List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland explained

This is a list of the 110 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. For a more complete list, which adds these "hidden" viscounties as well as extinct, dormant, abeyant, and forfeit ones, see List of Viscountcies.

Order of precedence

The general order of precedence among Viscounts is:

1. Viscounts in the Peerage of England
2. Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland
3. Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain
4. Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland created before 1801
5. Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland created after 1801

Viscounts in the Peerages of Britain and Ireland

Key

	Heir apparent to the peerage^[1]
	Heir presumptive to the peerage

Number	Title	Date of creation	Arms	Current holder	Peerage	Other viscountcies	Heir
1	The Viscount Hereford	1550		Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford	data-sort-value=1	England
2	The Viscount Falkland	1620		Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland	data-sort-value=2	Scotland
3	The Viscount Arbuthnott	1641		Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott	data-sort-value=2	Scotland
4	The Viscount Oxfuird	1651		Ian Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird	data-sort-value=2	Scotland
5	The Viscount Bolingbroke	1712		Nicholas St John, 9th Viscount Bolingbroke	data-sort-value=3	Great Britain
	The Viscount St. John	1716			data-sort-value=3	Great Britain
6	The Viscount Cobham	1718		Christopher Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham	data-sort-value=3	Great Britain
7	The Viscount Falmouth	1720		Evelyn Boscawen, 10th Viscount Falmouth	data-sort-value=3	Great Britain
8	The Viscount Torrington	1721		Timothy Byng, 11th Viscount Torrington	data-sort-value=3	Great Britain
9	The Viscount Hood	1796		Henry Hood, 8th Viscount Hood	data-sort-value=3	Great Britain
10	The Viscount Gormanston	1478		Nicholas Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
11	The Viscount Mountgarret	1550		Piers Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
12	The Viscount Valentia	1622		Francis Annesley, 16th Viscount Valentia	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
13	The Viscount Dillon	1622		Henry Dillon, 22nd Viscount Dillon	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
14	The Viscount Massereene	1661		John Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene	data-sort-value=4	Ireland	Viscount Ferrard (Ireland 1797)
15	The Viscount Charlemont	1665		John Caulfeild, 15th Viscount Charlemont	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
16	The Viscount Downe	1680		Richard Dawnay, 12th Viscount Downe	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
17	The Viscount Molesworth	1716		Robert Molesworth, 12th Viscount Molesworth	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
18	The Viscount Chetwynd	1717		Adam Chetwynd, 11th Viscount Chetwynd	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
19	The Viscount Midleton	1717		Alan Brodrick, 12th Viscount Midleton	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
20	The Viscount Boyne	1717		Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 11th Viscount Boyne	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
21	The Viscount Gage	1720		Nicolas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
22	The Viscount Galway	1727		Philip Monckton, 13th Viscount Galway	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
23	The Viscount Powerscourt	1744		Mervyn Wingfield, 11th Viscount Powerscourt	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
24	The Viscount Ashbrook	1751		Michael Flower, 11th Viscount Ashbrook	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
25	The Viscount Southwell	1776		Richard Southwell, 8th Viscount Southwell	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
26	The Viscount de Vesci	1776		Thomas Vesey, 7th Viscount de Vesci	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
27	The Viscount Lifford	1781		Edward Hewitt, 9th Viscount Lifford	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
28	The Viscount Bangor	1781		William Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
29	The Viscount Doneraile	1785		Richard St Leger, 10th Viscount Doneraile	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
30	The Viscount Harberton	1791		Henry Pomeroy, 11th Viscount Harberton	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
31	The Viscount Hawarden	1793		Robert Maude, 9th Viscount Hawarden	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
32	The Viscount Monck	1801 ^[2]		Charles Monck, 7th Viscount Monck	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
33	The Viscount St Vincent	1801		Edward Jervis, 8th Viscount St Vincent	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
34	The Viscount Melville	1802		Robert Dundas, 10th Viscount Melville	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
35	The Viscount Sidmouth	1805		Jeremy Francis Addington, 8th Viscount Sidmouth	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
36	The Viscount Gort	1816 ^[3]		Foley Robert Standish Prendergast Vereker, 9th Viscount Gort	data-sort-value=4	Ireland
37	The Viscount Exmouth	1816		Paul Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
38	The Viscount Combermere	1827		Thomas Stapleton-Cotton, 6th Viscount Combermere	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
39	The Viscount Hill	1842		David Clegg-Hill, 9th Viscount Hill	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
40	The Viscount Hardinge	1846		Andrew Hardinge, 7th Viscount Hardinge	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
41	The Viscount Bridport	1868		Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
42	The Viscount Portman	1873		Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
43	The Viscount Hampden	1884		Francis Brand, 7th Viscount Hampden	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
44	The Viscount Hambleden	1868		Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
45	The Viscount Knutsford	1895		Michael Holland-Hibbert, 6th Viscount Knutsford	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
46	The Viscount Esher	1897		Christopher Brett, 5th Viscount Esher	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
47	The Viscount Goschen	1900		Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
48	The Viscount Ridley	1900		Matthew Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
49	The Viscount Colville of Culross	1902		Charles Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
50	The Viscount Selby	1905		Christopher Rolf Thomas Gully, 6th Viscount Selby	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
51	The Viscount Knollys	1911		Patrick Knollys, 4th Viscount Knollys	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
52	The Viscount Allendale	1911		Wentworth Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
53	The Viscount Chilston	1911		Alastair Akers-Douglas, 4th Viscount Chilston	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
