Viscount Combermere
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Viscount Combermere , of Bhurtpore in the East Indies and of Combermere in the County Palatine of Chester , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on February 8, 1827 for the military and former MP Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron Combermere . The award was made in recognition of the victory in the siege of the Indian city of Bhurtpore (December 9, 1825 - January 18, 1826).
As early as May 17, 1814, he was given the subordinate title Baron Combermere , of Combermere in the County Palatine of Chester.
The Viscount family seat was Combermere Abbey in the south of Cheshire until 1919 .
List of Viscounts Combermere (1827)
- Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (1773-1865)
- Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 2nd Viscount Combermere (1818-1891)
- Robert Stapleton-Cotton, 3rd Viscount Combermere (1845–1898)
- Francis Stapleton-Cotton, 4th Viscount Combermere (1887–1969)
- Michael Stapleton-Cotton, 5th Viscount Combermere (1929-2000)
- Thomas Stapleton-Cotton, 6th Viscount Combermere (* 1969)
Probable heir apparent is the son of the current title holder Hon. Laszlo Stapleton-Cotton (* 2010).