further history of the dukedom. The fourth creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 in favour of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon. He had already been created Baron Gordon of Huntly, in the County of Gloucester, in 1784, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Gordon was the great-grandson of George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the sixth Duke of Norfolk and first Earl of Norwich of the 1672 creation. He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Duke. He had no legitimate male issue and the dukedom (and other titles created at the same time as this peerage), earldom of Norwich and barony of Gordon of Huntly became extinct on his death in 1836. He was succeeded in the marquessate of Huntly and remaining Scottish titles by his kinsman George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne. See Marquess of Huntly for further history of these titles. While the 12th-century chronicler Orderic Vitalis and others occasionally refer to Ralph de Gaël as "Earl of Norwich" (comes Nortguici), his official title was "Earl of East Anglia", his line being officially counted as the first creation of the Earls of Norfolk. Earls of Norwich; First creation (1626) Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich (d. 1637) Earls of Norwich; Second creation (1644) George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich (1585–1663) George Goring, Lord Goring (1608–1657) Charles Goring, 2nd Earl of Norwich (1615–1671) Earls of Norwich; Third creation (1672) Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Norwich (1628–1684) (succeeded as Duke of Norfolk in 1677) Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Norwich (1655–1701) Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk, 3rd Earl of Norwich (1683–1732) Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk, 4th Earl of Norwich (1685–1777) Earls of Norwich; Fourth creation (1784) Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, 1st Earl of Norwich (1743–1827) George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, 2nd Earl of Norwich (1770–1836) See also Viscount Norwich References Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of England Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1626 Noble titles created in 1644 Noble titles created in 1672 Noble titles created in 1784 1836 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Earls of Norwich