Viscount Windsor is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the

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in 1699 when

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Thomas Windsor was made ''

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Windsor, of Blackcastle''. He was the younger son of

Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, PC (c. 1627 – 3 November 1687), was the son of Dixie Hickman and his wife Elizabeth Windsor, sister and heiress of Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor. He assumed the additional surname of Windsor an ...

, and notably represented

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and

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in the

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. In 1712 he was created ''Baron Mountjoy'' in the

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, giving him a seat in the

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, one of

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. Windsor was a descendant of

Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor (Wyndsore, Wyndesor) KB (1467–1543), was a Member of Parliament, English peer, and Keeper of the Wardrobe, knight banneret and military commander. Name In manuscript and printed sources dated before 1650 hi ...

and the Honourable Elizabeth Blount, sister of

Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy (1464 – 12 October 1475) was an English peer. Edward Blount was born in 1464 in London, the second son of Sir William Blount (c. 1442–1471) and Margaret de Echyngham. He inherited his title on the death o ...

, hence his choice of title (see also

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). He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He sat as

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for

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. On his death in 1758 the titles became extinct. His daughter and heiress, the Honourable Charlotte Jane Windsor, married John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute. In 1796 he was created Viscount Mountjoy, Earl of Windsor and

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. The second creation came in the

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in 1905 when Robert Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron Windsor, was made ''Viscount Windsor, of St Fagans in the County of Glamorgan''. He was made

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at the same time. For more information on this creation of the viscountcy, see the latter title.

Viscounts Windsor (1699, first creation)

Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor Lieutenant-General Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor (8 June 1738), styled The Honourable Thomas Windsor until 1699, was a British Army officer, landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and ...

(1669–1738) *

Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor (1 May 1707 – 25 January 1758), styled The Honourable Herbert Windsor until 1738, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 until 1738 when he succeeded to the p ...

(1707–1758)

Viscounts Windsor (1905, second creation)

*see

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Windsor Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1699 Noble titles created in 1905 Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Viscounts Windsor (1699, first creation)

Viscounts Windsor (1905, second creation)

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