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Viscountcy (noun): The rank or title of a viscount
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- The rank or jurisdiction of a viscount.
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As he had no sons the viscountcy died with him.
His viscountcy died with him.
There is no heir to the viscountcy.
The viscountcy died with him.
They had no children and thus the viscountcy expired.
Thus the viscountcy became extinct.
The latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy.
The barony and viscountcy became extinct on his death.
He continued to petition for the revival of the lordship and viscountcy.
Lee had no children and his viscountcy became extinct upon his death.
The Viscountcy and other titles passed to his younger son.
He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son Graham.
He briefly represented Leicestershire in Parliament before he succeeded his father in the viscountcy.
He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his eldest son Maurice.
The viscountcy of Northcliffe became extinct.
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He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son James.
See the Earl of Jersey for further history of the viscountcy.
The earldom of Ellesmere and viscountcy of Brackley are now subsidiary titles of the dukedom.
His cousin Frederick Hamilton succeeded to the viscountcy.
He also bought the Viscountcy of Villemur.
His nephew William Barrington succeeded in the viscountcy.
He also inherited the Viscountcy of Waterford in the Peerage of Ireland.
Viscountcy of Grosmont.
Lord Palmerston was childless and the barony and viscountcy became extinct on his death.
Viscountcy of Bearn.
The marquessate, earldom and viscountcy became extinct.
Viscountcy of Béarn.
At this time, he had only recently succeeded to the viscountcy.
Viscountcy of Thouars.
His being unmarried, the viscountcy died with him.
In the viscountship 's capital city Veurne, the Landhuis was the seat of the viscountcy.
He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son, Eric.
We have a dukedom, a couple of earldoms, the odd viscountcy.
He was unmarried and the viscountcy passed to his half-brother, Victor.
On 10 October Hailsham announced his intention to renounce his viscountcy.
As he had no sons he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his half-brother William.
The viscountcy passed to the Viscount 's younger brother, the fifth Viscount.
While his brother 's earldom became extinct, the viscountcy devolved upon Charles.
The viscountcy and earldom died with him, while the barony fell into abeyance . [ 1 ].
However, Colonel Butler 's succession to the viscountcy was not recognised.
He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his second but eldest surviving son, James . [ 1 ].
Viscount ( vice-count ), theoretically the ruler of a viscounty or viscountcy.
He succeeded to the viscountcy on the death of his father in 1662.
On his death in 1629 the barony of FitzWalter separated from the viscountcy and earldom.
Barrington succeeded in the viscountcy on the death of his father in 1829.
Lord Rothermere succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1940.
When he died in 1643 the viscountcy and earldom became extinct.
Since 1889 the title has been a subsidiary title of the viscountcy of Cobham.
He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1831 at the age of eighteen.
His grandson was the aforementioned third Baron, who was elevated to a viscountcy in 1776.
