Earl of Westmorland

Earldom of Westmorland
Arms of Fane, Earls of Westmorland Arms: Azure, three dexter gauntlets back affrontée Or. Crest: Out of a Ducal Coronet Or, a Bull's Head of Brindled colour, armed Or, charged on the neck with a Rose Gules. Supporters: Dexter: a Griffin per fess Argent and Or, collared and line reflexed over the back Sable. Sinister: a Pied or Brindled Bull, collared and line terminating in a Ring and three Staples Or.[1]
Creation date	1397 (first creation) 1624 (second creation)
Created by	Richard II (first creation) James I (second creation)
Peerage	Peerage of England
First holder	Ralph Neville (first creation) Sir Francis Fane (second creation)
Last holder	Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (first creation)
Present holder	Anthony Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland
Heir presumptive	Sam Michael David Fane
Remainder to	The 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Baron Burghersh
Extinction date	1571 (first creation)
Former seat(s)	Raby Castle (now seat of the Barons Barnard) Apethorpe Palace Mereworth Castle
Motto	Ne Vile Fano ("Disgrace not the altar"; Fane) Ne vile velis ("Form no mean wish"; Neville)

Earl of Westmorland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. The title was first created in 1397 for Ralph Neville. It was forfeited in 1571 by Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland, for leading the Rising of the North. It was revived in 1624 in favour of Sir Francis Fane, whose mother, Mary Neville, was a descendant of a younger son of the first Earl. The first Earl of the first creation had already become Baron Neville de Raby, and that was a subsidiary title for his successors. The current Earl holds the subsidiary title Baron Burghersh (1624).