Viscount Scudamore

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John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore

Viscount Scudamore , in the County of Sligo , was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

The Viscount family seat was Holme Lacy in Herefordshire .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was given to the English politician and diplomat Sir John Scudamore, 1st Baronet , on July 1, 1628 . Together with the Viscount title he was awarded the subordinate title of Baron Dromore . As early as June 1, 1620, he had been raised in the Baronetage of England to the Baronet , of Holme Lacy in the County of Hereford.

The title expired on December 2, 1716 with the death of his great-grandson, the 3rd Viscount.

List of Viscounts Scudamore (1628)

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