Earl of Nottingham is a title in the peerage of England, created in 1681 for Heneage Finch, who had served as Lord Chancellor. The first Earl's eldest son Daniel Finch succeeded him as the second Earl.

When John Finch, 6th Earl of Winchilsea died in 1729, without leaving a son to claim the title and the earldoms of Winchilsea and Nottingham became united under his cousin, Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, and now 7th Earl of Winchilsea.

There were earlier creations of the Earldom of Nottingham, all in the peerage of England:

Earls of Nottingham (1377)

• John Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1365-1379)
• Thomas Mowbray, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1366-1399)
• Thomas Mowbray, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, 4th Earl of Norfolk (1385-1405)
• John Mowbray, 4th Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1389-1432)
• John Mowbray, 5th Earl of Nottingham, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1415-1461)
• John Mowbray, 6th Earl of Nottingham, 4th Duke of Norfolk (1444-1476)

Earl of Nottingham (1476)

• Richard, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1473-1483) (son-in-law of the last Earl of Nottingham of the previous creation)

Earl of Nottingham (1483)

• William Berkeley, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1426-1492), created Marquess of Berkeley in 1488

Earl of Nottingham (1525)

• Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1519-1536)

Earls of Nottingham (1596)

• Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624)
• Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1579-1642)
• Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham (1610-1681)

Earls of Nottingham (1681)

• Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1621-1682)
• Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1647-1730) (became Earl of Winchilsea in 1729)

for later Earls of Nottingham, see Earl of Winchilsea