List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This page lists all viscountcies, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Viscountcies in the Peerage of England, 1536-1707

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Viscount Beauchamp	1536	Seymour	forfeit 1551	created Earl of Hertford in 1537 and Duke of Somerset in 1546, which titles forfeit 1551
Viscount Hereford	1550	Devereux	extant	created Earl of Essex in 1572, which title extinct 1646
Viscount Cranborne	1604	Cecil	extant	created Earl of Salisbury in 1605, created Marquess of Salisbury in Great Britain in 1789
Viscount Mandeville	1620	Montagu	extant	created Earl of Manchester in 1626, created Duke of Manchester in Great Britain in 1719
Viscount Feilding	1620	Feilding	extant	created Earl of Desmond and Viscount Callan in Ireland in 1622, also Earl of Denbigh from 1675
Viscount Andover	1622	Howard	extant	created Earl of Berkshire in 1626, also Earl of Suffolk from 1745
Viscountess Maidstone	1623	Finch	extant	created Countess of Winchilsea in 1628, also Earl of Nottingham from 1729
Viscount Hinchingbrooke	1660	Montagu	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Sandwich
Viscount Malden	1661	Capel	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Essex
Viscount Howard of Morpeth	1661	Howard	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Carlisle
Viscount Thetford	1672	Bennet, Fitzroy	abeyant 1936	subsidiary title of the Earl of Arlington, also Duke of Grafton from 1723 to 1936
Viscount Ipswich	1672	Fitzroy	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Euston, created Duke of Grafton in 1675
Viscount Latimer	1673	Osborne	extinct 1964	also Viscount of Osborne in Scotland, created Earl of Danby in 1674, created Viscount of Dunblane in Scotland in 1675, created Marquess Carmarthen in 1689, created Duke of Leeds in 1694, which titles extinct 1964
Viscount Dursley	1679	Berkeley	extinct 1942	subsidiary title of the Earl of Berkeley
Viscount Townshend of Raynham	1682	Townshend	extant	created Marquess Townshend in Great Britain in 1787
Viscount Weymouth	1682	Thynne	extant	created Marquess of Bath in Great Britain in 1789
Viscount Woodstock	1689	Bentinck	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Portland, created Duke of Portland and Marquess of Titchfield in Great Britain in 1716, which titles extinct 1990
Viscount Lumley	1689	Lumley	extant	also Viscount Lumley in Ireland, created Earl of Scarbrough in 1690
Viscount Villiers	1691	Villiers	extant	also Viscount Grandison in Ireland, created Earl of Jersey in 1697
Viscount Bury	1697	Keppel	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Albemarle
Viscount Deerhurst	1697	Coventry	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Coventry
Viscount Lochow and Glenyla	1701	Campbell	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Argyll, created Earl of Ilay and Viscount Ilay in 1706, which titles extinct 1761, created Duke of Greenwich in 1719, which title extinct in 1743, created Duke of Argyll in the United Kingdom in 1892
Viscount Hinton	1706	Poulett	extinct 1973	subsidiary title of the Earl Poulett
Viscount Malpas	1706	Cholmondeley	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Cholmondeley, also Viscount Cholmondeley in Ireland, created Marquess of Cholmondeley and Earl of Rocksavage in Great Britain in 1815

