Viscount Fitzhardinge

Charles Berkeley, 1st Viscount Fitzharding

Viscount Fitzhardinge was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

Awarding and other titles

The title was created on July 14, 1663 for Charles Berkeley . Together with the Viscountcy he was awarded the subordinate title of Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne . Both titles belonged to the Peerage of Ireland and were awarded with the special note that, in the absence of male offspring, they could also be passed on to his father and male offspring. On March 17, 1664 he was also in the Peerage of England to the Earl of Falmouth and Baron Botetourt of Langport in the County of Somersetraised. When he died childless on June 3, 1665, his English titles lapsed, the Irish titles fell to his father and, according to the special note, to his brothers. The youngest of them, the 4th Viscount, died on December 19, 1712 without male descendants, so that the titles Viscount Fitzhardinge and Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne also expired.

List of Viscounts Fitzhardinge (1663)

• Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth , 1st Viscount Fitzharding (before 1636–1665)
• Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (1600–1668)
• Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge (1628-1690)
• John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge (1650-1712)

See also

• Earl FitzHardinge (1841)
• Baron FitzHardinge (1861)

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St. Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page