Viscount Windsor

Viscount Windsor is a title that has been created twice.

The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1699 when the Honourable Thomas Windsor was made Viscount Windsor, of Blackcastle. He was the younger son of Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and notably represented Droitwich, Bramber and Monmouthshire in the House of Commons. In 1712, he was created Baron Mountjoy in the Peerage of Great Britain, giving him a seat in the House of Lords at Westminster, one of Harley's Dozen. Windsor was a descendant of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor and the Honourable Elizabeth Blount, sister of Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy, hence his choice of title (see also Baron Mountjoy). He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cardiff. On his death in 1758, the titles became extinct. His daughter and heiress, the Honourable Charlotte Jane Windsor, married John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute. In 1796, he was created Viscount Mountjoy, Earl of Windsor and Marquess of Bute.

The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1905 when Robert Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron Windsor, was made Viscount Windsor, of St Fagans in the County of Glamorgan. He was made Earl of Plymouth at the same time. For more information on this creation of the viscountcy, see the latter title.

Viscounts Windsor (1699, first creation)

• Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor (1669–1738)
• Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor (1707–1758)

Viscounts Windsor (1905, second creation)

• See Earl of Plymouth

Family tree

Earls of Plymouth family tree

Baron Windsor of Stanwell in the County of Buckingham, 1592 Andrew Windsor 1467–1543 1st Baron Windsor William Windsor 1498–1558 2nd Baron Windsor Edward Windsor 1532–1574 3rd Baron Windsor Frederick Windsor "Ferdinand" 1559–1585 4th Baron Windsor Henry Windsor 1562–1605 5th Baron Windsor Dixie Hickman Elizabeth Windsor Thomas Windsor 1591–1641 6th Baron Windsor Barony in abeyance, 1641 Barony abeyance terminated, 1660 Earl of Plymouth (2nd creation), 1682 Thomas Hickman-Windsor 1627–1687 1st Earl of Plymouth, 7th Baron Windsor Charles II 1630–1685 King of England and Scotland Earl of Plymouth (1st creation), 1675 Other Windsor 1659–1684 Lord Windsor Charles FitzCharles 1657–1680 Earl of Plymouth Viscount Windsor (1st creation), 1699 Baron Mountjoy, 1712 Earldom of Plymouth (1st creation) extinct, 1680 Other Windsor 1679–1727 2nd Earl of Plymouth, 8th Baron Windsor Thomas Windsor c. 1670–1738 1st Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy Other Windsor 1707–1732 3rd Earl of Plymouth, 9th Baron Windsor Herbert Windsor 1707–1758 2nd Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy Viscount of Windsor (1st creation) and Barony of Mountjoy extinct, 1727 Other Lewis Windsor 1731–1771 4th Earl of Plymouth, 10th Baron Windsor Other Hickman Windsor 1751–1799 5th Earl of Plymouth, 11th Baron Windsor Thomas Windsor 1752–1832 Andrew Windsor 1764–1837 7th Earl of Plymouth Henry Windsor 1768–1843 8th Earl of Plymouth Earldom of Plymouth (2nd creation) extinct, 1843 Abeyance terminated, 1855 Other Archer Windsor 1789–1833 6th Earl of Plymouth, 12th Baron Windsor Harriet Windsor-Clive 1797–1869 13th Baroness Windsor Robert Henry Clive Barony in abeyance, 1833 Robert Windsor-Clive 1824–1859 Earl of Plymouth (3rd creation) and Viscount Windsor (2nd creation), 1905 Robert George Windsor-Clive 1857–1923 1st Earl of Plymouth and Viscount Windsor, 14th Baron Windsor Other Robert Windsor-Clive 1884–1908 Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive 1889–1943 2nd Earl of Plymouth and Viscount Windsor, 15th Baron Windsor Other Robert Ivor Windsor-Clive 1923–2018 3rd Earl of Plymouth and Viscount Windsor, 16th Baron Windsor Ivor Edward Other Windsor-Clive b. 1951 4th Earl of Plymouth and Viscount Windsor, 17th Baron Windsor Robert Other Ivor Windsor-Clive b. 1981 styled Viscount Windsor Heir apparent Edward Other Ivor Llewellyn Windsor-Clive b. 2019

See also

• Baron Windsor
• Duke of Windsor

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.