List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This is a list of the 111 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 of England
2. Viscounts of Scotland
3. Viscounts of Great Britain
4. Viscounts of Ireland
5. Viscounts of the United Kingdom

However, the viscountcies of Ireland which were created after the Acts of Union 1800 yield precedence to older United Kingdom viscountcies; one of these post-Union Irish viscountcies is older than any viscountcy of the United Kingdom, one other remains as a viscountcy, two are extinct, and one is now a subordinate title.

Viscounts in the Peerages of Britain and Ireland

List of heirs of Viscounts in the peerages of the British Isles

Heirs apparent

1. Hon. Henry Devereux, eldest of the Viscount Hereford
2. Hon. Lucius Cary, Master of Falkland, the eldest son of the Viscount of Falkland
3. Hon. Christopher Arbuthnott, Master of Arbuthnott, eldest son of the Viscount of Arbuthnott
4. Hon. Max Makgill, Master of Oxfuird, eldest son of the Viscount of Oxfuird
5. Hon Oliver Lyttelton, eldest son of the Viscount Cobham
6. Hon. Evelyn Boscawen, eldest son of the Viscount Falmouth
7. Hon. Archibald Hood, eldest son of the Viscount Hood
8. Hon. Theo Butler, eldest son of the Viscount Mountgarret
9. Hon. Charles Skeffington, eldest son of the Viscount Massereene
10. Hon. Shane Caulfeild, eldest son of the Viscount Charlemont
11. Hon. Connor Chetwynd, eldest son of the Viscount Chetwynd
12. Hon. Ashley Midleton, eldest son of the Viscount Midleton
13. Hon. Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, eldest son of the Viscount Boyne
14. Hon. Henry Gage, eldest son of the Viscount Gage
15. Hon. Geoffrey Monckton-Arundell, eldest son of the Viscount Galway
16. Hon. Rowland Flower, eldest son of the Viscount Ashbrook
17. Hon. Oliver Vesey, eldest son of the Viscount de Vesci
18. Hon. James Hewitt, eldest son of the Viscount Lifford
19. Hon. Nathaniel St Leger, eldest son of the Viscount Doneraile
20. Hon. Patrick Pomeroy, eldest son of the Viscount Harberton
21. Hon. Varian Maude, eldest son of the Viscount Hawarden
22. Hon. James Jervis, eldest son of the Viscount St Vincent
23. Hon. John Addington, eldest son of the Viscount Sidmouth
24. Hon. Robert Vereker, eldest son of the Viscount Gort
25. Hon. Edward Pellew, eldest son of the Viscount Exmouth
26. Hon. Laszlo Stapleton-Cotton, eldest son of the Viscount Combermere
27. Hon. Michael Clegg-Hill, eldest son of the Viscount Hill
28. Hon. Peregrine Hood, eldest son of the Viscount Bridport
29. Hon. Luke Portman, eldest son of the Viscount Portman
30. Hon. Lucian Brant, eldest son of the Viscount Hampden
31. Hon. Henry Holland-Hibbert, eldest son of the Viscount Knutsford
32. Hon. Matthew Brett, eldest son of the Viscount Esher
33. Hon. Alexander Goschen, eldest son of the Viscount Goschen
34. Hon. Matthew Ridley, eldest son of the Viscount Ridley
35. Hon. Patrick Knollys, eldest son of the Viscount Knollys
36. Hon. Wentworth Beaumont, eldest son of the Viscount Allendale
37. Hon. Oliver Akers-Douglas, eldest son of the Viscount Chilston
38. Hon. Peregrine Pearson, eldest son of the Viscount Cowdray
39. Hon. William Astor, eldest son of the Viscount Astor
40. Hon. Ivor Guest, eldest son of the Viscount Wimborne
41. Hon. Richard Harmsworth, eldest son of the Viscount Rothermere
42. Hon. Harry Allenby, eldest son of the Viscount Allenby
43. Hon. Frederic Thesiger, eldest son of the Viscount Chelmsford
44. Hon. Benjamin Lowther, eldest son of the Viscount Ullswater
45. Hon. Alexander Younger, eldest son of the Viscount Younger of Leckie
46. Hon. Harry Samuel, eldest son of the Viscount Bearsted
47. Hon. Luke Bridgeman, eldest son of the Viscount Bridgeman
48. Hon. Quintin Hogg, eldest son of the Viscount Hailsham
49. Hon. Paul Joynson-Hicks, eldest son of the Viscount Brentford
50. Hon. Andrew Buckmaster, eldest son of the Viscount Buckmaster
51. Hon. Benjamin Bathurst, eldest son of the Viscount Bledisloe
52. Hon. Alexander Trenchard, eldest son of the Viscount Trenchard
53. Hon. Thomas Runciman, eldest son of the Viscount Runciman of Doxford
54. Hon. James Weir, eldest son of the Viscount Weir
55. Hon. Thomas Inskip, eldest son of the Viscount Caldecote
56. Hon. Hugo Berry, eldest son of the Viscount Camrose
57. Hon. Daniel Wedgwood-Benn, eldest son of the Viscount Stansgate
58. Hon. Humphrey FitzRoy Newdegate, eldest son of the Viscount Daventry
59. Hon. Paul Addison, eldest son of the Viscount Addison
60. Hon. Luke Berry, eldest son of the Viscount Kemsley
61. Hon. Kit Penny, eldest son of the Viscount Marchwood
62. Hon. Forbes Anderson, eldest son of the Viscount Waverley
63. Hon. James Sinclair, eldest son of the Viscount Thurso
64. Hon. James Leathers, eldest son of the Viscount Leathers
65. Hon. Herwald Ramsbotham, eldest son of the Viscount Soulbury
66. Hon. Oliver Lyttleton, eldest son of the Viscount Chandos
67. Hon. Philip Sidney, eldest son of the Viscount De L'Isle
68. Hon. Timothy Lloyd George, eldest son of the Viscount Tenby
69. Hon. Thomas Mackintosh, eldest son of the Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
70. Hon. Callum Morrison, eldest son of the Viscount Dunrossil
71. Hon. Rufus Slim, eldest son of the Viscount Slim
72. Hon. Henry Head, eldest son of the Viscount Head
73. Hon. Benjamin Lennox-Boyd, eldest son of the Viscount Boyd of Merton
74. Hon. William Eccles, eldest son of the Viscount Eccles
75. Hon. Edward Manningham-Buller, eldest son of the Viscount Dilhorne
76. Hon. Francis Charles Robert Dillon, eldest son of the Viscount Dillon

