The

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George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri ...

, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and

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, occurred on 28 January 1936 at

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, following his death on 20 January and subsequent lying in state at

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Death

King George had suffered several bouts of serious illness since the First World War; he suffered from

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exacerbated by heavy

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. By 1935 he required the occasional use of oxygen tanks kept at his bedside. By the end of that year, his personal physician, Lord Dawson of Penn, told the prime minister,

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, that the king was "packing up his luggage and getting ready to depart". In the new year of 1936, King George took to his bed at

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; family members were summoned on 16 and 17 January by an anxious Queen Mary. At 21:25 on Tuesday 20 January, Lord Dawson wrote a press bulletin on the back of a menu card; "the King’s life is moving peacefully to its close". King George died at 23:55 with the queen and his children at his bedside and the

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, reciting prayers. It was revealed decades later from Dawson's account in his personal diary, that he had hastened the process by injecting an overdose of

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and

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into the king's

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, with the intention of having the announcement in the morning

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s, rather than "the less appropriate evening journals".

Sandringham to London

The church of St Mary Magdalen - geograph

On the afternoon of 22 January, the king's coffin was taken from Sandringham House to the

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, where it lay in state overnight with an honour guard of estate workers. On the following morning, 23 January, the coffin was taken in a 2½ mile (4 kilometre) procession from the church to

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, with King

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and his brothers walking behind and the rest of the royal family in carriages. Also accompanying was the late king's grey pony Jock, led by a groom, and his parrot Charlotte, whose cage was carried by a servant. The

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, hauled by Class B17 locomotive No. 2847 ''Helmingham Hall'', arrived in London at King's Cross railway station and then the coffin was carried on a

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escorted by

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through crowded but silent streets with King Edward and his brothers walking behind, arriving at

at four o'clock. As the coffin was carried into the hall by guardsmen, the

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which surmounted the

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, fell off and landed in the street; Edward was heard to exclaim "Christ! What's going to happen next?"

Lying in state

Upon entering the hall, the choirs of

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and the

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sang

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; "Praise the Lord, O my soul".Makin 1936, p. 312 A short service was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, which included the hymn, ''

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'', at the suggestion of Queen Mary. Following the departure of the royal family,

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, led by the

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and the

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, were the first to file past the

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to pay their respects. They were followed by ordinary members of the public, who formed a queue fifteen deep through the streets of Westminster; during the four days of the lying in state, 809,182 people were recorded to have passed through the hall. Also visiting were royalty and dignitaries from overseas who had arrived in London for the funeral. The doors of the hall were finally closed at 04:00 on Tuesday, 28 January.Makin 1936, p. 313

Vigil of the Princes

During the lying in state, the catafalque was guarded at all times by twelve men; four

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, four

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, and four officers of the

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, either the Foot Guards or the

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. The guard was changed every twenty minutes, except for the Yeomen who were relieved every hour. At midnight, after attending a state dinner at

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for the visiting dignitaries including five kings, the late king's four surviving sons, King Edward VIII, the

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, the

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, and the

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, stood vigil replacing the four guards officers. This event became known as the

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. They were dressed respectively in the full dress uniforms of the

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, the

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, the 10th Royal Hussars and the

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. It was reported that many of the passing mourners failed to recognise the princes.

London to Windsor

The funeral procession began at 09:45 on Tuesday, 28 January, with the tolling of

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. The coffin was placed on the

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, drawn by a team of 142 naval ratings. Following the gun carriage on foot were the king and the Royal Dukes, after which came the kings of Denmark, Norway, Romania, Bulgaria and Belgium, along with the President of France and other dignitaries. The queen, the

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and the Royal Duchesses travelled in horse-drawn state coaches. The procession was watched by huge crowds along the route, often twelve deep, many of whom had braved overnight rain. Some 150 members of the public had to be taken to hospital and it was reported that first aiders had treated 10,000 cases of fainting. In some places, the crowd had burst through the police cordon, delaying the procedings by 22 minutes. On arrival at

