viscount

     

A viscount (pronounce VY-count, IPA: /ˈvaɪkaʊnt/) is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl (in Britain) or a count (his continental equivalent).

Trivia about viscount

  • This British title was first given to John Beaumont in 1440
  • S:This title of nobility ranks just below earl
  • No. 4: It has a silent consonant
  • You might be down for this rank of British nobility right below an earl
  • Princess Margaret's son holds this fourth-highest rank, preceding "Linley"

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