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:

    “When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.”
    —Lucius Cary Falkland, 2nd Viscount (1610–1643)

    “The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.”
    —William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)

    “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.”
    —Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey Of Falloden (1862–1933)