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 Donegal, 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.
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[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) apparently younger son of the 4th Viscount.
- Evelyn James Hewitt, 7th Viscount Lifford (1880-1954)
- Alan William Wingfield Hewitt, 8th Viscount Lifford (1900-1987) apparently younger brother of the 7th Viscount
- Edward James Wingfield Hewitt, 9th Viscount Lifford (b. 1949), a great-grandson of the 4th Viscount.
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt (b. 1979), married the 5 April 2008 to The Lady Iona Katherine Douglas-Home (b. 1980), elder daughter of the 15th Earl of Home.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Reported by The Times and The Daily Telegraph in their 29 November 2007 print editions. Online version (searcheable):: "The Hon Thomas Hewitt and Lady Iona Douglas-Home [:] The engagement is announced between Thomas, son of Viscount and Viscountess Lifford of Field House, Hursley, Hampshire, and Iona, elder daughter of The Earl and Countess of Home of The Hirsel, Coldstream, Berwickshire.", from The Times Marriage Register, accessed 30 November 2007.
[edit] External links
- Theroff, Paul (2007). "Descendants of King James VI & I" updated 11 November 2007 in text format, The Theroff Files. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
[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
