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.

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 of England[]

Number	Title	Date of creation	Arms	Current holder	Notes
1	The Viscount Hereford	(1550)		Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford

Viscounts of Scotland[]

Number	Title	Date of creation	Arms	Current holder	Notes
1	The Viscount Falkland	(1620)		Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland
2	The Viscount of Arbuthnott	(1641)		Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott
3	The Viscount of Oxfuird	(1651)		Ian Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird

Viscounts of Great Britain[]

Number	Title	Date of creation	Arms	Current holder	Notes
1	The Viscount Bolingbroke	(1712)			Also Viscount St John in the Peerage of Great Britain (1716) – see below
	The Viscount St John	(1716)			Also Viscount Bolingbroke in the Peerage of Great Britain (1712) – see above
2	The Viscount Cobham	(1718)		Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham
3	The Viscount Falmouth	(1720)
4	The Viscount Torrington	(1721)		Timothy Byng, 11th Viscount Torrington
5	The Viscount Hood	(1796)		Henry Hood, 8th Viscount Hood

Viscounts of Ireland[]

As it was created in 1816, after the Act of Union of 1801, the Gort Viscountcy yields precedence to older Viscounties of the United Kingdom

1. The Viscount Gormanston (1478)
   • Jenico Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston
2. The Viscount Mountgarret (1550)
   • Piers Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret
3. The Viscount Valentia (1622)
   • Francis Annesley, 16th Viscount Valentia
4. The Viscount Dillon (1622)
   • Henry Dillon, 22nd Viscount Dillon
5. The Viscount Massereene (1660) and Ferrard (1797)
   • John Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene
6. The Viscount Charlemont (1665)
   • John Caulfeild, 15th Viscount Charlemont
7. The Viscount Downe (1680)
   • Richard Dawnay, 12th Viscount Downe
8. The Viscount Molesworth (1716)
   • Robert Molesworth, 12th Viscount Molesworth
9. The Viscount Chetwynd (1717)
   • Adam Chetwynd, 11th Viscount Chetwynd
10. The Viscount Midleton (1717)
    • Alan Brodrick, 12th Viscount Midleton
11. The Viscount Boyne (1717)
    • Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 11th Viscount Boyne
12. The Viscount Gage (1720)
    • Nicolas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage
13. The Viscount Galway (1727)
    • Philip Monckton, 13th Viscount Galway
14. The Viscount Powerscourt (1744)
    • Mervyn Wingfield, 11th Viscount Powerscourt
15. The Viscount Ashbrook (1751)
    • Michael Flower, 11th Viscount Ashbrook
16. The Viscount Southwell (1776)
    • Richard Southwell, 8th Viscount Southwell
17. The Viscount de Vesci (1776)
    • Thomas Vesey, 7th Viscount de Vesci
18. The Viscount Lifford (1781)
    • Edward Hewitt, 9th Viscount Lifford
19. The Viscount Bangor (1781)
    • William Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor
20. The Viscount Doneraile (1785)
    • Richard St Leger, 10th Viscount Doneraile
21. The Viscount Harberton (1791)
    • Henry Pomeroy, 11th Viscount Harberton
22. The Viscount Hawarden (1793)
    • Robert Maude, 9th Viscount Hawarden
23. The Viscount Monck (January 1801)
    • Charles Monck, 7th Viscount Monck
24. The Viscount Gort (1816)
    • Foley Vereker, 9th Viscount Gort

The Viscount Monck, promoted in the first week of January 1801, does not fall under the restrictions of the Act of Union, and is earlier than all United Kingdom peerages.

Viscounts of the United Kingdom[]

Precedence of Irish Viscounties shown in italics

1. The Viscount St Vincent (1801)
   • Edward Jervis, 8th Viscount St Vincent
2. The Viscount Melville (1802)
   • Robert Dundas, 10th Viscount Melville
3. The Viscount Sidmouth (1805)
   • Jeremy Addington, 8th Viscount Sidmouth

   The Viscount Gort (Ireland)

