Viscount Castlecomer was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 15 March 1707, along with the title Baron Wandesford, for Sir Christopher Wandesford, Bt. His father, Christopher Wandesford, had been created a baronet of Kirklington, Yorkshire on 5 August 1662 in the Baronetage of England. The 5th Viscount was created Earl Wandesford on 15 August 1758. All three titles and the baronetcy became extinct on his death in 1784.
Read more about Viscount Castlecomer: Baronets of Kirklington (1662), Viscounts Castlecomer (1707), Earls Wandesford (1758)
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