Viscount Lifford
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Viscount Lifford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1781 for James Hewitt, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He had already been created Baron Lifford, of Lifford in the County of Donegall, in 1768, also in the Peerage of Ireland. His great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1856 to 1887. As of 2006 the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the ninth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1987.
[edit] Viscounts Lifford (1781)
- James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford (1709-1789)
- James Hewitt, 2nd Viscount Lifford (1751-1830)
- James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford (1783-1855)
- James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford (1811-1887)
- James Wilfred Hewitt, 5th Viscount Lifford (1837-1913)
- Archibald Robert Hewitt, 6th Viscount Lifford (1844-1925)
- Evelyn James Hewitt, 7th Viscount Lifford (1880-1954)
- Alan William Wingfield Hewitt, 8th Viscount Lifford (1900-1987)
- Edward James Wingfield Hewitt, 9th Viscount Lifford (b. 1949)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt (b. 1979)
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
