Earl Castleton
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The title of Viscount Castleton was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1627, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Saunderson. In 1714, the 6th Viscount was created Baron Saunderson in the Peerage of Great Britain, and was subsequently raised to Viscount Castleton (1716) and finally Earl Castleton (1720) in that peerage. All of the titles became extinct upon his death in 1723.
[edit] Viscounts Castleton (1627)
- Nicholas Saunderson, 1st Viscount Castleton (1561-1630)
- Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton (d.1640)
- Nicholas Saunderson, 3rd Viscount Castleton (1625-1641)
- Peregrine Saunderson, 4th Viscount Castleton (1628-1650)
- George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton (1631-1714)
- James Saunderson, 6th Viscount Castleton (1667-1723), became Earl Castleton in 1720