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, the coffin was loaded onto the funeral train, hauled by 4073 Class locomotive No. 4082 ''Windsor Castle'', which left at around midday. A further six special trains carrying dignitaries had preceded it, leaving at 10-minute intervals. At Windsor & Eton railway station, the coffin was transferred to the state gun carriage again and drawn through the streets of the town towards

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, escorted by the

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. At St George's Chapel, sailors used boatswain's calls to signal "Admiral on board" and "Admiral over the side", followed by Highland

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s playing the

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, ''

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''. The king and his brothers saluted as the coffin was carried up the chapel steps.

Funeral service

The service itself was a fairly simple affair following the text of the

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and lacking any additional

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s, which had been a feature of other royal funerals. Instead, a congregational hymn, '' Abide with me'', was included. The last funeral sentence, ''I heard a Voice from Heaven'', was sung to a setting by Sir John Goss, rather than the traditional music by

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. After the

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had pronounced the

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of the late king, ''God be in my Head'' by Sir Henry

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was sung. Intitially interred in the Royal Vault beneath the Quire at St George's Chapel, King George's body was transferred to a monumental sarcophagus in the North

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on 27 February 1939. It is surmounted by

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of George and Mary, sculpted by Sir

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(1878-1961). Queen Mary was laid to rest next to her husband following her funeral at St George's on 31 March 1953. The service was broadcast live on

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and relayed across the

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; also

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films of the funeral processions were later shown in cinemas.

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memorial services were held in churches and chapels throughout the country, for which a special "form of service" had been printed, to be used "either on the Day of the Funeral or on the Most Convenient Day within the

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, by His Majesty's Special Command".Range 2015, pp. 286-287

Guests

As per report in London Gazette.

British royal family

The House of Windsor

* Queen Mary, ''the late king's widow'' ** The King, ''the late king's son'' ** The Duke and

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, ''the late king's son and daughter-in-law'' **

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and The Earl of Harewood, ''the late king's daughter and son-in-law'' *** Viscount Lascelles, ''the late king's grandson'' *** The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, ''the late king's grandson'' ** The Duke and

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, ''the late king's son and daughter-in-law'' ** The Duke and

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, ''the late king's son and daughter-in-law (also first cousin once removed)'' *

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and

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, ''the late king's niece and her husband, the late king's first cousin'' (representing the

Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was granted on 24 May 1874 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to her third son, Prince Arthur. At the same time, he was also ...

) ** Earl of Macduff, ''the late king's great-nephew'' * Lady Maud and

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, ''the late king's niece and nephew-in-law'' *

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and

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, ''the late king's sister and brother-in-law (also first cousin)'' ** The Crown Prince of Norway, ''the late king's nephew'' *

Princess Helena Victoria Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (Victoria Louise Sophia Augusta Amelia Helena; 3 May 1870 – 13 March 1948) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. From 1917 her name was simply Princess Helena Victoria. Ear ...

, ''the late king's first cousin'' *

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, ''the late king's first cousin'' *

Lady Patricia Ramsay Lady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay, (born Princess Patricia of Connaught; 17 March 1886 – 12 January 1974) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Upon her marriage to Alexander Ramsay, she relinquished her title of a British prin ...

, ''the late king's first cousin'' ** Alexander Ramsay, ''the late king's first cousin once removed'' * The Earl of Athlone and

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981) was a member of the British royal family. She is the List of longest-living members of the British royal family, longest-lived British ...

, ''the late king's brother-in-law and sister-in-law (also the late king's first cousin)'' ** Lady May and

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, ''the late king's niece and nephew-in-law''

Teck-Cambridge family

* The Marquess and Marchioness of Cambridge, ''the late king's nephew and niece-in-law'' **

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, ''the late king's great-niece'' * The Duchess and

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, ''the late king's niece and nephew-in-law'' *

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, ''the late king's niece'' *

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, ''the late king's nephew''

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* The Marquess of Carisbrooke, ''the late king's first cousin'' **

Lady Iris Mountbatten Lady Iris Kemp ( Mountbatten, formerly O'Malley, later Bryan; 13 January 1920 – 1 September 1982) was an English actress and model, and a member of the Battenberg/ Mountbatten family. She was the youngest great-grandchild of Queen Victoria. ...