Viscountcies in the Peerage of Scotland, 1606-1707

Title	Date of Creation	Surname	Current Status	Notes
Viscount of Fentoun	1606	Erskine	extant	created Earl of Kellie in 1619, also Earl of Mar from 1829
Viscount of Lauderdale	1616	Maitland	extant	created Earl of Lauderdale and Viscount of Maitland in 1624
Viscount of Falkland	1620	Cary	extant
Viscount of Stormont	1621	Murray	extant	created Earl of Mansfield in Great Britain in 1776 and again in 1792
Viscount of Air	1622	Crichton-Stuart	extant	created Earl of Dumfries in 1633, also Earl of Stair from 1758 to 1769, also Marquess of Bute, Earl of Windsor and Viscount Mountjoy in Great Britain and Earl of Bute and Viscount of Kingarth from 1803
Viscount of Maitland	1624	Maitland	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Lauderdale, also Viscount Lauderdale
Viscount of Dupplin	1627	Hay	extant	created Earl of Kinnoull in 1633
Viscount of Drumlanrig	1628	Douglas	extant	created Earl of Queensberry in 1628, created Marquess of Queensberry in 1682, created Duke of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar and Viscount of Nith, Thortorwald and Ross in 1684, which titles separated 1810
Viscount of Arbuthnott	1641	Arbuthnott	extant
Viscount of Kynnaird	1660	Livingston	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Newburgh
Viscount of Osborne	1673	Osborne	extinct 1964	created Viscount Latimer in England in 1673, created Earl of Danby in England in 1674, created Viscount of Dunblane in 1675, created Marquess Carmarthen in England in 1689 and Duke of Leeds in England in 1694, which titles extinct 1964
Viscount of Dunblane	1675	Osborne	extinct 1964	also Earl of Danby and Viscount Latimer in England and Viscount of Osborne, created Marquess Carmarthen in England in 1689 and Duke of Leeds in England in 1694, which titles extinct 1964
Viscount of Balquhidder	1676	Murray	extant	subsidiary title of the Marquess of Atholl, also Earl of Atholl and Earl of Tullibardine, created Duke of Atholl, Marquess of Tullibardine, Earl of Strathtay and Strathclyde and Viscount of Balquhidder, Glenalmond and Glenlyon in 1703
Viscount of Tay and Paintland	1677	Campbell	extinct 1995	subsidiary title of the Earl of Caithness, which title separated 1681, created Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, which title extinct 1995, created Marquess of Breadalbane and Earl of Ormelie in the United Kingdom in 1831, which titles extinct 1862
Viscount of Lyon	1677	Lyon	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, created Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in the United Kingdom in 1937
Viscount of Formartine	1682	Gordon	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Aberdeen, created Viscount Gordon in the United Kingdom in 1814, created Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and Earl of Haddo in the United Kingdom in 1916
Viscount of Nith, Torthorwald and Ross	1684	Douglas	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Queensberry, created Marquess of Dumfriesshire and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar at the same time created Earl of Queensberry in 1628, also Marquess of Queensberry, Earl of Queensberry and Viscount of Drumlanrig to 1810
Viscount of Melfort	1685	Drummond	dormant 1902	created Viscount of Forth and Earl of Melfort in 1686, forfeit from 1715 to 1853 and dormant 1902
Viscount of Forth	1686	Drummond	dormant 1902	subsidiary title of the Earl of Melfort in 1686, also Viscount of Melfort, forfeit from 1715 to 1853 and dormant 1902
Viscount of Fincasatle	1686	Murray	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Dunmore
Viscount of Strathallan	1686	Drummond	extant	also Earl of Perth from 1902
Viscount of Kirkaldie	1690	Melville	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Melville, also Earl of Leven from 1707
Viscount of Stair	1690	Dalrymple	extant	created Earl of Stair and Viscount of Dalrymple in 1703, also Earl of Dumfries and Viscount of Air from 1758 to 1769
Viscount of Walden	1694	Hay	extant	subsidiary title of the Marquess of Tweeddale, created Earl of Gifford at the same time, also Earl of Tweeddale
Viscount of Kirkwall	1696	Hamilton	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Orkney
Viscount of Peebles	1697	Douglas	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of March, also Earl of Wemyss from 1810
Viscount of Rosebery	1700	Primrose	extant	created Earl of Rosebery and Viscount of Inverkeithing in 1703, created Earl of Midlothian and Viscount Mentmore in the United Kingdom in 1911
Viscount of Briene	1701	Kerr	extant	subsidiary title of the Marquess of Lothian, also Earl of Lothian and Earl of Ancram
Viscount of Reidhaven	1701	Ogilvie	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Seafield, also Viscount of Seafield, also Earl of Findlater from 1711 to 1811
Viscount of Dalrymple	1703	Dalrymple	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Stair, also Viscount of Stair
Viscount of Inverkeithing	1703	Primrose	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Rosebery, also Viscount of Rosebery, created Earl of Midlothian and Viscount Mentmore in the United Kingdom in 1911
Viscount of Kelburn	1703	Boyle	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Glasgow
Viscount of Kingarth	1703	Crichton-Stuart	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Bute, also Marquess of Bute, Earl of Windsor and Viscount Mountjoy in Great Britain and Earl of Dumfries and Viscount of Air from 1803
Viscount of Aithrie	1703	Hope	extant	subsidiary title of the Earl of Hopetoun, created Marquess of Linlithgow in the United Kingdom in 1902
Viscount of Balquhidder, Glenalmond and Glenlyon	1703	Murray	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Atholl, created Marquess of Tullibardine and Earl of Strathtay and Strathclyde at the same time, also Marquess of Atholl, Earl of Atholl, Earl of Tullibardine and Viscount of Balquhidder
Viscount of Garnock	1703	Lindsay-Crawford	extant	also Earl of Lindsay from 1749
Viscount of Dundaff	1707	Graham	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Montrose, created Marquess of Graham and Buchanan and Earl of Kincardine in 1644
Viscount of Broxmouth	1707	Ker	extant	subsidiary title of the Duke of Roxburghe, created Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford and Earl of Kelso at the same time, also Earl Ker from 1741 to 1804, created Earl Innes in 1837

Viscountcies in the Peerage of Great Britain, 1707-1801

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Viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland, 1478-1801

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Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1801-present

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