Viscount Carrington, of Burford in the Province of Connaught

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, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created in 1643 for Charles Smyth, 1st Baron Carrington. He had only a few days earlier been created Baron Carrington, of Wootton in the County of Warwick, in the Peerage of England

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. His eldest son, the second Viscount, served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire

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 from 1687 to 1687. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Viscount. On his death in 1706 the titles became extinct.

Viscounts Carrington (1643)

• Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington (1598–1665)
• Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621–1701)
• Charles Smith, 3rd Viscount Carrington (1635–1706)