Viscount Carlingford, in the County of Louth, was a title that was created twice in the
Peerage of Ireland
The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord or Monarchy of Ireland, King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great B ...
. The first creation came in 1627 in favour of Edward Barnham Swift.
He was the son of Sir Robert Swift,
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...
from 1599 to 1600 and his wife Ursula Barnham. Lord Carlingford had no sons and the title became extinct on his early death in 1634.
By his wife Lady Mary Crichton, daughter of William, 1st
Earl of Dumfries
Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth countess in 1742, at which point ...
, he had one daughter Mary, who married the notorious rake
Robert Fielding, but had no children.
The second creation came in 1761 in favour of
George Carpenter, 3rd Baron Carpenter. He was made
Earl of Tyrconnel at the same time; for more information on this creation, see the latter title.
Viscounts Carlingford; First creation (1627)
* Edward Barnham Swift, 1st Viscount Carlingford (1606–1634)
Viscounts Carlingford (1761)
*see
Earl of Tyrconnel
See also
*
Earl of Carlingford
*
Baron Carlingford
References
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Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland
Noble titles created in 1627
Noble titles created in 1761