Viscount Montgomery
Viscount Montgomery was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once each in the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of England .
Awards
For the first time on May 3, 1622 in the Peerage of Ireland the title Viscount Montgomery , of the Great Ardes, the Scottish soldier and aristocrat Hugh Montgomery was bestowed. This had made a contribution to the settlement of Scots in the Irish province of Ulster , the so-called Ulster Scots . His grandson, the 3rd Viscount, was elevated to Earl of Mount Alexander on July 18, 1661 in the Peerage of Ireland . Both titles expired when his descendant, the 5th Earl, died on April 7, 1757.
In the second award on March 24, 1687 in the Peerage of England, the title Viscount Montgomery was newly created for William Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis . The Viscount title was awarded to him as a subordinate title to the title of Marquess of Powis . Already on April 4, 1674 he had been raised to Earl of Powis and in 1667 inherited the title Baron Powis, which his grandfather had been given to his grandfather on April 2, 1629, from his father . The titles expired on March 8, 1748 when the 3rd Marquess died.
List of Viscounts Montgomery
Viscounts Montgomery, first bestowal (1622)
- Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery (1560-1636)
- Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery (1616–1642)
- Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander , 3rd Viscount Montgomery (around 1625–1663)
- Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander , 4th Viscount Montgomery (1651–1717)
- Henry Montgomery, 3rd Earl of Mount Alexander , 5th Viscount Montgomery (around 1652–1731)
- Hugh Montgomery, 4th Earl of Mount Alexander , 6th Viscount Montgomery († 1745)
- Thomas Montgomery, 5th Earl of Mount Alexander , 7th Viscount Montgomery († 1757)
Viscounts Montgomery, second bestowal (1687)
- William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis , 1st Viscount Montgomery (1626–1696)
- William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis , 2nd Viscount Montgomery (1665–1745)
- William Herbert, 3rd Marquess of Powis , 3rd Viscount Montgomery (1698–1748)
See also
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page