There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Earle, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2007.
The Earle Baronetcy, of Stragglethorpe in the County of Lincoln, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 July 1629 for Richard Earle. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1697.
The Earle Baronetcy, of Allerton Tower in Woolton (South Liverpool) in the parish of Childwall in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 November 1869 for the businessman and slave trader Hardman Earle. The Earle family descends from John Earle of Warrington.[1] His son John settled in Liverpool and served as Mayor of the city in 1709. His grandson Thomas Earle, also a slave trader, was Mayor of Liverpool in 1787. He was the father of William Earle, Mayor of Liverpool in 1836, and of Sir Hardman Earle, 1st Baronet.
In the 1830s, when the British government emancipated the slaves, the Earles were compensated to the tune of over £25,000 for the liberation of over 300 slaves over 12 estates across Antigua.[2]
Augustine Earle purchased the Manor of Stragglethorpe from the Lacon family in 1608, who in turn had brought it off the Rygge family a few years before. The Lacon and Rygges were related by marriage. Besides Richard, he had a further 5 children by his then third wife, Francis, who was sister to Sir Thomas Coney of Bassingthorpe. The BishopsTranscripts for Stragglethorpe contain some details of the Births, Deaths and Marriages in the hamlet. Augustine was buried in the Chapel of Stragglethorpe in 1636 and his will, dated 20 July 1636, can be downloaded from the National Archives.
The heir apparent is Robert George Bligh Earle (born 1970)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is Laszlo Thomas Bligh Earle (born 2008)