List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland


This is a list of the 112 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 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

NumberTitleDate of creationArmsCurrent holderNotes
1The Viscount HerefordRobin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford

Viscounts of Scotland

NumberTitleDate of creationArmsCurrent holderNotes
1The Viscount FalklandLucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland
2The Viscount of ArbuthnottKeith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott
3The Viscount of OxfuirdIan Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird

Viscounts of Great Britain

NumberTitleDate of creationArmsCurrent holderNotes
1The Viscount BolingbrokeNicholas St John, 9th Viscount BolingbrokeAlso Viscount St John in the Peerage of Great Britain – see below
The Viscount St JohnNicholas St John, 9th Viscount BolingbrokeAlso Viscount Bolingbroke in the Peerage of Great Britain – see above
2The Viscount CobhamChristopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham
3The Viscount FalmouthGeorge Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth
4The Viscount TorringtonTimothy Byng, 11th Viscount Torrington
5The Viscount HoodHenry Hood, 8th Viscount Hood

Viscounts of Ireland

  1. The Viscount Gormanston
  2. *Jenico Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston
  3. The Viscount Mountgarret
  4. *Piers Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret
  5. The Viscount Valentia
  6. *Francis Annesley, 16th Viscount Valentia
  7. The Viscount Dillon
  8. *Henry Dillon, 22nd Viscount Dillon
  9. The Viscount Massereene and Ferrard
  10. *John Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene
  11. The Viscount Charlemont
  12. *John Caulfeild, 15th Viscount Charlemont
  13. The Viscount Downe
  14. *Richard Dawnay, 12th Viscount Downe
  15. The Viscount Molesworth
  16. *Robert Molesworth, 12th Viscount Molesworth
  17. The Viscount Chetwynd
  18. *Adam Chetwynd, 11th Viscount Chetwynd
  19. The Viscount Midleton
  20. *Alan Brodrick, 12th Viscount Midleton
  21. The Viscount Boyne
  22. *Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 11th Viscount Boyne
  23. The Viscount Gage
  24. *Nicolas Gage, 8th Viscount Gage
  25. The Viscount Galway
  26. *Philip Monckton, 13th Viscount Galway
  27. The Viscount Powerscourt
  28. *Mervyn Wingfield, 11th Viscount Powerscourt
  29. The Viscount Ashbrook
  30. *Michael Flower, 11th Viscount Ashbrook
  31. The Viscount Southwell
  32. *Richard Southwell, 8th Viscount Southwell
  33. The Viscount de Vesci
  34. *Thomas Vesey, 7th Viscount de Vesci
  35. The Viscount Lifford
  36. *Edward Hewitt, 9th Viscount Lifford
  37. The Viscount Bangor
  38. *William Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor
  39. The Viscount Doneraile
  40. *Richard St Leger, 10th Viscount Doneraile
  41. The Viscount Harberton
  42. *Henry Pomeroy, 11th Viscount Harberton
  43. The Viscount Hawarden
  44. *Robert Maude, 9th Viscount Hawarden
  45. The Viscount Monck
  46. *Charles Monck, 7th Viscount Monck
  47. The Viscount Gort
  48. *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

