Viscount Gormanston
Viscount Gormanston is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
The historic family seat of the Viscounts was Gormanston Castle near Drogheda in County Meath until the 1940s .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on August 7, 1478 for Robert Preston, 4th Baron Gormanston . He had inherited the title of Baron Gormanston as early as 1450 , which was given to his ancestor in the Peerage of Ireland between 1365 and 1370.
His great-great-great-grandson, the 6th Viscount, served as general of the rebel Irish Catholics in 1641 and 1642 and was ostracized for this after his death in 1643. The ban was lifted in 1660 and the title restored in favor of his son as the 7th Viscount. He was a supporter of King Jacob II during the Glorious Revolution and was ostracized for high treason shortly after his death. It was not until 1800 that his great-great-great-nephew obtained the retroactive lifting of the ban and the restoration of the title for him as the 12th Viscount.
His son, the 13th Viscount, was also raised to Baron Gormanston , of Whitewood in the County of Meath, on December 8, 1868 . This title was, in contrast to the Irish titles, a seat in the British House of Lords until 1999 .
Today's title holder is his great-great-great-grandson Jenico Preston as 17th Viscount.
List of Barons and Viscounts Gormanston
Barons Gormanston (around 1370)
- Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston († 1396)
- Christopher Preston, 2nd Baron Gormanston († 1422)
- Christopher Preston, 3rd Baron Gormanston († 1450)
- Robert Preston, 4th Baron Gormanston (1435–1503) ( raised to Viscount Gormanston in 1478 )
Viscounts Gormanston (1478)
- Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston (1435-1503)
- William Preston, 2nd Viscount Gormanston († 1532)
- Jenico Preston, 3rd Viscount Gormanston (1502–1569)
- Christopher Preston, 4th Viscount Gormanston (1546–1599)
- Jenico Preston, 5th Viscount Gormanston (1584-1630)
- Nicholas Preston, 6th Viscount Gormanston (1608–1643) (title forfeited 1643)
- Jenico Preston, 7th Viscount Gormanston († 1691) (title restored 1660; title forfeited 1691)
- Jenico Preston, de jure 8. Viscount Gormanston (1640–1700)
- Anthony Preston, de jure 9. Viscount Gormanston († 1716)
- Jenico Preston, de jure 10. Viscount Gormanston (1707-1757)
- Anthony Preston, de jure 11th Viscount Gormanston (1736–1786)
- Jenico Preston, 12th Viscount Gormanston (1775-1860) (title restored 1800)
- Edward Preston, 13th Viscount Gormanston (1796–1876)
- Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston (1837-1907)
- Jenico Preston, 15th Viscount Gormanston (1879-1925)
- Jenico Preston, 16th Viscount Gormanston (1914-1940)
- Jenico Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston (born 1939)
The heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Hon. Jenico Preston (born 1974).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Gormanston, Viscount (I, 1478) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page