54	The Viscount Scarsdale	1911		Peter Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
55	The Viscount Mersey	1916		Edward John Hallam Bigham, 5th Viscount Mersey	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
56	The Viscount Cowdray	1917		Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
57	The Viscount Devonport	1917		Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
58	The Viscount Astor	1917		William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
59	The Viscount Wimborne	1918		Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
60	The Viscount St Davids	1918		Rhodri Philipps, 4th Viscount St Davids	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
61	The Viscount Rothermere	1919		Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
62	The Viscount Allenby	1919		Henry Allenby, 4th Viscount Allenby	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
63	The Viscount Chelmsford	1921		Frederic Thesiger, 4th Viscount Chelmsford	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
64	The Viscount Long	1921		James Long, 5th Viscount Long	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom		none
65	The Viscount Ullswater	1921		Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
66	The Viscount Younger of Leckie	1923		James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
67	The Viscount Bearsted	1925		Nicholas Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
68	The Viscount Craigavon	1927		Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom		none
69	The Viscount Bridgeman	1929		Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
70	The Viscount Hailsham	1929		Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham^[4]	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
71	The Viscount Brentford	1929		Crispin Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
72	The Viscount Buckmaster	1932		Adrian Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
73	The Viscount Bledisloe	1935		Rupert Bathurst, 4th Viscount Bledisloe	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
74	The Viscount Hanworth	1936		David Pollock, 3rd Viscount Hanworth	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
75	The Viscount Trenchard	1936		Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
76	The Viscount Samuel	1937		Jonathan Samuel, 5th Viscount Samuel	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
77	The Viscount Runciman of Doxford	1937		David Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
78	The Viscount Davidson	1937		Nicolas Davidson, 4th Viscount Davidson	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom		none
79	The Viscount Weir	1938		William Weir, 3rd Viscount Weir	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
80	The Viscount Caldecote	1939		Piers Inskip, 3rd Viscount Caldecote	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
81	The Viscount Camrose	1941		Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
82	The Viscount Stansgate	1942		Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
83	The Viscount Margesson	1942		Richard Margesson, 3rd Viscount Margesson	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom		none
84	The Viscount Daventry	1943		James FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
85	The Viscount Addison	1945		William Addison, 4th Viscount Addison	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
86	The Viscount Kemsley	1945		Richard Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
87	The Viscount Marchwood	1945		Peter Penny, 4th Viscount Marchwood	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
88	The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein	1946		Henry Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom		none
89	The Viscount Waverley	1952		John Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
90	The Viscount Thurso	1952		John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
91	The Viscount Brookeborough	1952		Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
92	The Viscount Norwich	1952		Jason Cooper, 3rd Viscount Norwich	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom		none
93	The Viscount Leathers	1954		Christopher Leathers, 3rd Viscount Leathers	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
94	The Viscount Soulbury	1954		Oliver Ramsbotham, 4th Viscount Soulbury	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
95	The Viscount Chandos	1954		Thomas Lyttelton, 3rd Viscount Chandos^[5]	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
96	The Viscount Malvern	1955		Ashley Huggins, 3rd Viscount Malvern	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
97	The Viscount De L'Isle	1956		Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
98	The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley	1957		Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
99	The Viscount Tenby	1957		Timothy Lloyd George, 4th Viscount Tenby	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom		none
100	The Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax	1957		Clive Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
101	The Viscount Dunrossil	1959		Andrew Morrison, 3rd Viscount Dunrossil	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
102	The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn	1959		James Stuart, 3rd Viscount Stuart of Findhorn	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
103	The Viscount Rochdale	1960		Jonathan Kemp, 3rd Viscount Rochdale	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
104	The Viscount Slim	1960		Mark Slim, 3rd Viscount Slim	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
105	The Viscount Head	1960		Richard Head, 2nd Viscount Head	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
106	The Viscount Boyd of Merton	1960		Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
107	The Viscount Mills	1962		Christopher Mills, 3rd Viscount Mills	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom		none
108	The Viscount Blakenham	1963		Casper John Hare, 3rd Viscount Blakenham	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
109	The Viscount Eccles	1964		John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom
110	The Viscount Dilhorne	1964		James Manningham-Buller, 3rd Viscount Dilhorne	data-sort-value=5	United Kingdom

See also

• British nobility
• List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

Notes and References

1. The heir apparent of a viscount carries the honorific style "The Honourable", often abbreviated to "The Hon." For a discussion of this prefix, see The Honourable#United Kingdom.
2. The Viscount Monck was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Viscountcies of the United Kingdom.
3. The Viscount Gort was created after the Acts of Union 1800. It takes precedence after earlier Viscountcies of the United Kingdom.
4. Current Viscount has life peerage Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe
5. Current Viscount has life peerage Baron Lyttleton of Aldershot