  1. The Viscount St Vincent
  2. *Edward Jervis, 8th Viscount St Vincent
  3. The Viscount Melville
  4. *Robert Dundas, 10th Viscount Melville
  5. The Viscount Sidmouth
  6. *Jeremy Addington, 8th Viscount Sidmouth
  7. :''The Viscount Gort
  8. The Viscount Exmouth
  9. *Paul Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth
  10. The Viscount Combermere
  11. *Thomas Stapleton-Cotton, 6th Viscount Combermere
  12. The Viscount Hill
  13. *David Clegg-Hill, 9th Viscount Hill
  14. The Viscount Hardinge
  15. *Andrew Hardinge, 7th Viscount Hardinge
  16. The Viscount Gough
  17. *Shane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough
  18. The Viscount Bridport
  19. *Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport
  20. The Viscount Portman
  21. *Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman
  22. The Viscount Hampden
  23. *Francis Brand, 7th Viscount Hampden
  24. The Viscount Hambleden
  25. *Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden
  26. The Viscount Knutsford
  27. *Michael Holland-Hibbert, 6th Viscount Knutsford
  28. The Viscount Esher
  29. *Christopher Brett, 5th Viscount Esher
  30. The Viscount Goschen
  31. *Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen
  32. The Viscount Ridley
  33. *Matthew Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley
  34. The Viscount Colville of Culross
  35. *Charles Mark Townshend Colville, 5th Viscount Colville of Culross
  36. The Viscount Selby
  37. *Christopher Gully, 6th Viscount Selby
  38. The Viscount Knollys
  39. *David Knollys, 3rd Viscount Knollys
  40. The Viscount Allendale
  41. *Wentworth Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale
  42. The Viscount Chilston
  43. *Alastair Akers-Douglas, 4th Viscount Chilston
  44. The Viscount Scarsdale
  45. *Peter Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale
  46. The Viscount Mersey
  47. *Edward Bigham, 5th Viscount Mersey
  48. The Viscount Cowdray
  49. *Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray
  50. The Viscount Devonport
  51. *Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport
  52. The Viscount Astor
  53. *William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor
  54. The Viscount Wimborne
  55. *Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne
  56. The Viscount St Davids
  57. *Rhodri Philipps, 4th Viscount St Davids
  58. The Viscount Rothermere
  59. *Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere
  60. The Viscount Allenby
  61. *Henry Allenby, 4th Viscount Allenby
  62. The Viscount Chelmsford
  63. *Frederic Thesiger, 4th Viscount Chelmsford
  64. The Viscount Long
  65. *James Long, 5th Viscount Long
  66. The Viscount Ullswater
  67. *Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater
  68. The Viscount Younger of Leckie
  69. *James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie
  70. The Viscount Bearsted
  71. *Nicholas Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted
  72. The Viscount Craigavon
  73. *Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon
  74. The Viscount Bridgeman
  75. *Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman
  76. The Viscount Hailsham
  77. *Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham
  78. The Viscount Brentford
  79. *Crispin Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford
  80. The Viscount Buckmaster
  81. *Adrian Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster
  82. The Viscount Bledisloe
  83. *Rupert Bathurst, 4th Viscount Bledisloe
  84. The Viscount Hanworth
  85. *David Pollock, 3rd Viscount Hanworth
  86. The Viscount Trenchard
  87. *Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard
  88. The Viscount Samuel
  89. *Jonathan Herbert Samuel, 5th Viscount Samuel
  90. The Viscount Runciman of Doxford
  91. *Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford
  92. The Viscount Davidson
  93. *Nicolas Davidson, 4th Viscount Davidson
  94. The Viscount Weir
  95. *William Weir, 3rd Viscount Weir
  96. The Viscount Caldecote
  97. *Piers Inskip, 3rd Viscount Caldecote
  98. The Viscount Simon
  99. *David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon
  100. The Viscount Camrose
  101. *Jonathan Berry, 5th Viscount Camrose
  102. The Viscount Stansgate
  103. *Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate
  104. The Viscount Margesson
  105. *Richard Margesson, 3rd Viscount Margesson
  106. The Viscount Daventry
  107. *James FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry
  108. The Viscount Addison
  109. *William Addison, 4th Viscount Addison
  110. The Viscount Kemsley
  111. *Richard Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley
  112. The Viscount Marchwood
  113. *David Penny, 3rd Viscount Marchwood
  114. The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
  115. *Henry Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
  116. The Viscount Waverley
  117. *John Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley
  118. The Viscount Thurso
  119. *John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso
  120. The Viscount Brookeborough
  121. *Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough
  122. The Viscount Norwich
  123. *Jason Cooper, 3rd Viscount Norwich
  124. The Viscount Leathers
  125. *Christopher Leathers, 3rd Viscount Leathers
  126. The Viscount Soulbury
  127. *Oliver Ramsbotham, 4th Viscount Soulbury
  128. The Viscount Chandos
  129. *Thomas Lyttelton, 3rd Viscount Chandos
  130. The Viscount Malvern
  131. *Ashley Huggins, 3rd Viscount Malvern
  132. The Viscount De L'Isle
  133. *Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle
  134. The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  135. *Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  136. The Viscount Tenby
  137. *William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby
  138. The Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
  139. *John Mackintosh, 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax
  140. The Viscount Dunrossil
  141. *Andrew Morrison, 3rd Viscount Dunrossil
  142. The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
  143. *James Stuart, 3rd Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
  144. The Viscount Rochdale
  145. *Jonathan Kemp, 3rd Viscount Rochdale
  146. The Viscount Slim
  147. *Mark Slim, 3rd Viscount Slim
  148. The Viscount Head
  149. *Richard Head, 2nd Viscount Head
  150. The Viscount Boyd of Merton
  151. *Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton
  152. The Viscount Mills
  153. *Christopher Mills, 3rd Viscount Mills
  154. The Viscount Blakenham
  155. *Casper John Hare, 3nd Viscount Blakenham
  156. The Viscount Eccles
  157. *John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles
  158. The Viscount Dilhorne
  159. *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. David 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

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. Thomas Dillon, first cousin of the Viscount Dillon
  5. Rupert Dawney, cousin of the Viscount Downe
  6. Hon. William Molesworth, brother of the Viscount Molesworth
  7. Hon. Guy Wingfield, uncle of the Viscount Powerscourt
  8. Hon. Charles Southwell, brother of the Viscount Southwell
  9. Hon. Edward Ward, half-brother of the Viscount Bangor
  10. Hon. George Monck, brother of the Viscount Monck
  11. Hon. James Dundas, brother of the Viscount Melville
  12. Hon. Jamie Hardinge, brother of the Viscount Hardinge
  13. Hon. Bernardo Smith, brother of the Viscount Hambleden
  14. Hon. Richmond Colville, brother of the Viscount Colville of Culross
  15. Hon. James Gully, great-uncle of the Viscount Selby
  16. Hon. David Curzon, brother of the Viscount Scarsdale
  17. Hon. David Bigham, uncle of the viscount Mersey
  18. Chester Kearley, first cousin of the Viscount Devonport
  19. Hon. Julian Guest, uncle of the Viscount Wimborne
  20. Hon. Roland Philipps, brother of the Viscount St Davids
  21. Harold Pollock, nephew of the Viscount Hanworth
  22. Hon. Benjamin Samuel, half-brother of the Viscount Samuel
  23. Hon. Christopher Brooke, brother of the Viscount Brookeborough
  24. Hon. Martin Huggins, uncle of the Viscount Malvern
  25. Hon. Timothy Monckton, brother of the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
  26. Hon. Andrew Stuart, half-brother of the Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
  27. George Kemp, nephew of the Viscount Rochdale

    Viscounts without heirs

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