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The title Earl of Mulgrave has been created twice. The first time as a title in the Peerage of England and the second time as a Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (creation of 1626)

The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1626 for Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield KG, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire from 1603 to 1619. The Sheffield family descended from Sir Edmund Sheffield, second cousin of Henry VIII, who in 1547 was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Sheffield of Butterwick and in 1549 was murdered in the streets of Norwich during Kett's Rebellion. Upon the 1st Earl's death in 1646 he was succeeded by his grandson Edmund, who was in turn succeeded by his son John. This 3rd Earl of Mulgrave KG was a notable Tory politician of the late Stuart period, who served under Queen Anne as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. He was created Marquess of Normanby in 1694 and Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703. These titles became extinct on the death of his son, the 2nd Duke in 1735.

The second creation was in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1812 for Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave. He was a general in the Army as well as a prominent politician, and notably served as Foreign Secretary from 1805 to 1806 and as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1807 to 1810. His grandfather William Phipps had married Lady Catherine Annesley, who was the daughter and heiress of James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey and his wife Lady Catherine Darnley (an illegitimate daughter of King James II by his mistress Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester). Lady Catherine Darnley had later married John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, and hence Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave was the step-great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. In 1812 this 3rd Baron Mulgrave was made Viscount Normanby, of Normanby in the County of York and Earl of Mulgrave, both titles in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Upon his death in 1831, the 1st Earl of Mulgrave was succeeded by his eldest son Constantine. This 2nd Earl of Mulgrave was also a noted politician and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and as Home Secretary. In 1838 he was created Marquess of Normanby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010, the titles are held by Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby.

Other members of the Phipps family have also gained distinction. The Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, second son of the 1st Earl, was a prominent court official. Sir Constantine Phipps, son of the Hon. Edmund Phipps, third son of the 1st Earl, was British Ambassador to Belgium from 1900 to 1906, while his son Sir Eric Phipps was British Ambassador to Germany between 1933 and 1937 and to France between 1937 and 1939. Also, Sir William Phipps (or Phips), Governor of Massachusetts, was a member of another branch of the family.

Earls of Mulgrave, first creation (1626)

Other titles: Baron Sheffield (1547)

Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield (c. 1564–1646), created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626
Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (1611–1658)
John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave (1647–1721), created Marquess of Normanby in 1694

Earls of Mulgrave, second creation (1812)

Other titles: Baron Mulgrave (1767), Baron Mulgrave (1794), Viscount Normanby (1812)

Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1755–1831), created Earl of Mulgrave in 1812
Constantine Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (1797–1863), created Marquess of Normanby in 1838

Family tree

Sheffield family tree: Barons Sheffield, Earls of Mulgrave and Dukes of Buckingham and Normanby

Baron Sheffield (1st creation, England), 1547

Edmund Sheffield
1521–1549
1st Baron Sheffield

John Sheffield
(c. 1538–1568)
2nd Baron Sheffield

Earl of Mulgrave (1st creation), 1626

Edmund Sheffield
(c. 1564–1646)
1st Earl of Mulgrave
3rd Baron Sheffield

James II
1633–1701
King of England and Scotland

Edmund Sheffield
1611–1658
2nd Earl of Mulgrave
4th Baron Sheffield

Marquess of Normanby (1st creation), 1694
Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 1703

Catherine Darnley
1680–1743

John Sheffield
1648–1721
1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby and Marquess of Normanby
3rd Earl of Mulgrave
5th Baron Sheffield

William Phipps

Catherine Annesley
(d. 1743)

John Sheffield
1710
styled Marquess of Nomanby

Robert Sheffield
1711–1714
styled Marquess of Nomanby

Edmund Sheffield
1716–1735
2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby and Marquess of Normanby
4th Earl of Mulgrave
6th Baron Sheffield

Dukedom of Buckingham and Normanby, Marquess of Nomanby (1st creation), Earl of Mulgrave, and Baron Sheffield (1st creation) extinct, 1735

Baron Mulgrave (Ireland, 1st creation), 1767

Constantine Phipps
(c. 1722–1775)
1st Baron Mulgrave

Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain, 1st creation), 1790

Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain (2nd creation), recreated, 1794
Viscount Normanby
Earl of Mulgrave (2nd creation), 1812

Baron Sheffield of Dunnamore in the County of Meath, (2nd creation, Ireland), 1781
Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in the County of Roscommon, (3rd creation, Ireland), 1783
Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in the County of York, (4th creation, United Kingdom), 1802
Earl of Sheffield (Ireland) and Viscount Pevensey (Ireland), 1816

Constantine John Phipps
1744–1792
2nd Baron Mulgrave (Ireland)
1st Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain)

Henry Phipps
1755–1831
1st Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain),
3rd Baron Mulgrave (Ireland)

John Baker-Holroyd
1735–1821
1st Earl of Sheffield, Viscount Pevensey, and Baron Sheffield

Barony Mulgrave (Great Britain) extinct, 1792

Baron Stanley of Alderley, 1839

John Thomas Stanley
1766–1850
1st Baron Stanley

Maria Josepha Holroyd
1771–1863

Marquess of Normanby (2nd creation), 1838

Baron Eddisbury, 1848

Constantine Henry Phipps
1797–1863
1st Marquess of Normanby
2nd Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain),
4th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland)

Edward John Stanley
1802–1869
2nd Baron Stanley
1st Baron Eddisbury

George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd
1802–1876
2nd Earl of Sheffield, Viscount Pevensey, and Baron Sheffield

George Augustus Constantine Phipps
1819–1890
2nd Marquess of Normanby
3rd Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain),
5th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland)

Henry Edward John Stanley
1827–1903
3rd Baron Stanley
2nd Baron Eddisbury

Fredrick Henry Stuart Holroyd
1827–1829
styled Viscount Pevensey

Henry North Holroyd
1832–1909
3rd Earl of Sheffield, Viscount Pevensey, and Baron Sheffield

Earldom of Sheffield, Viscount Pevensey, and Baron Sheffield (2nd and 4th creations), extinct 1909

Constantine Charles Henry Phipps
1846–1932
3rd Marquess of Normanby
4th Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain),
6th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland)

Edward Lyulph Stanley
1839–1925
4th Baron Sheffield (3rd creation, Ireland)
4th Baron Stanley
3rd Baron Eddisbury

Arthur Lyulph Stanley
1875–1931
5th Baron Sheffield
5th Baron Stanley
4th Baron Eddisbury

Oliver Hugh Stanley
1879–1952

Oswald Constantine John Phipps
1912–1994
4th Marquess of Normanby
5th Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain),
7th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland)

Edward John Stanley
1907–1971
6th Baron Sheffield
6th Baron Stanley
5th Baron Eddisbury

Lyulph Henry Victor Owen Stanley
1915–1971
7th Baron Sheffield
7th Baron Stanley
6th Baron Eddisbury

Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley
1927–2013
8th Baron Sheffield
8th Baron Stanley
7th Baron Eddisbury

Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps
(b. 1954)
5th Marquess of Normanby
6th Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain),
8th Baron Mulgrave (Ireland)

Richard Oliver Stanley
(b. 1956)
9th Baron Sheffield
9th Baron Stanley
8th Baron Eddisbury

Charles Ernest Stanley
(b. 1960)

Heir presumptive to the Baronies Sheffield, Stanley, and Eddisbury

John Samuel Constantine Phipps
(b. 1994)
styled Earl of Mulgrave

Thomas Henry Winston Phipps
(b. 1997)

Oliver Richard Hugh Stanley
1986–1989

Heir apparent to the Marquessate of Normanby