The peerage title Viscount Kingston,Viscount Kingstoun in some sources (see DNB vol xv p. 285) has been created twice, once in

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

and once in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

. The Scottish creation, which is actually rendered as Viscount of Kingston, was created in 1651 for Alexander Seton, and was forfeited in 1715 when the third viscount was attainted. The Irish title was created in 1768 as a subsidiary title for the Earl of Kingston, and is still extant.

Viscount of Kingston, Peerage of Scotland (1651)

Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston (13 March 1620 – 21 October 1691), a Cavalier, was the first dignity Charles II conferred as King. Family Alexander was the son of George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton (1584–1650) by Anna Hay, da ...

(1621–1691) *

Archibald Seton, 2nd Viscount of Kingston Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and '' bald'' meaning "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon . Erkanbald, bishop o ...

(1661–1713) *

James Seton, 3rd Viscount of Kingston James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

(d. 1726) (forfeit 1715)

Viscount Kingston, Peerage of Ireland (1766)

*''subsidiary title of the

Earl of Kingston Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon (created in 1764), Viscount ...

(1768)''

References and notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingston 1651 establishments in Scotland Forfeited viscountcies in the Peerage of Scotland Noble titles created in 1651 Noble titles created in 1766