The title of Earl of Gowrie was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1945 for Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, a former Governor-General of Australia.
The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Ruthven of Canberra (1945), Baron Ruthven of Gowrie (1919) and Baron Gowrie of Canberra (1934).