Earl Cadogan is a title that has been created twice in the
Peerage of Great Britain. The Cadogan family descends from
Major William Cadogan, a cavalry officer in
Oliver Cromwell's army. His son
Henry Cadogan was a barrister in Dublin. His eldest son
William Cadogan was a noted soldier, politician and diplomat. He was a General in the Army and fought in the
War of the Spanish Succession and also served as
Ambassador to the Netherlands and as
Master-General of the Ordnance. In 1716, he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as
Baron Cadogan, of Reading in the County of Berkshire, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. In 1718, he was further honoured when he was made
Baron Cadogan, of Oakley in the County of Buckingham, with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to his younger brother Charles Cadogan and the heirs male of his body, and
Viscount Caversham, in the County of Oxford, and
Earl Cadogan, in the County of Denbigh, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain.