Viscount

Viscount

A viscount ( /ˈvaɪkaʊnt/ "vie-count", for male) or viscountess (for female) is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl (in the United Kingdom) or a count (the earl's continental equivalent).

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Famous quotes containing the word viscount:

    “This sort of thing may be tolerated by the French—but we are British, thank God.”
    —Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein Montgomery (1887–1976)

    “That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.”
    —William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)

    “It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.”
    —William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)