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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 Royston [128] 2 April 1754: Yorke: extant: subsidiary title of the Earl of Hardwicke: Viscount Barnard [128] 3 April 1754: Vane: extinct 1891: subsidiary title of the Earl of Darlington; created Marquess of Cleveland in 1827 and Duke of Cleveland in 1833 Viscount Cantelupe [129] 18 March 1761: West: extant: subsidiary title of the Earl ...
Viscount comes from the Latin vicecomes, meaning 'vice-count' - or below a count (indicating its ranking as below Earls who are themselves equivalent to a continental Count). The rank was created in 1440. The feminine form is Viscountess. Baron comes from the Old Germanic baro, meaning 'freeman'. The rank was created in 1066.
Example: James, Viscount Severn . Viscounts are often the children of an earl, like Prince Edward’s son, James, but it’s also a title that can be given. This title ranks above a baron and ...
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Since Mountbatten had no sons when he was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the County of Southampton on 27 August 1946 [137] and then Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey, in the County of Southampton on 18 October 1947, [138] the Letters Patent were drafted such that in the event he left no sons or issue in the male ...
Cyril John Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, GBE, PC, FBA (30 March 1899 – 1 April 1977) was a British lawyer and Law Lord best known for his role in the Partition of India. He served as the first chancellor of the University of Warwick from its foundation in 1965 to 1977.
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