl (Countess) of Newburgh, Maria Giustaniani, b.1796, a.1826, d.1877

Daughter of the 6^th Earl and Maria Nicoletta de Mondragone, daughter of Dominico Grillo de Mondragone, Duca di Mondragone. Her full name is Maria Cecilia Agatha Anna Josepha Laurentia Donata Melchiora Balthassara Gaspara Giustaniani. She also inherited her father’s dukedom.

8^th Earl of Newburgh, Sigismund Giustaniani-Bandini, b.1818, a.1877, d.1908

Son of the 7^th Countess and Charles Bandini, 4^th Marquis Bandini of Lanciano and Rustano. His full name is Sigismondo Niccolo Venanzio Gaetano Francisco Giustaniani-Bandini.

9^th Earl of Newburgh, Carlo Giustaniani-Bandini, b.1862, a.1908, d.1941

Son of the 8^th Earl and Maria Sofia Angelica Massani (b.1830, d.1898).

10^th Earl (Countess) of Newburgh, Maria Sofia Giuseppina Giustaniani-Bandini, b.1889, a.1941, d.1977

Daughter of the 9^th Earl and Donna Maria Lanza di Trabia (b.1866, d.1949). She married the Conte Manfredi Gravina de Ramacca, and by the rules of succession the earldom was transferred to the heir-male.

11^th Earl of Newburgh, Giulio Cesare Taddeo Cosimo Rospigliosi, b.1907, a.1977, d.1986

The 9^th Earl’s sister Donna Elena Giustaniani-Bandini (b.1853, d.1950) married Camillo Francesco Maria Rospigliosi (b.1850, d.1915), younger son of Don Clemente Rospigliosi, 7^th Principe Rospigliosi. Their son Giambattista Pio Sigismondo Francesco Rospigliosi (b.1877, d.1956) married Ethel Bronson (b.1870, d.1924) of New York. Their son became the 10^th Principe Rospigliosi in 1959 on the death of his cousin and 11^th Earl on the death of his father’s cousin.

12^th Earl of Newburgh, Filippo Giambattista Camillo Francesco Aldo Maria Rospigliosi, b.1942, a.1986

Son of the 11^th Earl and Donna Giulia dei Duchi Visconti de Modrone (b.1913, d.1994). As well as being 12^th Earl, he is also 11^th Principe Rospigliosi in the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire, 14^th Principe di Castiglione in the nobility of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, 11^th Duca di Zagarolo in the nobility of the Papacy, and has many other lesser titles.

(Last updated: 14/08/2009)