Viscount Lifford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created in 1781 for James Hewitt, 1st Baron Lifford

James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford

James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford was an Irish lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1767 to 1789.-Background:...

, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland

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. He had already been created Baron Lifford, of Lifford

Lifford

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 in the County of Donegal

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, in 1768, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He was Dean of Armagh. His grandson, the fourth Viscount, sat in the House of Lords

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 as an Irish Representative Peer

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 from 1856 to 1887. His younger son, the sixth Viscount (who succeeded his elder brother), was a Captain

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 in the Royal Navy

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. His son, the seventh Viscount, fought in both the Second Boer War

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 and the First World War. He was succeeded by his cousin, the eighth Viscount. He was the son of the Hon. George Wyldbore Hewitt, seventh son of the fourth Viscount. the titles are held by his son, the ninth Viscount, who succeeded in 1987.

Viscounts Lifford (1781)

• James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford
  James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford
  James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford was an Irish lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1767 to 1789.-Background:...
  
   (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)
• Evelyn James Hewitt, 7th Viscount Lifford (1880–1954)
• Alan William Wingfield Hewitt, 8th Viscount Lifford (1900–1987)
• Edward James Wingfield Hewitt, 9th Viscount Lifford (b. 1949)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son Hon. James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt (b. 1979).

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.