, ''the late king's first cousin once removed'' * The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, ''the late king's first cousin'' ** The Marquess and Marchioness of Milford Haven, ''the late king's first cousin once removed and his wife'' **

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, ''the late king's first cousin once removed''

Foreign royalty

* The King of Denmark and Iceland, ''the late king's first cousin'' ** The Crown Princess of Denmark, ''the late king's first cousin once removed'' *

Prince Axel of Denmark Prince Axel of Denmark, ( Danish: ''Prins Axel Christian Georg til Danmark''; 12 August 1888 – 14 July 1964) was a member of the Danish royal family. He was the second son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Princess Marie of Orléans, and a gr ...

, ''the late king's first cousin'' *

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, ''the late king's first cousin'' * Infanta Beatrice and

Infante Alfonso of Spain Infante Alfonso of Spain (''Don Alfonso Cristino Teresa Ángelo Francisco de Asís y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón Dos-Sicilias''; 3 October 1941 – 29 March 1956) was the younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain. He was also th ...

, ''the late king's first cousin and her husband'' ** Infante Álvaro of Spain, ''the late king's first cousin once removed'' * The Duke and

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, ''the late king's first cousin and his wife'' *

Prince George of Greece and Denmark Prince George of Greece and Denmark ( el, Γεώργιος; 24 June 1869 – 25 November 1957) was the second son and child of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, and is remembered chiefly for having once saved the life of his ...

, ''the late king's first cousin'' *

Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark ( el, Νικόλαος; 22 January 1872 – 8 February 1938), of the Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg, was the fourth child and third son of King George I of Greece, and of Queen Olga. He was kn ...

, ''the late king's first cousin and father of the late king's daughter-in-law'' ** The Prince Regent of Yugoslavia, ''husband of the late king's

first cousin once removed Most generally, in the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of familial relationship in which two relatives are two or more familial generations away from their most recent common ancestor. Commonly, ...

'' * The Crown Prince of Greece, ''the late king's double first cousin once removed'' (representing the

King of the Hellenes The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach between 1832 and 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924, temporarily abolished during the Second Hellenic Republic, and from 1935 to 1973, when it was once more abolishe ...

) * The King of Romania, ''the late king's first cousin once removed'' *

The Crown Princess ''The Crown Princess'' ( th, ลิขิตรัก, ), is a Thai television series, premiered on May 14, 2018 and last aired on June 19, 2018 on Channel 3. It starred Urassaya Sperbund and Nadech Kugimiya and produced by Ann Thongprasom. S ...

and

Crown Prince of Sweden This page is a list of heirs to the Swedish throne. The list includes all individuals who were considered to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Sweden, either as heir apparent or as heir presumptive, since the accession of the House of Holstei ...

, ''the late king's first cousin once removed and her husband (also widower of the late king's

first cousin Most generally, in the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of familial relationship in which two relatives are two or more familial generations away from their most recent common ancestor. Commonly, " ...

)'' (representing the

King of Sweden The monarchy of Sweden is the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5. which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.Parliamentary system: see the Instrument o ...

) * The Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, ''the late king's first cousin once removed'' * Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, ''the late king's first cousin once removed'' *

Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (russian: Великий Князь Дмитрий Павлович; 18 September 1891 – 5 March 1942) was a son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and a ...

, ''the late king's first cousin once removed'' * Prince Frederick of Prussia, ''the late king's first cousin twice removed'' *

Prince Félix of Luxembourg Prince Félix of Luxembourg (Félix Léopold Marie Guillaume; born 3 June 1984) is the second son of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. He is currently third in the line of succession. Early life ...

