Viscount Villiers

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Viscount Villiers is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Ireland .

Awards

The title was first bestowed on August 27, 1616 in the Peerage of England George Villiers , along with the subordinate title Baron Whaddon , of Whaddon in the County of Buckingham. On January 5, 1617 he was also elevated to the Earl of Buckingham , on January 1, 1618 to the Marquess of Buckingham and on May 18, 1623 to the Duke of Buckingham and Earl of Coventry . His son, the 2nd Duke , inherited the title 19th Baron de Ros from his mother around 1663 . When he died on April 16, 1687, all his titles lapsed, with the exception of the Barony de Ros, which fell in Abeyance .

In the second award, the title Viscount Villiers , of Dartford in the County of Kent, was newly created for Edward Villiers in the Peerage of England . He was a grandson of the oldest half-brother of the Viscount's first award. Together with the Viscountcy he was given the subordinate title of Baron Villiers , of Hoo in the County of Kent. On October 13, 1697, he was also raised to the Earl of Jersey . The Viscountcy has since been a subordinate title of the respective earl and is used by his eldest son as a courtesy title . Today's title holder has been William Child-Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey , as 10th Viscount Villiers since 1998 .

In parallel to the title of the second award, the title Viscountess Villiers was awarded in the third award in the Peerage of Ireland to Elizabeth Mason, 1st Viscountess Grandison , together with the superordinate title Countess Grandison . She was the only surviving child of John Villiers, 1st Earl Grandison, who died in 1766, and was raised to Viscountess Grandison , of Dromana in the County of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland on April 10, 1746 . All three titles expired on the death of their son, George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl of Grandison on July 14, 1800.

List of Viscounts Villiers

Viscounts Villiers, first bestowed (1616)

Viscounts Villiers, second award (1691)

Heir apparent is the son of the current owner , George Child-Villiers, Viscount Villiers (* 2015).

Viscounts Villiers, third award (1767)

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