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Encyclopedia: Viscount

A viscount (pronounced [ˈvaɪˌkaʊnt]) is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl (in Britain) or a count (his continental equivalent).

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How to say "Viscount" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	子爵
	(German)	Vicomte
	(Spanish)	Vizconde
	(French)	Vicomte

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List of Viscounts

This is a list of Viscounts in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The general order of precedence among Viscounts is: Viscounts of England Viscounts of Scotland Viscounts of Great Britain Viscounts of Ireland created before 1801 Viscounts of the...

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Lord Pirrie

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George Byng

George Byng could refer to: George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733) George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington (1701-1750) George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington (1740-1812) George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768-1831) George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (1812-1884) George Stanley Byng, 8th...

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Robert Finlay

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Earl O'Neill

the death of the 1st Earl in 1841. The Earl also bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount O'Neill (1795) and Baron O'Neill (1793), both of which passed on after his death to his brother, and of Viscount Raymond (1800), which became extinct with the earldom. Viscounts O'Neill (1795) John O'Neill, 1st...

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Earl Peel

The title of Earl Peel was created in 1929 for William Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel, a Conservative politician. The 1st Viscount Peel was a son of the prime minister Sir Robert Peel. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Peel (1895) and Viscount Clanfield (1929), and is a baronet...

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Courtesy title

uses one of the lesser titles. (The eldest sons of Barons and Viscounts do not receive such a... Londonderry is Viscount Castlereagh, even though the Marquess is also the Earl Vane. Titles with the same... no subsidiary titles, is styled Viscount Hastings to avoid confusion with the substantive peer Lord...

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Earl of Kilmorey

are: Viscount Kilmorey (created 1625) and Viscount Newry and Mourne (1822). Viscounts Kilmorey (1625) Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey (d. 1631) Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey (d. 1653) Robert Needham, 3rd Viscount Kilmorey (d. 1657) Charles Needham, 4th Viscount Kilmorey (d. 1660) Robert...

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List of Viscountcies

England, 1446-1707 Title Date of Creation Surname Current Status Notes Viscount Bourchier 1446 Bourchier extinct 1540 created Earl of Essex in 1461 Viscount Beauchamp 1536 Seymour forfeit 1551 created Earl of Hertford in 1537 and Duke of Somerset in 1546, which titles forfeit 1551 Viscount...

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Earl Sydney

The titles of Baron Sydney and Viscount Sydney were created in the Peerage of Great Britain in... city of Sydney is named. In 1874, the 3rd Viscount was created Earl Sydney , but all the titles became extinct upon his death in 1890. Viscounts Sydney (1789) Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney...

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