The title of Earl of Devon was created several times in the Peerage of England, and was possessed first by the de Reviers family, and later for the Courtenay. It is not to be confused with the titles of Earl of Duke of Devonshire, held by the Cavendish family, although the patent for the creation of those peerages used the same Latin words, Comes Devon. The title was dormant for several centuries after the death of the last Earl in 1556, but a Courtenay successfully claimed the title in the mid-19th century.

Unlike the Dukes of Devonshire, the Earls of Devon are strongly connected with the county of Devon. Their seat is Powderham Castle, near Starcross on the River Exe.

Table of contents
1 Earls of Devon, First Creation (1141)
2 Earls of Devon, Second Creation (1335, forfeit 1461, restored 1470, forfeit 1471)
3 Earls of Devon, Third Creation (1469)
4 Earls of Devon, Fourth Creation (1485, forfeit 1509)
5 Earls of Devon, Fifth Creation (1511, forfeit 1538)
6 Earls of Devon, Sixth Creation (1553, dormant 1556, revived 1831)

Earls of Devon, First Creation (1141)

Earls of Devon, Second Creation (1335, forfeit 1461, restored 1470, forfeit 1471)

Earls of Devon, Third Creation (1469)

Earls of Devon, Fourth Creation (1485, forfeit 1509)

Earls of Devon, Fifth Creation (1511, forfeit 1538)

Earls of Devon, Sixth Creation (1553, dormant 1556, revived 1831)

1The numbering is discontinuous between the dormancy and the revival, for reasons that are unclear.