Viscount Galway - Viscounts Galway, Third Creation (1692) and Earl of Galway (1697)

Viscounts Galway, Third Creation (1692) and Earl of Galway (1697)

  • Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway (1648–1720)

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