- Viscount Launceston
The
peerage title of Viscount Launceston, named for Launceston inCornwall , has been twice created, each time for an individual connected with theBritish Royal Family .The first creation was in the
Peerage of Great Britain , when Prince Frederick Lewis, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, was createdDuke of Edinburgh ,Marquess of the Isle of Ely ,Earl of Eltham , Viscount Launceston andBaron Snowdon , on26 July 1726 . These titles merged with the Crown when the grantee's son succeeded as King George III on25 October 1760 .The second creation was in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom , when Sir Alexander Mountbatten (formerly Prince Alexander of Battenberg), eldest son of the latePrince Henry of Battenberg and ofPrincess Beatrice of the United Kingdom , was createdMarquess of Carisbrooke ,Earl of Berkhampsted and Viscount Launceston, on18 July 1917 . These titles became extinct on the grantee's death on23 February 1960 .First creation (1726)
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Duke of Edinburgh , first creation"econd creation (1917)
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Marquess of Carisbrooke "ources
*http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersL1.htm
*http://website.lineone.net/~david.beamish/peerages2.htm
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