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Viscount Wolseley of Wolseley in Staffordshire is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically, Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Succeeded Viscountesses of England, Extinct Viscountcies of England.
1st: Garnet Wolseley 1st Viscount Wolseley. Died 1913. Daughter.
2nd: Frances Garnet Wolseley 2nd Viscountess Wolseley. Died 1936. Extinct.
The London Gazette 25514. Whitehall, September 25, 1885. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Garnet Joseph (age 52), Baron Wolseley, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., General and General Officer Commanding in Chief the Forces in Egypt, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Wolseley, of Wolseley, in the county of Stafford, and in default of such issue male the dignity of a Viscountess to Frances Garnet Wolseley (age 13), Spinster, only daughter of the said Garnet Joseph, Baron Wolseley, and after her decease, the dignity of a Viscount to the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten. [See Viscountcies of England Created with a Special Remainder, Louisa Erskine Holmes Viscountess Wolseley (age 42) by marriage Viscountess Wolseley of Wolseley in Staffordshire.]
On 25th March 1913 Garnet Wolseley 1st Viscount Wolseley (age 79) died. His daughter Frances (age 40) succeeded 2nd Viscountess Wolseley of Wolseley in Staffordshire. Baron Wolseley of Cairo and Wolseley in Staffordshire extinct.
On 24th December 1936 Frances Garnet Wolseley 2nd Viscountess Wolseley (age 64) died unmarried. Viscount Wolseley of Wolseley in Staffordshire extinct.