Viscount Lorton

Viscount Lorton

Viscount Lorton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for General Hon. Robert Edward King, who had already been made Baron Erris in the Peerage of Ireland in 1800. He was the third child and second son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston. His son, the second Viscount, succeeded to the Earldom of Kingston on the death of his cousin in 1869. The titles have remained united ever since.

Viscounts Lorton (1806)

*Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton (1773-1854), elected a representative peer in 1823.
*Robert King, 2nd Viscount Lorton (1804-1869) (succeeded as 6th Earl of Kingston in 1869)

For further Viscounts Lorton, see the Earl of Kingston.

ee also

*Baron Kingston


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