The Earldom of Clanwilliam was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1776. The Earl also held the Irish titles of Viscount Clanwilliam (created 1766) and Baron Gillford (1766), and the Peerage of the United Kingdom title of Baron Clanwilliam (1828).

Earls of Clanwilliam (1776)

• John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam (1744-1800)
• Robert Meade, 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam (1766-1805)
• Richard Charles Francis Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam (1795-1879)
• Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam (1832-1907)
• Arthur Vesey Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam (1873-1953)
• John Charles Edmund Carson Meade, 6th Earl of Clanwilliam (1914-1989)
• John Herbert Meade, 7th Earl of Clanwilliam (b. 1919)