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This is a list of the 109 present and extant Viscounts in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.Note that it does not include extant viscountcies which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with higher peerages and are today in use only as subsidiary titles.
Viscounts of Ireland have precedence below peers of England, Scotland, and Great Britain of the same rank, and above peers of the United Kingdom of the same rank; but Irish peers created after 1801 yield to United Kingdom peers of earlier creation. A number of Speakers of the House of Commons have been elevated to the peerage as viscounts.
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain .
List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland; List of viscountcies in Portugal This page was last edited on 26 March 2022, at 16:53 ...
Example: James, Viscount Severn . Viscounts are often the children of an earl, like Prince Edward’s son, ... Example: Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King.
A viscount (/ ˈ v aɪ k aʊ n t / ⓘ VY-kownt, for male [1]) or viscountess (/ ˈ v aɪ k aʊ n t ɪ s /, for female [2]) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscountcy. In the case of French viscounts, the title is sometimes left untranslated as vicomte.
Viscount Lochaw The Duke of Atholl: Marquess of Tullibardine* Earl of Strathtay: Viscount Balquhidder The Duke of Montrose: Marquess of Graham* Earl of Kincardine: Viscount Dundaff The Duke of Roxburghe: Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford: Earl of Kelso: Viscount Broxmouth The Duke of Manchester: Viscount Mandeville: Lord Kimbolton [6] The Duke ...
Pages in category "Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom" The following 192 pages are in this category, out of 192 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .