Viscount Wenman

Viscount Wenman

Viscount Wenman was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 30 July 1628 for Sir Richard Wenman, who at the same time was created Baron Wenman. The peerages became extinct on the death of the 7th Viscount on 26 March 1800.

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th Viscounts all served as Members of Parliament in the Parliament of England and later of Great Britain. All the titles were in the Peerage of Ireland, they did not have an automatic right to sit in the British House of Lords.

Viscounts Wenman (1628)

*Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman (1573 – 23 April 1640)
*Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman (1596 – 25 January 1665)
*Philip Wenman, 3rd Viscount Wenman (17 August 1610 – 20 April 1686)
*Richard Wenman, 4th Viscount Wenman (1657 – 1 March 1690)
*Richard Wenman, 5th Viscount Wenman (29 January 1688 – 28 November 1729)
*Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (23 November 1719 – 16 July 1760)
*Philip Wenman, 7th Viscount Wenman (18 April 1742 – 26 March 1800)

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