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Viscount is in Scotland Lords Temporal.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Arbuthnot
In 1641 Robert Arbuthnot 1st Viscount Arbuthnott (age 16) was created 1st Viscount Arbuthnot.
On 30th June 1653 Robert Arbuthnot 1st Viscount Arbuthnott (age 28) and Catherine Fraser Viscountess Arbuthnot were married. She by marriage Viscountess Arbuthnot. They were first cousins.
On 10th October 1655 Robert Arbuthnot 1st Viscount Arbuthnott (age 30) died. His son Robert succeeded 2nd Viscount Arbuthnot.
In 1658 Robert Arbuthnot 2nd Viscount Arbuthnot and Elizabeth Keith Viscountess Arbuthnot were married. She by marriage Viscountess Arbuthnot. She the daughter of William Keith 7th Earl Marischal and Elizabeth Seton Countess Marischal. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Drumlanrig
On 1st April 1628 William Douglas 1st Earl Queensberry (age 46) was created 1st Viscount Drumlanrig. Isabel Kerr Countess Queensberry by marriage Viscountess Drumlanrig.
On 8th March 1640 William Douglas 1st Earl Queensberry (age 58) died. His son James (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Queensberry, 2nd Viscount Drumlanrig, 2nd Lord Douglas Hawick. Margaret Stewart Countess Queensberry by marriage Countess Queensberry.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Duncan of Camperdowne
On 21st October 1797 Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 66) was created 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdowne in recognition of his victory at the Battle of Camperdown.
On 4th August 1804 Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan (age 73) died suddenty at an inn Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland [Map] on his way to Edinburgh. His son Robert Haldane-Duncan (age 19) succeeded 2nd Viscount Duncan of Camperdowne.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Garnock
On 26th November 1703 John Lindsay-Crawford 1st Viscount Garnock (age 34) was created 1st Viscount Garnock. Margaret Stuart Viscountess Garnock (age 22) by marriage Viscountess Garnock.
On 24th December 1708 John Lindsay-Crawford 1st Viscount Garnock (age 39) died. His son Patrick (age 11) succeeded 2nd Viscount Garnock.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Gladstone of Lanarkshire
The London Gazette 28350. Whitehall, February 21, 1910.
The KING has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain aud Ireland, bearing date the 15th instant, to confer the dignity of a Viscount of the said United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Herbert John Gladstone (age 56), Governor General and Commander-in-Chief, designate, of the Union of South Africa, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount Gladstone of the county of Lanark. [Dorothy Mary Viscountess Gladstone (age 34) by marriage Viscountess Gladstone of Lanarkshire.]
On 6th March 1930 Herbert Gladstone 1st Viscount Gladstone (age 76) died. Memorial at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire. Viscount Gladstone of Lanarkshire extinct.
Herbert Gladstone 1st Viscount Gladstone: On 7th January 1854 he was born to William Ewart Gladstone and Catherine Glynne. In 1901 Herbert Gladstone 1st Viscount Gladstone and Dorothy Mary Viscountess Gladstone were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Haddington
On 11th June 1606 John Ramsay 1st Earl Holderness (age 26) was created 1st Viscount Haddington.
On 9th February 1608 John Ramsay, Viscount Haddington (age 28) and Elizabeth Radclyffe were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess Haddington. She the daughter of Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex (age 34) and Bridget Morrison Countess Sussex.
James I (age 41) gave the bride away and sent the bride a gold cup containing a grant of lands worth an income of £600 per year, also paid off Ramsay's debts of £10,000.
The marriage was celebrated with the Masque of The Hue and Cry After Cupid in the evening at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] written by Ben Johnson (age 36).
The principal masquers, nobles and gentlemen of the Court, appeared in the guise of the twelve signs of the Zodiac; the men, five English and seven Scottish courtiers, were:
Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 33).
Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 22).
Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 23).
William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 27).
Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 29).
Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 25).
James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 28).
Robert Crichton 8th Lord Sanquhar.
John Kennedy, Master of Mar.
Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 20).
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In January 1626 John Ramsay 1st Earl Holderness (age 46) died. Earl Holderness and Viscount Haddington extinct.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Kilsyth
James Livingstone 1st Viscount Kilsyth was created 1st Viscount Kilsyth.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Newhaven
On 17th March 1681 Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven (age 55) was created 1st Viscount Newhaven.
After 17th July 1685 Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven (age 59) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 55) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Newhaven.
On 30th June 1698 William Cheyne 2nd Viscount Newhaven (age 40) died. Viscount Newhaven extinct. He was buried at Drayton Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire.
On 30th June 1698 Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven (age 72) died. He was buried at Chelsea Old Church. His son William (age 40) succeeded 2nd Viscount Newhaven.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin
On 12th March 1723 Henry John Temple 1st Viscount Palmerston (age 50) was created 1st Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 10th June 1757 Henry John Temple 1st Viscount Palmerston (age 84) died. His grandson Henry (age 17) succeeded 2nd Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 6th October 1767 Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 27) and Frances Poole Viscountess Palmerston (age 38) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 5th January 1783 Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 43) and Mary Mee Viscountess Palmerston were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 16th September 1802 Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 62) died. His son Henry (age 17) succeeded 3rd Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 18th October 1865 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (age 80) died without issue.Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin extinct.
On 18th October 1865 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (age 80) and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 78) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount Teviot
On 10th October 1685 Robert Spencer 1st Viscount Teviot (age 56) was created 1st Viscount Teviot.
On 20th May 1694 Robert Spencer 1st Viscount Teviot (age 65) committed suicide. Viscount Teviot extinct.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount of Kinnaird
On 31st December 1660 ...
George Marwood 1st Baronet (age 59) was created 1st Baronet Marwood Little Busby in Yorkshire.
John Jackson 1st Baronet (age 29) was created 1st Baronet Jackson of Hickleton in Yorkshire.
James Livingston 1st Earl Newburgh (age 38) was created 1st Earl of Newburgh, 1st Viscount of Kinnaird with remainder to his heirs whatsoever.
On 4th December 1670 James Livingston 1st Earl Newburgh (age 48) died. His son Charles succeeded 2nd Earl of Newburgh, 2nd Viscount of Kinnaird, 2nd Viscount of Newburgh.
In 1694 Charles Livingston 2nd Earl of Newburgh died. Viscount of Newburgh extinct. His daughter Charlotte succeeded 3rd Countess of Newburgh, 3rd Viscountess of Kinnaird.
On 4th August 1755 Charlotte Livingstone 3rd Countess Newburgh (age 61) died. Her son James (age 29) succeeded 4th Earl of Newburgh, 4th Viscount of Kinnaird. Barbara Kemp Countess Newburgh by marriage Countess of Newburgh.
On 2nd January 1787 James Radclyffe 4th Earl of Newburgh (age 61) died. His son Anthony (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl of Newburgh, 5th Viscount of Kinnaird.
Culture, Scotland Lords Temporal, Viscount of Newburgh
On 13th September 1647 James Livingston 1st Earl Newburgh (age 25) was created 1st Viscount of Newburgh with remainder to his heirs male.
On 4th December 1670 James Livingston 1st Earl Newburgh (age 48) died. His son Charles succeeded 2nd Earl of Newburgh, 2nd Viscount of Kinnaird, 2nd Viscount of Newburgh.
In 1694 Charles Livingston 2nd Earl of Newburgh died. Viscount of Newburgh extinct. His daughter Charlotte succeeded 3rd Countess of Newburgh, 3rd Viscountess of Kinnaird.