Earl of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Fourth Creation (1716) Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of York and Albany (1674–1728) Earl of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Fifth Creation (1760) Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739–1767) Earl of Ulster, Peerage of Ireland, Sixth Creation (1784) Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827) Earl of Ulster, Peerage of the United Kingdom, First Creation (1866) Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844–1900) Earls of Ulster, Peerage of the United Kingdom, Second Creation (1928) Prince Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974) Prince Richard, 2nd Duke of Gloucester (born 1944) Alexander Windsor (born 1974), Prince Richard's eldest son, is the heir-apparent to the dukedom, and as such uses "Earl of Ulster" as a courtesy title. See also House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193 Lord of the Glens Twescard References Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland House of Burgh Earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom British and Irish peerages which merged in the Crown Noble titles created in 1205 Noble titles created in 1264 Noble titles created in 1659 Noble titles created in 1716 Noble titles created in 1760 Noble titles created in 1784 Noble titles created in 1866 Noble titles created in 1928