Viscount Harberton

Viscount Harberton is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

Today the Viscount family residence is Rockfield House in Nunney, Somerset .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on July 5, 1791 for the politician Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Baron Harberton . This was from 1761 to 1783 MP for Kildare in the Irish House of Commons . As early as October 10, 1783, the subordinate title Baron Harberton , of Carbery in the County of Kildare , had been awarded to him.

Today's title holder has been his great-great-great-grandson Henry Pomeroy, 11th Viscount Harberton , since 2004 .

List of Viscounts Harberton (1791)

• Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton (1723–1798)
• Henry Pomeroy, 2nd Viscount Harberton (1749–1829)
• Arthur Pomeroy, 3rd Viscount Harberton (1753-1832)
• John Pomeroy, 4th Viscount Harberton (1758–1833)
• John Pomeroy, 5th Viscount Harberton (1790-1862)
• James Pomeroy, 6th Viscount Harberton (1836–1912)
• Ernest Pomeroy, 7th Viscount Harberton (1867–1944)
• Ralphe Pomeroy, 8th Viscount Harberton (1874–1956)
• Henry Pomeroy, 9th Viscount Harberton (1908–1980)
• Thomas Pomeroy, 10th Viscount Harberton (1910-2004)
• Henry Pomeroy, 11th Viscount Harberton (* 1958)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Hon. Patrick Pomeroy (* 1995).

literature

• Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Harberton, Viscount (I, 1791) at Cracroft's Peerage