4. The Viscount Exmouth (1816)
   • Paul Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth
5. The Viscount Combermere (1827)
   • Thomas Stapleton-Cotton, 6th Viscount Combermere
6. The Viscount Hill (1842)
   • David Clegg-Hill, 9th Viscount Hill
7. The Viscount Hardinge (1846)
   • Andrew Hardinge, 7th Viscount Hardinge
8. The Viscount Gough (1849)
   • Shane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough
9. The Viscount Bridport (1868)
   • Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport
10. The Viscount Portman (1873)
    • Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman
11. The Viscount Hampden (1884)
    • Francis Brand, 7th Viscount Hampden
12. The Viscount Hambleden (1891)
    • Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden
13. The Viscount Knutsford (1895)
    • Michael Holland-Hibbert, 6th Viscount Knutsford
14. The Viscount Esher (1897)
    • Christopher Brett, 5th Viscount Esher
15. The Viscount Goschen (1900)
    • Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen
16. The Viscount Ridley (1900)
    • Matthew Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley
17. The Viscount Colville of Culross (1902)
    • Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross
18. The Viscount Selby (1905)
    • Christopher Gully, 6th Viscount Selby
19. The Viscount Knollys (1911)
    • David Knollys, 3rd Viscount Knollys
20. The Viscount Allendale (1911)
    • Wentworth Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale
21. The Viscount Chilston (1911)
    • Alastair Akers-Douglas, 4th Viscount Chilston
22. The Viscount Scarsdale (1911)
    • Peter Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale
23. The Viscount Mersey (1916)
    • Edward Bigham, 5th Viscount Mersey
24. The Viscount Cowdray (1917)
    • Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray
25. The Viscount Devonport (1917)
    • Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport
26. The Viscount Astor (1917)
    • William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor
27. The Viscount Wimborne (1918)
    • Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne
28. The Viscount St Davids (1918)
    • Rhodri Philipps, 4th Viscount St Davids
29. The Viscount Rothermere (1919)
    • Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere
30. The Viscount Allenby (1919)
    • Henry Allenby, 4th Viscount Allenby
31. The Viscount Chelmsford (1921)
    • Frederic Thesiger, 4th Viscount Chelmsford
32. The Viscount Long (1921)
    • James Long, 5th Viscount Long
33. The Viscount Ullswater (1921)
    • Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater
34. The Viscount Younger of Leckie (1923)
    • James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie
35. The Viscount Bearsted (1925)
    • Nicholas Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted
36. The Viscount Craigavon (1927)
    • Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon
37. The Viscount Bridgeman (1929)
    • Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman
38. The Viscount Hailsham (1929)
    • Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham^[1]
39. The Viscount Brentford (1929)
    • Crispin Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford
40. The Viscount Buckmaster (1932)
    • Adrian Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster
41. The Viscount Bledisloe (1935)
    • Rupert Bathurst, 4th Viscount Bledisloe
42. The Viscount Hanworth (1936)
    • David Pollock, 3rd Viscount Hanworth
43. The Viscount Trenchard (1936)
    • Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard
44. The Viscount Samuel (1937)
    • Jonathan Herbert Samuel, 5th Viscount Samuel
45. The Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1937)
    • David Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford
46. The Viscount Davidson (1937)
    • Nicolas Davidson, 4th Viscount Davidson
47. The Viscount Weir (1938)
    • William Weir, 3rd Viscount Weir
48. The Viscount Caldecote (1939)
    • Piers Inskip, 3rd Viscount Caldecote
49. The Viscount Camrose (1941)
    • Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose
50. The Viscount Stansgate (1942)
    • Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate
51. The Viscount Margesson (1942)
    • Richard Margesson, 3rd Viscount Margesson
52. The Viscount Daventry (1943)
    • James FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry
53. The Viscount Addison (1945)
    • William Addison, 4th Viscount Addison
54. The Viscount Kemsley (1945)
    • Richard Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley
55. The Viscount Marchwood (1945)
    • David Penny, 3rd Viscount Marchwood
56. The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1946)
    • Henry Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
57. The Viscount Waverley (1952)
    • John Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley
58. The Viscount Thurso (1952)
    • John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso
59. The Viscount Brookeborough (1952)
    • Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough
60. The Viscount Norwich (1952)
    • Jason Cooper, 3rd Viscount Norwich
61. The Viscount Leathers (1954)
    • Christopher Leathers, 3rd Viscount Leathers
62. The Viscount Soulbury (1954)
    • Oliver Ramsbotham, 4th Viscount Soulbury
63. The Viscount Chandos (1954)
    • Thomas Lyttelton, 3rd Viscount Chandos^[2]
64. The Viscount Malvern (1955)
    • Ashley Huggins, 3rd Viscount Malvern
65. The Viscount De L'Isle (1956)
    • Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle
66. The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (1957)
    • Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
67. The Viscount Tenby (1957)
    • William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby
68. The Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1957)
    • John Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
69. The Viscount Dunrossil (1959)
    • Andrew Morrison, 3rd Viscount Dunrossil
70. The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn (1959)
    • James Stuart, 3rd Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
71. The Viscount Rochdale (1960)
    • Jonathan Kemp, 3rd Viscount Rochdale
72. The Viscount Slim (1960)
    • Mark Slim, 3rd Viscount Slim
73. The Viscount Head (1960)
    • Richard Head, 2nd Viscount Head
74. The Viscount Boyd of Merton (1960)
    • Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton
75. The Viscount Mills (1962)
    • Christopher Mills, 3rd Viscount Mills
76. The Viscount Blakenham (1963)
    • Casper John Hare, 3nd Viscount Blakenham
77. The Viscount Eccles (1964)
    • John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles
78. The Viscount Dilhorne (1964)
    • John Manningham-Buller, 2nd Viscount Dilhorne

