Viscount Chaworth, of Armagh in the County of Armagh, was a title in the

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. It was created on 4 March 1628 for George Chaworth, who had earlier represented

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and

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in the

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. He was made Baron Chaworth, of Tryme in the County of Meath, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was

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in 1638. The titles became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Viscount in 1693. The late Viscount's daughter the Hon. Juliana married Chambre Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath. In 1831 the Chaworth title was revived when their great-grandson, John Chambre Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath, was created Baron Chaworth in the

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. This title is still extant. The family seat was

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, but moved to

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after Wiverton was slighted in the Civil War..

Viscounts Chaworth (1628)

George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth of Armagh (c. 1568 – 3 July 1639) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1624 and was raised to the peerage as Baron Chaworth and Viscount Chaworth. Background and ea ...

(died 1639) *

John Chaworth, 2nd Viscount Chaworth John Chaworth (1605 – June 1644) was 2nd Viscount Chaworth of Armagh.The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (c. 1900); George Edward Cokayne, volume 1, page 130. He was the son of George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth of Armagh and Mary Knyveton. ...

(died 1644) *

Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth Patrick Chaworth (20 June 1635 – June 1693) was 3rd Viscount Chaworth of Armagh.The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. G.E. Cokayne, volume III, page 155. He is also ...

(1635–1693)

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Viscounts Chaworth (1628)

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