Viscount Milton - Fitzwilliam Family

Fitzwilliam Family

The next creation was for William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Lord Fitzwilliam and Baron of Lifford in the Peerage of Ireland. He was created Earl Fitzwilliam and Viscount Milton (i.e. Milltown in County Westmeath), again in the Peerage of Ireland, on 21 July 1716. His grandson the third Earl Fitzwilliam was created Earl Fitzwilliam and Viscount Milton (i.e. Milton in what was then Northamptonshire) in the Peerage of Great Britain on 6 September 1746. All the titles became extinct on the death of the tenth Earl Fitzwilliam on 21 September 1979.