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. Richard Harmsworth, eldest son of the Viscount Rothermere
41. Hon. Harry Allenby, eldest son of the Viscount Allenby
42. Hon. Frederic Thesiger, eldest son of the Viscount Chelmsford
43. Hon. Benjamin Lowther, eldest son of the Viscount Ullswater
44. Hon. Alexander Younger, eldest son of the Viscount Younger of Leckie
45. Hon. Harry Samuel, eldest son of the Viscount Bearsted
46. Hon. Luke Bridgeman, eldest son of the Viscount Bridgeman
47. Hon. Quintin Hogg, eldest son of the Viscount Hailsham
48. Hon. Paul Joynson-Hicks, eldest son of the Viscount Brentford
49. Hon. Andrew Buckmaster, eldest son of the Viscount Buckmaster
50. Hon. Benjamin Bathurst, eldest son of the Viscount Bledisloe
51. Hon. Alexander Trenchard, eldest son of the Viscount Trenchard
52. Hon. Thomas Runciman, eldest son of the Viscount Runciman of Doxford
53. Hon. James Weir, eldest son of the Viscount Weir
54. Hon. Thomas Inskip, eldest son of the Viscount Caldecote
55. Hon. Hugo Berry, eldest son of the Viscount Camrose
56. Hon. Daniel Wedgwood-Benn, eldest son of the Viscount Stansgate
57. Hon. Humphrey FitzRoy Newdegate, eldest son of the Viscount Daventry
58. Hon. Paul Addison, eldest son of the Viscount Addison
59. Hon. Luke Berry, eldest son of the Viscount Kemsley
60. Hon. Pete Penny, eldest son of the Viscount Marchwood
61. Hon. Forbes Anderson, eldest son of the Viscount Waverley
62. Hon. James Sinclair, eldest son of the Viscount Thurso
63. Hon. James Leathers, eldest son of the Viscount Leathers
64. Hon. Herwald Ramsbotham, eldest son of the Viscount Soulbury
65. Hon. Oliver Lyttleton, eldest son of the Viscount Chandos
66. Hon. Philip Sidney, eldest son of the Viscount De L'Isle
67. Hon. Timothy Lloyd George, eldest son of the Viscount Tenby
68. Hon. Thomas Mackintosh, eldest son of the Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
69. Hon. Callum Morrison, eldest son of the Viscount Dunrossil
70. Hon. Rufus Slim, eldest son of the Viscount Slim
71. Hon. Henry Head, eldest son of the Viscount Head
72. Hon. Benjamin Lennox-Boyd, eldest son of the Viscount Boyd of Merton
73. Hon. William Eccles, eldest son of the Viscount Eccles
74. Hon. James Manningham-Buller, eldest son of the Viscount Dilhorne
75. 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. Julian Guest, uncle of the Viscount Wimborne
19. Hon. Roland Philipps, brother of the Viscount St Davids
20. Harold Pollock, nephew of the Viscount Hanworth
21. Hon. Benjamin Samuel, half-brother of the Viscount Samuel
22. Hon. Christopher Brooke, brother of the Viscount Brookeborough
23. Hon. Martin Huggins, uncle of the Viscount Malvern
24. Hon. Timothy Monckton, brother of the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
25. Hon. Andrew Stuart, half-brother of the Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
26. 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[]