Heirs presumptive

1. Walter St John, second cousin twice removed of the Viscount Bolingbroke and St John
2. Colin Cranmer-Byng, fifth cousin of the Viscount Torrington
3. Hon. Peter Annesley, brother of the Viscount Valentia
4. Rupert Dawney, cousin of the Viscount Downe
5. Hon. William Molesworth, brother of the Viscount Molesworth
6. Hon. Guy Wingfield, uncle of the Viscount Powerscourt
7. Hon. Charles Southwell, brother of the Viscount Southwell
8. Hon. Edward Ward, half-brother of the Viscount Bangor
9. Hon. George Monck, brother of the Viscount Monck
10. Hon. James Dundas, brother of the Viscount Melville
11. Hon. Jamie Hardinge, brother of the Viscount Hardinge
12. Hon. Bernardo Smith, brother of the Viscount Hambleden
13. Hon. Richmond Colville, brother of the Viscount Colville of Culross
14. Hon. James Gully, great-uncle of the Viscount Selby
15. Hon. David Curzon, brother of the Viscount Scarsdale
16. Hon. David Bigham, uncle of the Viscount Mersey
17. Chester Kearley, first cousin of the Viscount Devonport
18. Hon. Roland Philipps, brother of the Viscount St Davids
19. Harold Pollock, nephew of the Viscount Hanworth
20. Hon. Benjamin Samuel, half-brother of the Viscount Samuel
21. Hon. Christopher Brooke, brother of the Viscount Brookeborough
22. Hon. Martin Huggins, uncle of the Viscount Malvern
23. Hon. Timothy Monckton, brother of the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
24. Hon. Andrew Stuart, half-brother of the Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
25. George Kemp, nephew of the Viscount Rochdale

Viscounts without heirs

Viscount Davidson, Viscount Gough, Viscount Long, Viscount Craigavon, Viscount Margesson, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Viscount Mills, and Viscount Norwich.

See also

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

References

1. List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
2. List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
3. Peerage
4. Peerage of Great Britain
5. List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
6. List of earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
7. List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
8. Peerage of the United Kingdom
9. List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
10. List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
11. British nobility
12. Peerage of Scotland
13. Peerage of Ireland
14. List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
15. Peerages in the United Kingdom
16. List of courtesy titles in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
17. Peerage of England
18. List of earldoms
19. Lists of viscountcies
20. List of eldest sons of earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland