Viscount Ranelagh
Viscount Ranelagh was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland , which was named after the place Ranelagh , now part of Dublin .
Award and history of the title
The title was created on August 25, 1628 by King Charles I for Sir Roger Jones . Along with the Viscount title he was given the subordinate title Baron Jones , of Navan in the County of Meath .
His grandson, the 3rd Viscount, was Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Kingdom of Ireland and was also elevated to Earl of Ranelagh on December 11, 1677 in the Peerage of Ireland . Since his only son died young and before him, the earl title expired on his death on January 5, 1712. The Viscountcy and Barony fell to the second-degree great-uncle, who initially did not recognize his claim and was only confirmed in 1759 as the 4th Viscount. Both titles finally expired on the childless death of his great-nephew, the 7th Viscount, on November 13, 1885.
List of Viscounts Ranelagh (1628)
- Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh (before 1612–1643)
- Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh (before 1625–1669)
- Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh , 3rd Viscount Ranelagh (1641–1711)
- Charles Jones, 4th Viscount Ranelagh († 1798) (title confirmed 1759)
- Charles Jones, 5th Viscount Ranelagh (1761–1800)
- Thomas Jones, 6th Viscount Ranelagh (1763-1820)
- Thomas Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh (1812–1885)
See also
- Baron Ranelagh (1715)
Web links
- Ranelagh, Viscount (I, 1628-1885) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Ranelagh, Earl of (I, 1677-1711 / 2) at Cracroft's Peerage