, ''husband of the late king's second cousin once removed'' (representing the

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg The territory of Luxembourg has been ruled successively by counts, dukes and grand dukes. It was part of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, and later the Holy Roman Empire until it became a sovereign state in 1815. Counts of Luxembourg House of A ...

) * The King of the Belgians, ''the late king's third cousin (also widower of the late king's

)'' * The Count of Flanders, ''the late king's third cousin'' * The Tsar of Bulgaria, ''the late king's third cousin'' * The Duke of Nemours, ''the late king's third cousin'' * The Prince of Piedmont, ''husband of the late king's

third cousin Most generally, in the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of familial relationship in which two relatives are two or more familial generations away from their most recent common ancestor. Commonly, " ...

'' (representing the

King of Italy King of Italy ( it, links=no, Re d'Italia; la, links=no, Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The first to take the title was Odoacer, a barbarian military leader, ...

) * The Prince of the Sa'id (representing the

King of Egypt King of Egypt () was the title used by the ruler of Egypt between 1922 and 1951. When the United Kingdom issued the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence on 28 February 1922, thereby ending its protectorate over Egypt, Egypt's Sult ...

) *

Prince Zeid bin Hussein Zaid bin Hussein, GCVO, GBE ( ar, زيد بن الحسين; February 28, 1898 – October 18, 1970) was an Iraqi prince who was a member of the Hashemite dynasty and the head of the Royal House of Iraq from 1958 until his death, after the roya ...

(representing the

King of Iraq The king of Iraq ( ar, ملك العراق, ''Malik al-‘Irāq'') was Iraq's head of state and monarch from 1921 to 1958. He served as the head of the Iraqi monarchy—the Hashemite dynasty. The king was addressed as His Majesty (صاحب ال� ...

) * Prince Chula Chakrabongse (representing the

King of Siam The monarchy of Thailand (whose monarch is referred to as the king of Thailand; th, พระมหากษัตริย์ไทย, or historically, king of Siam; th, พระมหากษัตริย์สยาม) refers to the c ...

) * Prince Salih Doshishti (representing the

King of the Albanians While the medieval Capetian House of Anjou, Angevin Kingdom of Albania (medieval), Kingdom of Albania was a monarchy, it did not encompass fully the entirety of the modern state of Albania and was ended soon by the Albanian nobles by 1282 when the ...

) * The Duke of Braganza * The Raja of Sawantwadi * The Maharaja of Dhrangadhra * Prince Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg * Prince Franz of Windisch-Graetz

Other dignitaries

* The President of France * The Prime Minister of Belgium * The Canadian High Commissioner * The Australian High Commissioner * The New Zealand High Commissioner * The South African High Commissioner * The Irish High Commissioner

Nobility

The Duke of Norfolk Duke of Norfolk is a title in the peerage of England. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the county of Norfolk. The current duke is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk. The dukes ...

* The Duchess of Devonshire * The Marquess of Anglesey * The Earl of Cavan * The Earl of Cork and Orrery * The Earl Beatty * The Earl of Lucan * The Earl of Granard * The Earl of Shaftesbury * The Earl of Dunmore * The Earl of Feversham * The Earl of Munster * The Viscount Hampden * The Viscount Gage * The Lord Trenchard * The Lord Milne * The Lord Elphinstone * The Lord Templemore * The Lord Wigram * The Lord Dawson of Penn * The Lord Colebrooke * The Lord Howard of Penrith *

Viscount Lewisham A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...

* Lord Claud Hamilton * The Hon. Sir Reginald Drax * The Hon. Sir Francis Gathorne-Hardy * The Hon. Sir Stanley Colville * The Hon. Sir George Crichton * The Hon. Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh * The Hon. Sir Hubert Brand * The Hon. Sir Montague Eliot * The Hon. Sir Piers Legh * The Hon. Alexander Hardinge